So I picked up a 5 gallon CITRA Ipa kit to brew my first beer, I'm excited ! . I wanted to add a few more hops for flavor, so I picked up some Galaxy and a tiny bit of simcoe too. The store owner said the kit should produce about a 5.5% abv. I'd really like to boost this a little higher and was hoping to get some recommendations on raising the abv without making it too sweet, and when I should add the 2 oz of galaxy and 1 oz of simcoe I picked up. The kit, including the additional hops I grabbed consists of the following.
5 gallon kit
3 oz Citra Hops
2 oz Galaxy Hops (added)
1 oz Simcoe Hops (added)
3.3 lbs Briess Pilsen light LME
3.3 lbs Briess Golden light LME
8 oz crushed carawheat
8 oz crushed carapilz
5 oz dextrose
1 pack wyeast 1056 american ale
irish moss
(says to add 1 oz CITRA at 60, 30, 15)
Thanks for any help or additions you can recommend ! Hope this isn't too ambitious for a first beer.
5 gallon kit
3 oz Citra Hops
2 oz Galaxy Hops (added)
1 oz Simcoe Hops (added)
3.3 lbs Briess Pilsen light LME
3.3 lbs Briess Golden light LME
8 oz crushed carawheat
8 oz crushed carapilz
5 oz dextrose
1 pack wyeast 1056 american ale
irish moss
(says to add 1 oz CITRA at 60, 30, 15)
Thanks for any help or additions you can recommend ! Hope this isn't too ambitious for a first beer.