70Cuda383
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first batch, VERY poor technique and equipment, yielded 1.030 wort, and beer that tasted like hoppy water.
second batch, better equipment, and probably 1.040-1.045 after boil but I had added 3 lbs wheat DME and 1 lb honey because the home brew store didn't have enough grain wheat for what I wanted, and I wanted a honey wheat beer, OG was actually 1.060
but used RO water, and I think I didn't have enough minerals, fermented down to 1.020, and was VERY sweet.
third batch I did 2 sparges and yielded about 8 gallons that I boiled down to 5, OG was 1.059 after boil. (still aging in fermenter, unknown how it'll finish, still "mineral-less RO water"
Im ready to start adding minerals to my water, and now I have my own grain mill, chasing both mash efficency and getting full fermentation out of the yeast.
anyway....long story short, does it sound like a good idea to try some "pale ale" by brewing with just pale malt and not trying to be crazy with specialty grains and techniques?
what's a good "simple beer" recipes?
second batch, better equipment, and probably 1.040-1.045 after boil but I had added 3 lbs wheat DME and 1 lb honey because the home brew store didn't have enough grain wheat for what I wanted, and I wanted a honey wheat beer, OG was actually 1.060
but used RO water, and I think I didn't have enough minerals, fermented down to 1.020, and was VERY sweet.
third batch I did 2 sparges and yielded about 8 gallons that I boiled down to 5, OG was 1.059 after boil. (still aging in fermenter, unknown how it'll finish, still "mineral-less RO water"
Im ready to start adding minerals to my water, and now I have my own grain mill, chasing both mash efficency and getting full fermentation out of the yeast.
anyway....long story short, does it sound like a good idea to try some "pale ale" by brewing with just pale malt and not trying to be crazy with specialty grains and techniques?
what's a good "simple beer" recipes?