adhomebrew10
Well-Known Member
I was going to wait until tomorrow to do a sample and dry hope my APA, but it has been in the carboy 3 weeks and the suspense was killing me. So I used my thief to suck up about 10oz of beer, then added 1oz cascades to dry hop.
Then I took a hydrometer reading to get my FG, 1.012 (OG 1.050) for an ABV about 5%, exactly what I was aiming for.
Beer color was about 10 SRM, and had a nice hop aroma, not too strong but nice. Very dry, not much residual sweetness and good hop bitterness (About 37 IBU). No fuesels or astringent taste. Very clean. I am extremely impressed considering it was 67 degrees and completely uncarbed, and that it was my first brew ever with a recipe I came up with all on my own, extract + specialty grains.
Here are some pictures of my brewing process:
Right after adding grains:
Steeping Temperature:
In the carboy:
Fermentation Cooler:
Food network probe thermometer I use to check temp:
Start of fermentation:
And finally... The SAMPLE!
Then I took a hydrometer reading to get my FG, 1.012 (OG 1.050) for an ABV about 5%, exactly what I was aiming for.
Beer color was about 10 SRM, and had a nice hop aroma, not too strong but nice. Very dry, not much residual sweetness and good hop bitterness (About 37 IBU). No fuesels or astringent taste. Very clean. I am extremely impressed considering it was 67 degrees and completely uncarbed, and that it was my first brew ever with a recipe I came up with all on my own, extract + specialty grains.
Here are some pictures of my brewing process:
Right after adding grains:
Steeping Temperature:
In the carboy:
Fermentation Cooler:
Food network probe thermometer I use to check temp:
Start of fermentation:
And finally... The SAMPLE!