so i was brewing a red ale today which consists of these ingredients (straight from my recipe):
4lb. can mountmellick AMBER liquid
2lb english light Died Malt Extract
8oz medium crystal
20z black
1oz Northdown (bittering hops)
1oz Cascade (aroma hops)
i steeped my grain for 10...
Yes "1056 American Ale Yeast" is what i used in my Strawberry Blond and i believe it was "1028" i used for the WiezenBock High Gravity. I could be wrong on the second...i really cont remeber with 10 or so summer ales down. :cross:
tHE "1028" wAS THE ONE USED TO MAKE THE STARTER THOUGH
what do you all pay for your amber growlers? individual? 6? 12? just curious, they seem expensive...However in my mind theres nothing more satisfying than polishing off a growler and a boat load of spicy wings in an hour and a half with four of my best buddies so i was thinking of bottling my...
that would be unfortunate. Thanks for all the responses, and yes they were two differant "strains" and i did end up going to the website and checking and i did use the two in their correct style brews. Once again thanks for the help fellas.:rockin:
i put honey in my wort, thought it may cause problems b/c of the sugar but i wasnt sure, it was in my brew kit though. what do you all think.:confused:
my reasoning for this before i get flamed was higher Alcohol content
yeah the directions show this...
how long do these typically take to start fermentation (see some action in my airlock) i was reading up to 72 hours is not unheard of...
note: i did not make a starter for the one i used which was the one made to be directly pitched, maybe this is what RC...
well i cant answer all of those but when producing my wort i use about 1.5 gallons of water. I leave my lid somewhat on to keep water from evaporating but not let it get to hot and boil over...basically i find the right heat point (about 5.5 on my electric stove) and crack the lid a bit. To...
extremely informative, thanks. Looks like i did it right then. As far as labels on the bags, perhaps, i read them and didnt see anything. The recipes did not have anything on them.
so i was down at my local homebrew supplies store today and got two kits of beer. One was a strawberry blond and the other was a High Gravity WeizenBock wheat ale. I got Wyeast with both of them; however two differant styles of yeast. one was a blue package that claimed to have 25 billion...