haberdasher
Well-Known Member
Hello, all. This is a doozy of a first post.
Firstly, I searched around a bit, but I haven't gotten used to the format of this forum yet - so I'll have a few simple questions in addition to my introduction. Hope I don't get "flamed" for not searching enough.
I just brewed my first batch Friday night, E+G, did a full boil in my 9-gallon 2-weld pot... a hiccup (read:failure) with my SP-10 propane burner (that I stupidly bought used) forced me inside to my electric stove ... that takes quite a while to boil 6 gallons... yeesh. I had gotten started a little later than I planned (11pm) so I didn't wrap up until 3:30am....
Now for the good stuff... I drink big beer - DIPA's, Imperial anythings,Tripels, Quads like Avery's The Reverend. That being said, I wasn't even going to enjoy and APA or the like for my first brew. Why brew what I don't like because it's easy? Where's the satisfaction in that?
So I found a recipe by Calagione called Tripel 'Round the World that sounded great.
Heres the recipe fyi:
Round the World Tripel Sam Calagione
SG: 1.090
FG: 1.018
Target ABV: 9%
Ingredients:
Pre-Boil:
· 1 lb crushed Cara-pils barley
· 2 tsp gypsum
Boil:
· 9.0 lbs light DME
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· 1 oz Saaz (60 min)
· 1 lb Chinese Rock Sugar (30 min)
· 1 tsp Irish Moss (20 min) I used Whirfloc
· 1 oz East Kent Golding (20 min)
· ½ oz Saaz (10 min)
· 1 lb Chinese Rock Sugar (5 min)
· 1.50 oz dried Chamomile (End of Boil)
· 1 lb light Brown Sugar (Day 2)
Yeast Options:
· 1762 Belgian Abbey
· 3787 Tappist High Gravity
· WLP530
· WLP575
I used 1214 Belgian Abbey instead, one smackpack, in a 1.2L starter 36 hours before brew time
Process:
1) Fill grain bag with Cara-pils and add to 4.5 gal cool water
2) Start heating grain and continue to stir every 5 min. Heat to 170 deg. F
3) Drain grain bag, do not squeeze!
4) Add heat malt extract and bring to a boil.
5) Boil 5 minutes and then start the 60 min. boil clock.
6) Add ingredients according to boil schedule.
7) Add brown sugar and 2 cups of water solution to primary after a good fermentation is under way, (2 days or so).
10 Days in Primary â no mention of secondary fermentation.?
9) Bottle with 5 oz priming sugar.
Now like I said, I used one pack of 1214 yeast, made a starter (1.2L) Fermentation has been WILD. I used a blow-off tube instead of an airlock for primary. I have now discovered the Mr Malty pitching calculator and it recommends that I should have used two packs of yeast.... am I going to end up under-attenuated? The first two days or so were 2 bubbles a second at a minimum.. this morning (start of day 4) it is still a bubble every 1.5 seconds...
How often should I check gravity? I haven't yet... Do I need to get a thief? How else do I check? Sorry if this sounds stupid..
The recipe doesn't mention going to a secondary, but I would think for a beer this big that would be a necessary step? How do I know when to go to secondary?
I know, I know .. RDWHAHB, but like every virgin, I'm scared I won't do it right. I've been lurking here for awhile already have my shopping list to convert my chest freezer into a fermenter, and start kegging by the next batch or maybe my third... ( I already have a kegerator, so it just makes sense...) and then go AG ASAP... just getting my feet wet with Extract first.
Firstly, I searched around a bit, but I haven't gotten used to the format of this forum yet - so I'll have a few simple questions in addition to my introduction. Hope I don't get "flamed" for not searching enough.
I just brewed my first batch Friday night, E+G, did a full boil in my 9-gallon 2-weld pot... a hiccup (read:failure) with my SP-10 propane burner (that I stupidly bought used) forced me inside to my electric stove ... that takes quite a while to boil 6 gallons... yeesh. I had gotten started a little later than I planned (11pm) so I didn't wrap up until 3:30am....
Now for the good stuff... I drink big beer - DIPA's, Imperial anythings,Tripels, Quads like Avery's The Reverend. That being said, I wasn't even going to enjoy and APA or the like for my first brew. Why brew what I don't like because it's easy? Where's the satisfaction in that?
So I found a recipe by Calagione called Tripel 'Round the World that sounded great.
Heres the recipe fyi:
Round the World Tripel Sam Calagione
SG: 1.090
FG: 1.018
Target ABV: 9%
Ingredients:
Pre-Boil:
· 1 lb crushed Cara-pils barley
· 2 tsp gypsum
Boil:
· 9.0 lbs light DME
------------------------------------
· 1 oz Saaz (60 min)
· 1 lb Chinese Rock Sugar (30 min)
· 1 tsp Irish Moss (20 min) I used Whirfloc
· 1 oz East Kent Golding (20 min)
· ½ oz Saaz (10 min)
· 1 lb Chinese Rock Sugar (5 min)
· 1.50 oz dried Chamomile (End of Boil)
· 1 lb light Brown Sugar (Day 2)
Yeast Options:
· 1762 Belgian Abbey
· 3787 Tappist High Gravity
· WLP530
· WLP575
I used 1214 Belgian Abbey instead, one smackpack, in a 1.2L starter 36 hours before brew time
Process:
1) Fill grain bag with Cara-pils and add to 4.5 gal cool water
2) Start heating grain and continue to stir every 5 min. Heat to 170 deg. F
3) Drain grain bag, do not squeeze!
4) Add heat malt extract and bring to a boil.
5) Boil 5 minutes and then start the 60 min. boil clock.
6) Add ingredients according to boil schedule.
7) Add brown sugar and 2 cups of water solution to primary after a good fermentation is under way, (2 days or so).
10 Days in Primary â no mention of secondary fermentation.?
9) Bottle with 5 oz priming sugar.
Now like I said, I used one pack of 1214 yeast, made a starter (1.2L) Fermentation has been WILD. I used a blow-off tube instead of an airlock for primary. I have now discovered the Mr Malty pitching calculator and it recommends that I should have used two packs of yeast.... am I going to end up under-attenuated? The first two days or so were 2 bubbles a second at a minimum.. this morning (start of day 4) it is still a bubble every 1.5 seconds...
How often should I check gravity? I haven't yet... Do I need to get a thief? How else do I check? Sorry if this sounds stupid..
The recipe doesn't mention going to a secondary, but I would think for a beer this big that would be a necessary step? How do I know when to go to secondary?
I know, I know .. RDWHAHB, but like every virgin, I'm scared I won't do it right. I've been lurking here for awhile already have my shopping list to convert my chest freezer into a fermenter, and start kegging by the next batch or maybe my third... ( I already have a kegerator, so it just makes sense...) and then go AG ASAP... just getting my feet wet with Extract first.