Cheesefood
Well-Known Member
I just got into home-brewing after about 7 years of thinking about it (and, well, I never had a good enough place to do it until recently).
My first beer is an IPA from the Brewer's Best kit. It's still priming in my closet, but I'm really looking forward to the day I crack the first cold one. This afternoon I made my second batch. I got a bit experimental, so let me know your thoughts on this recipe:
6 lbs Northern Wheat extract
1 lb SueBee Orange Blossom honey
3 tsp vanilla extract
1.5 oz Mt Hood boiling hops
.5 oz Saaz finishing hops
1 oz Coriander
.5 oz Sweet Orange peel
Wyeast brand Witbeer yeast
Some yeast from a Blue Moon I had just drank.
OK, this is probably going to be weird. My Wyeast yeast pack didn't really "fluff up" so I sanitized a jar and poured the contents to see what was going on. It looked like it was all there, so I poured the bottom of a Blue Moon into there (with all the yeast) and closed the top while I made everything else.
I boiled the malt, vanilla, honey and Mt Hood for about 55 minutes in 2 gals of water, then the Saaz, coriander and orange for the last 15 minutes. I was going to throw in some Irish Moss, but forgot. Tried to siphon, but all the orange and coriander was jamming it up so I ended up just pouring it all through a sanitized sieve.
I made a HUGE mess. My floor is sticky from the leftover wort in the siphon tube spraying all over.
O.G. is about 1.045 @ 78 F. I cooled the wort by taking my pot outside and spraying it down with the hose for a few minutes, then a cold water bath in the sink.
I'm sure there's all types of contamination, but I'm hoping it's not too bad.
My first beer is an IPA from the Brewer's Best kit. It's still priming in my closet, but I'm really looking forward to the day I crack the first cold one. This afternoon I made my second batch. I got a bit experimental, so let me know your thoughts on this recipe:
6 lbs Northern Wheat extract
1 lb SueBee Orange Blossom honey
3 tsp vanilla extract
1.5 oz Mt Hood boiling hops
.5 oz Saaz finishing hops
1 oz Coriander
.5 oz Sweet Orange peel
Wyeast brand Witbeer yeast
Some yeast from a Blue Moon I had just drank.
OK, this is probably going to be weird. My Wyeast yeast pack didn't really "fluff up" so I sanitized a jar and poured the contents to see what was going on. It looked like it was all there, so I poured the bottom of a Blue Moon into there (with all the yeast) and closed the top while I made everything else.
I boiled the malt, vanilla, honey and Mt Hood for about 55 minutes in 2 gals of water, then the Saaz, coriander and orange for the last 15 minutes. I was going to throw in some Irish Moss, but forgot. Tried to siphon, but all the orange and coriander was jamming it up so I ended up just pouring it all through a sanitized sieve.
I made a HUGE mess. My floor is sticky from the leftover wort in the siphon tube spraying all over.
O.G. is about 1.045 @ 78 F. I cooled the wort by taking my pot outside and spraying it down with the hose for a few minutes, then a cold water bath in the sink.
I'm sure there's all types of contamination, but I'm hoping it's not too bad.