Hi everyone! Quick intro- My name is Collin and whilst drinking some beers with a buddy, started talking about brewing my own beer. Just so happens that my friends wife bought him a Mr. Beer kit a couple years ago that he never used so he gave it to me. Promptly went home and started fermenting the standard West Coast Pale Ale recipe. Then I started with the research, and now, quite a few dollars later with my west coast pale ale still in the fermentor, I have the equipment, ingredients, and knowledge to get myself into a little trouble! I still have a couple cans of hopped malt extract that I want to use so while purchasing equipment I just bought some more ingredients that I am hopingv will complement each other and turn into an undefineable yet tasty brew! I have read most of How to Brew by John Palmer and trolled through this forum and a couple others like it and have decided to go with the following recipe, please feel free to make suggestions or comments, and thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
1lb Crystal Malt 60L
1lb Honey Malt
2lb Briess Amber DME
3.3lb Briess Golden LME
1.23lb Mr Beer Pale Ale HME
1.23lb Mr Beer Whispering Wheat HME
1oz Fuggles Pellets
White Labs American Ale liquid Yeast 1 vial
Plan is to steep the honey and crystal for 30 minutes, then boil the DME till after the hot break, then add the LME and Both HME's, bring back to a boil and throw in the fuggles for 15 minutes, then cool wort, pitch yeast, aerate, and ferment. Also plan to make a yeast starter but haven't decided exactly how yet, but I did order an erlenmeyer flask with stopper and airlock.
Sorry for the mega long post but I wanted to include as much info as possible!
Cheers,
Collin
1lb Crystal Malt 60L
1lb Honey Malt
2lb Briess Amber DME
3.3lb Briess Golden LME
1.23lb Mr Beer Pale Ale HME
1.23lb Mr Beer Whispering Wheat HME
1oz Fuggles Pellets
White Labs American Ale liquid Yeast 1 vial
Plan is to steep the honey and crystal for 30 minutes, then boil the DME till after the hot break, then add the LME and Both HME's, bring back to a boil and throw in the fuggles for 15 minutes, then cool wort, pitch yeast, aerate, and ferment. Also plan to make a yeast starter but haven't decided exactly how yet, but I did order an erlenmeyer flask with stopper and airlock.
Sorry for the mega long post but I wanted to include as much info as possible!
Cheers,
Collin