Ok, I was only out for about 6 months from moving.... Started my last batch in March of April and bottled in May but that was longer than I had hoped.
The other night after getting a 3gal carboy (prior only used 1gal) I hastily began brewing. I had decide to do a red ale using 2 gal of an ale recipe I like and 1 gal of Apple cider... Well after starting the grains steeping I realized I only had 1.5 lbs dme so found some brown sugar to supplement.. May go well with the Apple juice anyways.
So here is what I ended with.
Steeped 3.6 oz 60L and 1.8 oz roasted barley
2lb dme
0.56lb light brown sugar
0.7 goldings for 45 min
0.25 cascades for 5min (left over from a kit awhile back)
Cooled then mixed with the AJ. Fermentation started well and went strong for 2 days before calming down last night. Plan to leave alone for a month then bottle for another month and have ready for Halloween and maybe Thanksgiving if any is still left.
Cheers 🍻
The other night after getting a 3gal carboy (prior only used 1gal) I hastily began brewing. I had decide to do a red ale using 2 gal of an ale recipe I like and 1 gal of Apple cider... Well after starting the grains steeping I realized I only had 1.5 lbs dme so found some brown sugar to supplement.. May go well with the Apple juice anyways.
So here is what I ended with.
Steeped 3.6 oz 60L and 1.8 oz roasted barley
2lb dme
0.56lb light brown sugar
0.7 goldings for 45 min
0.25 cascades for 5min (left over from a kit awhile back)
Cooled then mixed with the AJ. Fermentation started well and went strong for 2 days before calming down last night. Plan to leave alone for a month then bottle for another month and have ready for Halloween and maybe Thanksgiving if any is still left.
Cheers 🍻