adamjackson
Well-Known Member
I keep doing this. Making beer that I don't know what style it is. I think I know where this is going then I totally screw it up or just decide to kitchen sink it. So far, results have been GREAT.
1st Question: Should I buy these beer softwares I keep hearing people mention? Do these tell you what style you're about to brew based on ingredients? I need one that works with Macintosh that has a companion iPhone & iPad app so I can sync my brews. Is there something like that?
Here's what I brewed tonight.
Brewer's Best American Pale Ale Kit
http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1013_American_Pale_Ale.pdf
I followed their schedule but made some modifications. They call for 2 gallon batch but I have a large kettle so did 4 gallons and will ferment 5 gallons in a glass carboy.
@ 160 F, Steep 1lb of Caramel 20L for 20 minutes in bag
bring to rolling boil
60 minute LME (Munton's Light one tin)
60 minute Bittering hops 2 ounce (cascade 6.4%)
45 minutes 1lb DME (Briess Golden Light 1 lb)
40 minutes cascade (1oz pellet)
30 minutes DME (Briess Golden Light 1lb)
25 minute corn sugar (1 lb)
20 minutes LME (Munton's light one tin can)
15 minutes chinook 1 ounce
5 minutes willamette aroma 1.5 ounce (4.7%)
Then I terminated boil, did about 25 minutes wort cooling. FG is 1.068 at 70 Degrees F. Expected was, at the high end, 1.055 but the 2 lbs of DME and 1lb of corn sugar weren't on the recipe as fermentables.
So..I know this is no longer an APA. Did I make an IPA or Double IPA? I was hoping for a single. Guess I should stop doing kitchen sink recipes.
1st Question: Should I buy these beer softwares I keep hearing people mention? Do these tell you what style you're about to brew based on ingredients? I need one that works with Macintosh that has a companion iPhone & iPad app so I can sync my brews. Is there something like that?
Here's what I brewed tonight.
Brewer's Best American Pale Ale Kit
http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1013_American_Pale_Ale.pdf
I followed their schedule but made some modifications. They call for 2 gallon batch but I have a large kettle so did 4 gallons and will ferment 5 gallons in a glass carboy.
@ 160 F, Steep 1lb of Caramel 20L for 20 minutes in bag
bring to rolling boil
60 minute LME (Munton's Light one tin)
60 minute Bittering hops 2 ounce (cascade 6.4%)
45 minutes 1lb DME (Briess Golden Light 1 lb)
40 minutes cascade (1oz pellet)
30 minutes DME (Briess Golden Light 1lb)
25 minute corn sugar (1 lb)
20 minutes LME (Munton's light one tin can)
15 minutes chinook 1 ounce
5 minutes willamette aroma 1.5 ounce (4.7%)
Then I terminated boil, did about 25 minutes wort cooling. FG is 1.068 at 70 Degrees F. Expected was, at the high end, 1.055 but the 2 lbs of DME and 1lb of corn sugar weren't on the recipe as fermentables.
So..I know this is no longer an APA. Did I make an IPA or Double IPA? I was hoping for a single. Guess I should stop doing kitchen sink recipes.