guitar510
Active Member
Well, yesterday was my first brewday and everything went pretty smoothly thanks to all the help on this website. The brewkit I used was Northern Brewer's Three Hearted Ale which is an American IPA with specialty grains.
Recipe was....
1 lbs Briess Caramel 40 (specialty grains)
9.15 Gold Malt syrup
1 oz Centennial (60 min)
1 oz Centennial (25 min)
2 oz Centennial (5 min)
1 oz Centennial (dry hop)
Here are my questions...
1. OG was 1.060...does that sound about right?
2. I used Safeale US-05 Ale Yeast (11 g) hydrated in 4 oz of water...is that enough yeast for this ale? I used 10x mass of water which came out to 4 oz...does the exact amount of water mater?
3. I transferred slightly less than 5 gal (4.8 gal) to the primary fermenter because I was trying to guess how much the foam would settle down to...will there be too much head space in my 5 gal secondary carboy?
4. Recipe suggests 1-2 weeks then transfer to secondary, John Palmer suggests 2-6 days (1-5 bubbles/min)...based on this I was going to aim for 1 week...should I take a SG reading?
5. I aerated the wort then added the yeast. I didn't mix after pitching the yeast. Was this a mistake? The fermentation has MOST CERTAINLY begun...so I'm not that worried.
Thanks for your help!
Recipe was....
1 lbs Briess Caramel 40 (specialty grains)
9.15 Gold Malt syrup
1 oz Centennial (60 min)
1 oz Centennial (25 min)
2 oz Centennial (5 min)
1 oz Centennial (dry hop)
Here are my questions...
1. OG was 1.060...does that sound about right?
2. I used Safeale US-05 Ale Yeast (11 g) hydrated in 4 oz of water...is that enough yeast for this ale? I used 10x mass of water which came out to 4 oz...does the exact amount of water mater?
3. I transferred slightly less than 5 gal (4.8 gal) to the primary fermenter because I was trying to guess how much the foam would settle down to...will there be too much head space in my 5 gal secondary carboy?
4. Recipe suggests 1-2 weeks then transfer to secondary, John Palmer suggests 2-6 days (1-5 bubbles/min)...based on this I was going to aim for 1 week...should I take a SG reading?
5. I aerated the wort then added the yeast. I didn't mix after pitching the yeast. Was this a mistake? The fermentation has MOST CERTAINLY begun...so I'm not that worried.
Thanks for your help!