So, I think after doing many recipes - from full grain to partial and even all DME/LME kits that I sort of have a handle on what I want to do. Of course, I'm going to have to do a lot of tweaking going forward to get it exactly where I want it but I figured I'd throw this out there and see if any of you had any ideas on how I could tweak it (keep in mind I already purchased the supplies.). I have 1 lb of Chateau Cara Blond, 2 cans of CBW RYE LME and 1 lb of Breiss Golden Light DME. For yeast I have America West Coast Ale yeast and My hops are 2 oz. of Citra, 2 oz of Cascade and 1 oz of Amarillo
So I want to steep the 1 Lb of Chateau Cara blond till it reaches 170 degrees and then let it continue to steep for an additional 20 minutes. So adding it in a steeping bag as soon as I turn on the flame. At that point, remove it, shut the flame off and add the 6.6 lbs of LME and ensure it's completely dissolved into the water then turning the flame back on and bringing to a boil. Add the DME at the beginning of the boil.
Hop schedule (currently planned) (boil time planned is 1 hour)
1 oz Citra at 60 minutes (beginning of boil)
1 oz Cascade at 30 minutes to flameout and 1 oz of Cascade at 15 minutes to flameout
1 Oz Citra at flameout
1 oz Amarillo added when the wort has been placed in the fermenter.
Add yeast when wort is 70 degrees.
Fermentation time - 2 weeks (single fermenter)
Bottle - wait 2 weeks
Enjoy.
I'm hoping for a pretty hoppy brew and I think this will get me there. I considered adding 2 oz of the Citra pellets at 60 minutes but
I'm thinking that might make it too bitter. So not sure on that. If I do that, it would, of course change the rest of my schedule.
Edit: 5 gallon batch starting with 3 gallons of water.
So I want to steep the 1 Lb of Chateau Cara blond till it reaches 170 degrees and then let it continue to steep for an additional 20 minutes. So adding it in a steeping bag as soon as I turn on the flame. At that point, remove it, shut the flame off and add the 6.6 lbs of LME and ensure it's completely dissolved into the water then turning the flame back on and bringing to a boil. Add the DME at the beginning of the boil.
Hop schedule (currently planned) (boil time planned is 1 hour)
1 oz Citra at 60 minutes (beginning of boil)
1 oz Cascade at 30 minutes to flameout and 1 oz of Cascade at 15 minutes to flameout
1 Oz Citra at flameout
1 oz Amarillo added when the wort has been placed in the fermenter.
Add yeast when wort is 70 degrees.
Fermentation time - 2 weeks (single fermenter)
Bottle - wait 2 weeks
Enjoy.
I'm hoping for a pretty hoppy brew and I think this will get me there. I considered adding 2 oz of the Citra pellets at 60 minutes but
I'm thinking that might make it too bitter. So not sure on that. If I do that, it would, of course change the rest of my schedule.
Edit: 5 gallon batch starting with 3 gallons of water.