b33risGOOD
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, Im going to make a response to my first day for those interested (gave advice) or newbies who want to try and learn. For the record I am definitly a newbie but here it goes.
2 pictures for fun
Pot in boil
Grim remains lol
I purchased a coopers kit, 19$ Canadian, Coopers "real" Ale original to be exact. Unfortunatly when I got to the store this was there only Ale option, so next time I may look else where. I also bought 1.4kg of dextrose as I was advised. I had wanted DME but they had it only for Dark and Amber, I wanted PALE DME so went with the sugar. I also bought 50g Cascade hops for good measure, even thought the Kit is already pre hopped (lightly I was told)
My equipment
80 quart aluminum pot with top, 60 CDN ( I will brew 10 gallon batches once I find a recipe I like)
Outdoor propane burner 78,000 btu's at rona for 60 cdn, this more then does the job.
digital therm 11$ wallmart
Hydrometer 7$ at beer supply store
24 1 litre bottles for 1.29 each
Luckily I already own glass damijohns and air locks, tube for siphone etc
How things went
Even though I had spent a lot of time ready and preparing (lol) A few things didnt go so smoothly.
Began by brining 4.86 gallons to a boil outside. Inside I heated roughly 2 litres water and mixed in my liquid extract to pre dissolve it. One my 5 gallons came to a boil I removed from heat and added my extract and dextrose. I had 1.4kg dextrose and used most of it, expect for about a mug full to use for bottling. Threw in my jops. Mixture came back to a boil and a small head came overtop the brew. Not as much as i had expected, but i think my HUGE oversized pot helped disperse it more so. Boil overs were not an issue in this pot. Wort boiled at a temp of 100, for about 40 minutes. While this was happening I re hydrated my yeast. A bit early, 30 minutes before wort was cooled. I used the packaged yeast and was a bit worried, next time I will purchase other yeast. It seemed to have rehydrated fine. I cooled the wort in a tub of ice and put 1 frozen 2litra bottle of water into the wort. It cooled down to 35 in about 40 minutes. I could not take a gravity readying LOL because the liquid was too shallow for it to float! What trouble can this cause?
After that i pitched my yeast into the damijohn and siphoned the beer into it, letter the wort flow through a fliter to collect hops and whatever. Damijohn is now sealed and at around 23 room temp.
Some things I need to fix
Use DME not dextrose
Find container where I can take a hydrometer reading
Although I was carefull with sanitation, my father (oldschool) was more lax and a few incidints could have happened, although I doubt it.
Buy a good yest, and not use Kit yeast
I wish i had boiled more water in my pot, but since i bought one so big and was in a rush, I dont know if i broke it in 100%
Also, considering what water may have boiled off, and my guesstimate of 2 litres im not sure how much wort was actually made. But considering the size of my damijohn I cant be TOO far off.
Thanks again to all that helped and feel free to throw in advice.
2 pictures for fun
Pot in boil
Grim remains lol
I purchased a coopers kit, 19$ Canadian, Coopers "real" Ale original to be exact. Unfortunatly when I got to the store this was there only Ale option, so next time I may look else where. I also bought 1.4kg of dextrose as I was advised. I had wanted DME but they had it only for Dark and Amber, I wanted PALE DME so went with the sugar. I also bought 50g Cascade hops for good measure, even thought the Kit is already pre hopped (lightly I was told)
My equipment
80 quart aluminum pot with top, 60 CDN ( I will brew 10 gallon batches once I find a recipe I like)
Outdoor propane burner 78,000 btu's at rona for 60 cdn, this more then does the job.
digital therm 11$ wallmart
Hydrometer 7$ at beer supply store
24 1 litre bottles for 1.29 each
Luckily I already own glass damijohns and air locks, tube for siphone etc
How things went
Even though I had spent a lot of time ready and preparing (lol) A few things didnt go so smoothly.
Began by brining 4.86 gallons to a boil outside. Inside I heated roughly 2 litres water and mixed in my liquid extract to pre dissolve it. One my 5 gallons came to a boil I removed from heat and added my extract and dextrose. I had 1.4kg dextrose and used most of it, expect for about a mug full to use for bottling. Threw in my jops. Mixture came back to a boil and a small head came overtop the brew. Not as much as i had expected, but i think my HUGE oversized pot helped disperse it more so. Boil overs were not an issue in this pot. Wort boiled at a temp of 100, for about 40 minutes. While this was happening I re hydrated my yeast. A bit early, 30 minutes before wort was cooled. I used the packaged yeast and was a bit worried, next time I will purchase other yeast. It seemed to have rehydrated fine. I cooled the wort in a tub of ice and put 1 frozen 2litra bottle of water into the wort. It cooled down to 35 in about 40 minutes. I could not take a gravity readying LOL because the liquid was too shallow for it to float! What trouble can this cause?
After that i pitched my yeast into the damijohn and siphoned the beer into it, letter the wort flow through a fliter to collect hops and whatever. Damijohn is now sealed and at around 23 room temp.
Some things I need to fix
Use DME not dextrose
Find container where I can take a hydrometer reading
Although I was carefull with sanitation, my father (oldschool) was more lax and a few incidints could have happened, although I doubt it.
Buy a good yest, and not use Kit yeast
I wish i had boiled more water in my pot, but since i bought one so big and was in a rush, I dont know if i broke it in 100%
Also, considering what water may have boiled off, and my guesstimate of 2 litres im not sure how much wort was actually made. But considering the size of my damijohn I cant be TOO far off.
Thanks again to all that helped and feel free to throw in advice.
, I know couldn't (but I did).
