jaynik
Well-Known Member
Trying my second brew today. It's a SN style IPA according to the guy at the shop. I tasted their result of the same recipe and it was pretty good.
This was my first with steeping grains and I already effed it up a bit, but I will recover. I added cold water to my pot and poured the steeping grains into the muslin bag while I was holding it over the water and spilled some of the grains in the water. I guess I'll have to filter that out later, but figured some of the grains might have found their way through the bag anyhow.
I'm excited about this brew though. There are 6 hop additions and I love hops. If this turns out nice, I will consider changing the hop profile a little next time to see what else I can do. I'm nervous and excited. I like the shop, my first time going there. I feel better about it with using fresh ingredients and all. I'll let you know how this goes.
BTW, talked to him about my initial brew, the red ale that was yeasty and his guess is that it was just the crappy dry yeast that came in the kit. He uses wyeast activator packs, so I'll see how that goes with this brew.
This was my first with steeping grains and I already effed it up a bit, but I will recover. I added cold water to my pot and poured the steeping grains into the muslin bag while I was holding it over the water and spilled some of the grains in the water. I guess I'll have to filter that out later, but figured some of the grains might have found their way through the bag anyhow.
I'm excited about this brew though. There are 6 hop additions and I love hops. If this turns out nice, I will consider changing the hop profile a little next time to see what else I can do. I'm nervous and excited. I like the shop, my first time going there. I feel better about it with using fresh ingredients and all. I'll let you know how this goes.
BTW, talked to him about my initial brew, the red ale that was yeasty and his guess is that it was just the crappy dry yeast that came in the kit. He uses wyeast activator packs, so I'll see how that goes with this brew.