MyCarHasAbs
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As promised earlier in a previous thread, here's the step by step "tweaked" instructions for the initially brewing process I followed. If ANYONE sees any thing to be corrected or a blank filled in, don't hesitate to speak up. This was after all only my third batch and I'm sure there's still room for improvement.
First off, to all those who replied in the previous thread, thanks.
This was an IPA that I added rosemary to. Brewers Best kit.
1) Added 2.5 gallons of water to a 5 gallon pot. Turned the burner on high. 30 minutes later, still not boiling. Switched over to a bigger burner. 15 minutes later it hit 160 degrees.
2) steeped the grains in for 20 minutes. I'm not doing anything to the temperature at this point. Though I checked after ten minutes of the steeping and realized I'm hitting well past 165 degrees. So I turned the heat down a tad.
3) After the 20 minutes and a rolling boil was achieved I added 20% of the DME and LME. During this part I rarely stopped stirring. It probably took about 10-15 minutes based on moderate memory for it to return to a rolling boil.
4) I added 1oz of cascade hops. Still continually stirring occasionally. The directions say to let it boil for 30 minutes.
5) I added 2oz of columbus hops. Once again, letting it boil and stir on and on for 30 minutes.
6) As soon as the 30 minutes had passed, I added the remainder of the LME and DME. I probably gave this about 10-15 minutes of a boil.
7) I added both the 1.5oz of cascade hops and rose mary with 5 minutes left.
8) boil terminated. Ice bath prepped and clothes pins attached to the lid. I let that sit in murky ice cold water and ice for about 25-30 minutes.
Total boil time: about 1 hour and 45 minutes
First off, to all those who replied in the previous thread, thanks.
This was an IPA that I added rosemary to. Brewers Best kit.
1) Added 2.5 gallons of water to a 5 gallon pot. Turned the burner on high. 30 minutes later, still not boiling. Switched over to a bigger burner. 15 minutes later it hit 160 degrees.
2) steeped the grains in for 20 minutes. I'm not doing anything to the temperature at this point. Though I checked after ten minutes of the steeping and realized I'm hitting well past 165 degrees. So I turned the heat down a tad.
3) After the 20 minutes and a rolling boil was achieved I added 20% of the DME and LME. During this part I rarely stopped stirring. It probably took about 10-15 minutes based on moderate memory for it to return to a rolling boil.
4) I added 1oz of cascade hops. Still continually stirring occasionally. The directions say to let it boil for 30 minutes.
5) I added 2oz of columbus hops. Once again, letting it boil and stir on and on for 30 minutes.
6) As soon as the 30 minutes had passed, I added the remainder of the LME and DME. I probably gave this about 10-15 minutes of a boil.
7) I added both the 1.5oz of cascade hops and rose mary with 5 minutes left.
8) boil terminated. Ice bath prepped and clothes pins attached to the lid. I let that sit in murky ice cold water and ice for about 25-30 minutes.
Total boil time: about 1 hour and 45 minutes