Hillbilly_Bill
Well-Known Member
I played it by the book. Mini-mash kit
That's my plan for my first kit, too. Mine is also a mini-mash. Keep me informed... are you going to age it a couple of weeks?
I played it by the book. Mini-mash kit
Keep me posted. I would like to know what you think. (those of you that made it according to the directions.)
Forrest
I just got this kit for my second brew. I will be doing the extract version with Nottingham dry yeast.
The smooth nut brown from Midwest supplies. I bottles it yesterday and it tasted pretty good.
Ex: I made your AHS coffee stout and it didn't turn out well. Did I mention that I added some extra hops I had in the freezer for about a year and 1/2 pot of french roast at bottling?
So, It's safe to assume that this beer will pair wonderfully with a side of human ribs?
I wanted to start this ale last week, but all has been hectic here... just got back from a big meeting at the lawyer's office... trying to get some satisfaction out of the insurance company of the idiot who hit me head-on last October... stopped by the liquor store and picked up some supplies, i.e. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and some strainer bags from the paint store.
Also... I found a guy on Craigslist with some free beer bottles to give away... he no longer bottles his beer since he got his kegerator. He is meeting me in about an hour with 80+ 12 ounce bottles... yes!
Updates to come as soon as I get off of my rear end and get this thing going.
Bill
Forrest, i always try to follow all your recipes exactly but all of the ones i have done from you say to transfer to a secondary after about a week? What is your opinion on doing it that way to say 3 weeks in the primary and then directly into the keg for conditioning? Thanks.
Forrest... I plan on following the directions with my mini-mash kit with Nottingham yeast, but I plan on hydrating the yeast as I always do when I am making wine... just to let you know.
Wanted to chime in here. I am going to be brewing the extract version of this beer tomorrow so I was going over the recipe. Normally I am an all grain brewer so when I noticed that it called fo 1oz of 14% hops I got a little worried. I am making this beer to bring to a party with coworkers and I don't think they will like the beer much if it is seriously overhopped. Judging by the responses above in this thread I suppose I am going to brew it by the book and just hope for the best, but it seems to call for a LOT of hops. I'll post how it goes later, lots of luck to the others brewing this kit.
As someone who is already drinking this beer... it is a crowd-pleasing beer. It IS NOT an IPA in terms of bitterness, aroma, etc... make the recipe as written and you'll get a very nice, very drinkable pale ale.
As someone who is already drinking this beer... it is a crowd-pleasing beer. It IS NOT an IPA in terms of bitterness, aroma, etc... make the recipe as written and you'll get a very nice, very drinkable pale ale.
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