I don't know when I will stop posting to the beginners forum, but I still feel like a novice so here it is.
Yesterday, I started my 3rd brew (4th if you count my cider) and it was a Big Double IPA recipe from one of my local Homebrew supply stores.
The recipe is below, 10+ pounds of extract, 8oz of hops in 5 seperate additions and this one tested my newbie skills.
OG: 1.086 (I got a reading of 1.082, but that was likely due to not being fully mixed at the time of the sample)
FG: 1.020
Alcohol: 8.5%
IBU: 90
SRM: 9.5
Fermentables:
7 lb. Golden Light Dry Malt Extract
3.3 lb. Golden Light Liquid Malt Extract
Specialty Grain
.75 lb. Castle Caramel Pilsner
.25 lb. Briess Caramel 120
Hops
2 oz. Chinook (60 min.)
1 oz. Centennial (15 min.)
1 oz. Cascade (10 min.)
2 oz. Amarillo (0 min.)
2 oz. Cascade (Dry Hop)
Yeast
2 packs US-05
The boil was nerve racking early on as it wanted to boil over even before any of the hop additions. I finally got the temperature under control, and had a nice steady boil for about 45 minutes.
I pitched a 1/2 gallon starter after steeping the specialty grains and mixing in all of the extracts, and in a little over 24 hours she is bubbling like a mad-man.
I will keep everyone posted as the beer progresses.
Yesterday, I started my 3rd brew (4th if you count my cider) and it was a Big Double IPA recipe from one of my local Homebrew supply stores.
The recipe is below, 10+ pounds of extract, 8oz of hops in 5 seperate additions and this one tested my newbie skills.
OG: 1.086 (I got a reading of 1.082, but that was likely due to not being fully mixed at the time of the sample)
FG: 1.020
Alcohol: 8.5%
IBU: 90
SRM: 9.5
Fermentables:
7 lb. Golden Light Dry Malt Extract
3.3 lb. Golden Light Liquid Malt Extract
Specialty Grain
.75 lb. Castle Caramel Pilsner
.25 lb. Briess Caramel 120
Hops
2 oz. Chinook (60 min.)
1 oz. Centennial (15 min.)
1 oz. Cascade (10 min.)
2 oz. Amarillo (0 min.)
2 oz. Cascade (Dry Hop)
Yeast
2 packs US-05
The boil was nerve racking early on as it wanted to boil over even before any of the hop additions. I finally got the temperature under control, and had a nice steady boil for about 45 minutes.
I pitched a 1/2 gallon starter after steeping the specialty grains and mixing in all of the extracts, and in a little over 24 hours she is bubbling like a mad-man.
I will keep everyone posted as the beer progresses.