Desert_Sky
Since 1998
Well brewed my first batch last Friday. I went ahead and decided to use the recipe that came with my kit. It was a Light Ale.
6lbs Ultralight LME
1/2 lb unknown Malt
1/2 oz Cascade 4% during boil
1 oz Cascade 4% last minute
OG came out to 1.040. It took 6 hours for any signs of life to happen. But it has been bubbling away for the past 3 days at about once every second and a half.
Now Q&A time....
1. I have two 6.5 gallon Carboys. I would like to build up a nice cache of homebrews as quick as I can. I have all the goodies on order for a nice wheat next. I would like to transfer the Light Ale I currently have in the primary to the other carboy this weekend, and then get started on the wheat shortly after. Since I only have two carboys at the moment, would I be able to only do a primary on the wheat and go straight to bottles instead of a secondary?
2. The 1/2 lb of unknown Malt I used for the Ale was pulled right before it reached 170 degrees. However quite a bit of the husks and what not seemed to come through the mesh bags and stayed throughout the boil. The 170 degree rule doesn't apply to the stuff the came through the bag does it? The yeast are seeming to have a great time with all that stuff now though.
Thanks in advance...
6lbs Ultralight LME
1/2 lb unknown Malt
1/2 oz Cascade 4% during boil
1 oz Cascade 4% last minute
OG came out to 1.040. It took 6 hours for any signs of life to happen. But it has been bubbling away for the past 3 days at about once every second and a half.
Now Q&A time....
1. I have two 6.5 gallon Carboys. I would like to build up a nice cache of homebrews as quick as I can. I have all the goodies on order for a nice wheat next. I would like to transfer the Light Ale I currently have in the primary to the other carboy this weekend, and then get started on the wheat shortly after. Since I only have two carboys at the moment, would I be able to only do a primary on the wheat and go straight to bottles instead of a secondary?
2. The 1/2 lb of unknown Malt I used for the Ale was pulled right before it reached 170 degrees. However quite a bit of the husks and what not seemed to come through the mesh bags and stayed throughout the boil. The 170 degree rule doesn't apply to the stuff the came through the bag does it? The yeast are seeming to have a great time with all that stuff now though.
Thanks in advance...