Most impatient brewer ever

[Gildog]

hi again all. well about 10 days ago i brewed my first beer, an american wheat, and i cant say i didnt rush everything, i bottled it after 6 days, and i just opened my first bottle 2 days after bottling, and yknow what?

ITS AWSOME!! even being as green as it is I have to say its better than most of the swill ive been buying for far far too long. nice citrus note, reminds me of hoegarden without the coriander, great even with the little fiz its got from 2 days in the bottle.

tommarow i start my first partial mash and im now totally psyched.

fyi heres my recipe i made for tomarrows brew

Amber cream ale

1.5 lbs homminy grits
3.25 lbs amber LME
3 lbs pilsner malt
1 oz palisade hops (7.4% alpha 8.4% beta)

hopefully ill be using the washed yeast from my first beer, if i did it right, im an ambitious sonuvagun aint i?

any comments on the recipe greatly appreciated

 

[homebeerbrewer]

Yeah, you're right about being impatient. Bottling in 6 days has to be some sort of record.

 

[Gildog]

hey it stopped most of the bubling after 2 and the next 4 days the sg didnt dropped less than 1, i may get bottle bombs, but hey that makes for a funny story, plus ive got my 2 cases stored in garbage bags just in case.

hate to say it but this may be gone before it even gets a full 2 weeks in the bottle sept for the 6pack im putting in long term storage.

 

[ChshreCat]

So long as your bottles from your first batch don't start assploding, you'll at least have those to drink while you give your next batch the time it deserves. heheh

 

[Gildog]

yeah i figured the first was a kit extract, its not gonna be the best thing ever no matter how you look at it, but now i really can RDWAHAB. the next batch will probly get at least 2 weeks in the fermenter

 

[ChshreCat]

RDWAHAB.

Huh?

Oh, I get it

Relax, don't worry and have a beer.

 

[Gildog]

Relax, don't worry and have a beer.

relax dont worry and have HOME BREW!!:rockin::rockin:

 

[ChshreCat]

relax dont worry and have HOME BREW!!:rockin::rockin:

That's what it usually is, but it doesn't match what you typed. heheh

 

[Gildog]

eh ive never been good with acronyms.

 

[david_42]

You picked the right style. Wheats can be consumed early and the 'green' just blends in.

 

[Joos]

+1 on the wheats.I wouldnt bottle your amber after six days.You probably will and then realize why you shouldn't haveThats what makes a good brewer,trial and error.I have a friend like that.I was at his house the other day and tried his belgian tripel.Almost threw up.He said it had been bottled 2 days ago.It was carbed!!Most likely still fermenting.

 

[Jetsona]

And to think i wasted three and a half weeks waiting on my first batch in the fermenter and another 3.5 after bottling before i tried te first one.

 

[Gildog]

And to think i wasted three and a half weeks waiting on my first batch in the fermenter and another 3.5 after bottling before i tried te first one.

i feel sorry for you, i would have died waiting upwards of 2 months

 

[YeastGardener]

Yeah, you just can't stop that enthusiasm for your first 'real' beer ... it was several batches before I started drinking 'yeast-free' beer!

Now, I tend to brew in series: stops the temptation to try too early ... just.

 

[Nurmey]

i feel sorry for you, i would have died waiting upwards of 2 months

When you've had enough of drinking green, yeasty beer give waiting for your beer to finish a try. You will be greatly rewarded with good beer.

 

[scottie]

wow, thats more impatient than i am! almost tempting me to say screw it and start sanitizing my bottles today...(tempting, but im restraining myself)

 

[CaptainSwiller]

i may get bottle bombs, but hey that makes for a funny story, .

Yeah, a funny story for your friends to tell at your funeral after you DIE when a round of glass shrapnel rocks you in the face while you're putting your clothes in the dryer.

 

[78kombi]

ok fuggit..., if were going out like that ,im just gonna primary in my bottling bucket so i can have a pint the day after i pitch LOL!!..ill call it "stormy brew"

 

[YeastGardener]

ok fuggit..., if were going out like that ,im just gonna primary in my bottling bucket so i can have a pint the day after i pitch LOL!!..ill call it "stormy brew"

Yeah, and why not just drink the wort instead - to save even more time. (It's sweet enough.)

 

[ChshreCat]

That's why you drink your hydrometer samples.

 

[eschatz]

Amber cream ale

1.5 lbs homminy grits
3.25 lbs amber LME
3 lbs pilsner malt
1 oz palisade hops (7.4% alpha 8.4% beta)

Tell me why you're using homminy grits in a beer?

 

[YeastGardener]

That's why you drink your hydrometer samples.

how did you know? waste not, want not.

O.K.

 

[Gildog]

Yeah, and why not just drink the wort instead - to save even more time. (It's sweet enough.)

is it wrong that ive thought about that? it tastes pretty good

 

[YeastGardener]

is it wrong that ive thought about that? it tastes pretty good

Not at all - it demonstrates that you love this hobby!

 

[maztec]

Tell me why you're using homminy grits in a beer?

Grits in a beer sounded like a good idea for me. You would be increasing the mineral weight of your water (calcium, iron, copper, zinc) and adding quite a bit of partially caramelized corn sugar from the hominy. It seems like it would make good feed for the yeast and import an interesting corny flavor.

Then again, it does sound strange!

 

[YeastGardener]

Grits in a beer sounded like a good idea for me. You would be increasing the mineral weight of your water (calcium, iron, copper, zinc) and adding quite a bit of partially caramelized corn sugar from the hominy. It seems like it would make good feed for the yeast and import an interesting corny flavor.

Then again, it does sound strange!

Is this the same as 'cornflakes' that my local brew shop used to sell? i.e. an adjunct.

If so, it's quite acceptable according to your taste preferences. (Sounds like a good 'breakfast brew'? - morning drinking, that gets me thinking.:rockin

 

[maztec]

Is this the same as 'cornflakes' that my local brew shop used to sell? i.e. an adjunct.

If so, it's quite acceptable according to your taste preferences. (Sounds like a good 'breakfast brew'? - morning drinking, that gets me thinking.:rockin

I'm a new brewer, so am not sure, but I would suspect that it probably is. Albeit, cornflakes might not have been nixtamalized ... I'm not sure on that aspect.

 

[Gildog]

i ended up using rice instead of grits, but a quick question, my sg on the final mash is right, but the mash isnt very sweet, could i have not gotten conversion of the grain? till i added the extract it was not sweet at all, will amylase fix this if that is the problem?

 

[YeastGardener]

i ended up using rice instead of grits, but a quick question, my sg on the final mash is right, but the mash isnt very sweet, could i have not gotten conversion of the grain? till i added the extract it was not sweet at all, will amylase fix this if that is the problem?

At what temperature did you mash?

 

[Gildog]

At what temperature did you mash?

155 degrees for 1 hour