abweatherley
Well-Known Member
Hi all
Will be brewing Northern Brewers American Wheat 1 gallon extract kit tomorrow.
I looked at the instructions for the kit and they're not very clear on some of the instructions
Firstly they don't give an OG or FG for the kit.
I entered the recipe into brew father and I get an OG of 1.046 and an FG of 1.009. For 1lb of wheat DME in a gallon of wort I think this about right.
Secondly the instructions for the second hop addition are not clear either.
It says "45 minutes after the first hop addition, the
45 minute boil ends—turn off the burner and
add the second and final hop addition"
And then in the next step it says cool and wort and prepare to fill fermenter.
So do I just leave the hops in the wort whilst its cooling or do I keep the wort hot for 15 minutes and let the aroma hops do their thing and then cool it? I Use a stainless steel hop basket for my hop additions as I have clogged a bottling wand with hop matter and try to keep hop particles out of the fermenting wort.
I have attached the instructions.
I feel like they need to be updated.
Will be brewing Northern Brewers American Wheat 1 gallon extract kit tomorrow.
I looked at the instructions for the kit and they're not very clear on some of the instructions
Firstly they don't give an OG or FG for the kit.
I entered the recipe into brew father and I get an OG of 1.046 and an FG of 1.009. For 1lb of wheat DME in a gallon of wort I think this about right.
Secondly the instructions for the second hop addition are not clear either.
It says "45 minutes after the first hop addition, the
45 minute boil ends—turn off the burner and
add the second and final hop addition"
And then in the next step it says cool and wort and prepare to fill fermenter.
So do I just leave the hops in the wort whilst its cooling or do I keep the wort hot for 15 minutes and let the aroma hops do their thing and then cool it? I Use a stainless steel hop basket for my hop additions as I have clogged a bottling wand with hop matter and try to keep hop particles out of the fermenting wort.
I have attached the instructions.
I feel like they need to be updated.