Oberon67
Well-Known Member
Hey, all.
After having made two one-gallon brews and with two more in the fermenters, I'm ready and willing to step up to an all-grain five-gallon batch. [Translation: I'm tired of doing all that work for just ten bottles of beer.]
I have a turkey fryer (including pot, lid, strainer, and burner) for mashing and boiling, and a water-cooler jug for a carboy. I have a stopper and tubing and a racking cane, a hydrometer, a thermometer, and some US-05 yeast I harvested from my last small batch. I plan to acquire a mesh bag for brew-in-a-bag, because I don't have a five-gallon lauter tun.
So I'm wondering, what's a simple basic ale recipe I could start out with? I will be buying my ingredients once I decide on the recipe. I'm thinking something top-fermented, not a lot of ingredients and not too complex, that is easy to get right the first time. Maybe a basic brown ale, malty, with only bittering hops? Or maybe an amber, ditto ditto?
I've been looking at the recipes, and frankly I'm bewildered by the choices.
After having made two one-gallon brews and with two more in the fermenters, I'm ready and willing to step up to an all-grain five-gallon batch. [Translation: I'm tired of doing all that work for just ten bottles of beer.]
I have a turkey fryer (including pot, lid, strainer, and burner) for mashing and boiling, and a water-cooler jug for a carboy. I have a stopper and tubing and a racking cane, a hydrometer, a thermometer, and some US-05 yeast I harvested from my last small batch. I plan to acquire a mesh bag for brew-in-a-bag, because I don't have a five-gallon lauter tun.
So I'm wondering, what's a simple basic ale recipe I could start out with? I will be buying my ingredients once I decide on the recipe. I'm thinking something top-fermented, not a lot of ingredients and not too complex, that is easy to get right the first time. Maybe a basic brown ale, malty, with only bittering hops? Or maybe an amber, ditto ditto?
I've been looking at the recipes, and frankly I'm bewildered by the choices.