Ditchwater
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So my second brew happened yesterday, did my first back in June which was a regular IPA extract kit from Brewers Best. It went pretty good overall, plenty of good reviews from friends. We drink ALOT of different beers, so i trust their opinions.
Second batch was yesterday, bought a kit from Northern Brewers and hacked it slightly. It was a black IPA but I added more hops and changed it slightly.
As the recipe called for, steeped the grains(weyermans carafa III, Chocolate Malt and Briess Caramel 80) in 3 gallons of water. Did the 3.15lbs of dark LME at boil, then back to the burner. Hop schedule was Summit hops 1oz at the start of the 60 minute boil. 25 minutes left, I added some Austrailian Topaz hops 1oz. 15 minutes left added Chinook hops 1oz plus 6lbs of dark LME. 10 minutes left added Centennial hops 1oz. 5 minutes left added 2 oz of Cascade. End of boil added 1 oz of Centennial and 1lb of corn sugar.
Cooled the wort down to 80F, added it to the already boiled and cooled 2.5 gallons of water in the fermenter and it actually made a perfect 5 gallons, poured it pretty aggressively to aerate. Temp settled to 70F right away and then added the Wyeast 1272 American Ale yeast II and agitated it a bit more, gravity read about 1.078 which is pretty good since the kit said 1.075. Popped in the airlock and put it in my basement room. The temp in the room is about 70F as well, fluctuating a few degrees higher in the day and lower at night. The temp of the fermenter is 69F currently.
That was about 4pm yesterday when I finished. Today when I got home, no fermentation quite yet. Will check again tomorrow. The yeast was active, package swelled like it was supposed too and it was fresh yeast.
So besides adding more Cascade hops to the boil than it called for, plus gonna add 2oz of Cascade for dryhopping in the seconday. I added the 1oz of Aussie Topaz hops just trying to give it something different. I know what a good Black IPA or Cascade IPA should taste like, so will see if this even affect its much. Supposed to have a fruity, slightly dark aroma or flavor. Was 16.4 AAU.
Was another fun process though, cant wait till I can try it, glad I took up the hobby. As soon as I get better with the extracts I will move to a grain setup.
If anyone has any input or whatever, Id be glad to hear it. Will post more as the process moves along.
Cheers
Second batch was yesterday, bought a kit from Northern Brewers and hacked it slightly. It was a black IPA but I added more hops and changed it slightly.
As the recipe called for, steeped the grains(weyermans carafa III, Chocolate Malt and Briess Caramel 80) in 3 gallons of water. Did the 3.15lbs of dark LME at boil, then back to the burner. Hop schedule was Summit hops 1oz at the start of the 60 minute boil. 25 minutes left, I added some Austrailian Topaz hops 1oz. 15 minutes left added Chinook hops 1oz plus 6lbs of dark LME. 10 minutes left added Centennial hops 1oz. 5 minutes left added 2 oz of Cascade. End of boil added 1 oz of Centennial and 1lb of corn sugar.
Cooled the wort down to 80F, added it to the already boiled and cooled 2.5 gallons of water in the fermenter and it actually made a perfect 5 gallons, poured it pretty aggressively to aerate. Temp settled to 70F right away and then added the Wyeast 1272 American Ale yeast II and agitated it a bit more, gravity read about 1.078 which is pretty good since the kit said 1.075. Popped in the airlock and put it in my basement room. The temp in the room is about 70F as well, fluctuating a few degrees higher in the day and lower at night. The temp of the fermenter is 69F currently.
That was about 4pm yesterday when I finished. Today when I got home, no fermentation quite yet. Will check again tomorrow. The yeast was active, package swelled like it was supposed too and it was fresh yeast.
So besides adding more Cascade hops to the boil than it called for, plus gonna add 2oz of Cascade for dryhopping in the seconday. I added the 1oz of Aussie Topaz hops just trying to give it something different. I know what a good Black IPA or Cascade IPA should taste like, so will see if this even affect its much. Supposed to have a fruity, slightly dark aroma or flavor. Was 16.4 AAU.
Was another fun process though, cant wait till I can try it, glad I took up the hobby. As soon as I get better with the extracts I will move to a grain setup.
If anyone has any input or whatever, Id be glad to hear it. Will post more as the process moves along.
Cheers
