First of all I want to say thank you to everyone, I have already learned a lot from everyone here over the last few weeks from just reading the forums. The tittle pretty much says it all, I will be brewing my first batch next weekend and have a couple of questions. I was hoping you guys could look over what I plan on doing and giving me your input.
I will be making a Breakfast Stout extract kit that I ordered from Northern Brewer. I plan on doing a full wort boil. This kit includes 2lbs. of specialty grains(1.5# flaked oats, .5# Simpson's roasted barley). I have read a few different ways of steeping specialty grains, and planned on steeping them in two gallons of water at approximately 160°F for 30 minutes. Does this sound right?
I planned on adding 3.5-4 gallons of water to the wort and bringing it to a boil. My next question is when do I add the 3.15#'s of dark malt extract? Should I add it when I remove the specialty grains? I only have one hop addition at 60 minutes so no problems there.
After my boil is done I will cool the wort with my IC and then siphon it to my carboy. Does it sound like I am missing something obvious or doing something incorrectly?
I do have one more question. The kit i bought came with 2 "S" type airlocks and a blow off tube. The OG is supposed to be 1.030. I will be using a 6 gallon glass carboy for primary. My question is do i need to use the blow off tube for this just to be safe or will i be ok with the "S" type?
Hope I can wait until next weekend to start, the wait is killing me.
Brad
I will be making a Breakfast Stout extract kit that I ordered from Northern Brewer. I plan on doing a full wort boil. This kit includes 2lbs. of specialty grains(1.5# flaked oats, .5# Simpson's roasted barley). I have read a few different ways of steeping specialty grains, and planned on steeping them in two gallons of water at approximately 160°F for 30 minutes. Does this sound right?
I planned on adding 3.5-4 gallons of water to the wort and bringing it to a boil. My next question is when do I add the 3.15#'s of dark malt extract? Should I add it when I remove the specialty grains? I only have one hop addition at 60 minutes so no problems there.
After my boil is done I will cool the wort with my IC and then siphon it to my carboy. Does it sound like I am missing something obvious or doing something incorrectly?
I do have one more question. The kit i bought came with 2 "S" type airlocks and a blow off tube. The OG is supposed to be 1.030. I will be using a 6 gallon glass carboy for primary. My question is do i need to use the blow off tube for this just to be safe or will i be ok with the "S" type?
Hope I can wait until next weekend to start, the wait is killing me.
Brad