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Recipe:
One Can Muntons Light Malt Extract (3.3 LBS)
One Can Cooper's Lager kit
One 1 kg Coopers Brew Enhancer
Half pound of Mountons Cara-pils (two row barley malt)
Coopers Carbonation Drops
½ oz Cascade hops
Steps
1) Heat 1 1/2 gallons water to 150F
2) Crack 1/2 pound barley put in Cheese cloth
3) Steep Barley for half hour
4) Sprague grins with one letter water at 170F
5) Raise heat; bring to boil steep hops for 15 minutes
7) Turn off the heat and add the Malt extract and the Coopers beer kit
8) Add the Cooper's Brew Enhancer
9) Put in ice bath to cool wort
10) hydrate yeast (provided by kit) for 20 minutes
11) Add water to mark and add yeast
I will open by saying that I was extremely careful to sanitize everything.
The OG was at 1043 and the temp was 23-22C. At first all seemed to be going well, 8 hours in the brew was fermenting rigorously; this lasted for about 48 hours. At the 50 hour mark all visible of fermentation resided. I tested the gravity and had a reading of 1009. The beer seems really but I mean really cloudy and tasted kind of bitter/sour.
Im freaking out this is my first brew and having my first rewind will suck big time. The three things that worry me are: The beer fermented really fast even though I was careful to keep the temp right. The beer is extremely cloudy; it looks like a pale apple cider. And last but not least the taste is killing me.
I know its early (real early) to determine anything. But, Im still worried. Am I just another hypertensive newb or do I have reason to be worried? Any advice??
One Can Muntons Light Malt Extract (3.3 LBS)
One Can Cooper's Lager kit
One 1 kg Coopers Brew Enhancer
Half pound of Mountons Cara-pils (two row barley malt)
Coopers Carbonation Drops
½ oz Cascade hops
Steps
1) Heat 1 1/2 gallons water to 150F
2) Crack 1/2 pound barley put in Cheese cloth
3) Steep Barley for half hour
4) Sprague grins with one letter water at 170F
5) Raise heat; bring to boil steep hops for 15 minutes
7) Turn off the heat and add the Malt extract and the Coopers beer kit
8) Add the Cooper's Brew Enhancer
9) Put in ice bath to cool wort
10) hydrate yeast (provided by kit) for 20 minutes
11) Add water to mark and add yeast
I will open by saying that I was extremely careful to sanitize everything.
The OG was at 1043 and the temp was 23-22C. At first all seemed to be going well, 8 hours in the brew was fermenting rigorously; this lasted for about 48 hours. At the 50 hour mark all visible of fermentation resided. I tested the gravity and had a reading of 1009. The beer seems really but I mean really cloudy and tasted kind of bitter/sour.
Im freaking out this is my first brew and having my first rewind will suck big time. The three things that worry me are: The beer fermented really fast even though I was careful to keep the temp right. The beer is extremely cloudy; it looks like a pale apple cider. And last but not least the taste is killing me.
I know its early (real early) to determine anything. But, Im still worried. Am I just another hypertensive newb or do I have reason to be worried? Any advice??