hey everyone, so i completed one gallon brooklyn brew shop IPA kit recently, and now i'm full-blown addicted. read john. j palmers 'how to brew' and it just fed my want to brew more.
picked up a 5gallon kit off craigslist, and i'll be brewing on friday! i have my sights set on an american wheat beer (extract). my intentions are:
wheat beer
1lb crystal 20L
6# wheat LME
1oz cascade @60
.05oz cascade @30
.05oz cascade @flameout
coopers dry yeast 15g
60min boil
5 days primary
2 weeks secondary
2 weeks bottle conditioning
here comes the question(s);
- wanting to add orange to the beer. i've heard many different ways (steeping orange and adding to primary, throwing peels in at flameout, or adding orange extract to secondary), do you guys have any opinions from personal experiences?
- i chose coopers dry yeast on behalf of living in an apartment that stays around low to mid 70s throughout the day. coopers is supposed to be able to work well in that range, and also have a cirtus taste. has anyone used coopers, and would you recommend it?
picked up a 5gallon kit off craigslist, and i'll be brewing on friday! i have my sights set on an american wheat beer (extract). my intentions are:
wheat beer
1lb crystal 20L
6# wheat LME
1oz cascade @60
.05oz cascade @30
.05oz cascade @flameout
coopers dry yeast 15g
60min boil
5 days primary
2 weeks secondary
2 weeks bottle conditioning
here comes the question(s);
- wanting to add orange to the beer. i've heard many different ways (steeping orange and adding to primary, throwing peels in at flameout, or adding orange extract to secondary), do you guys have any opinions from personal experiences?
- i chose coopers dry yeast on behalf of living in an apartment that stays around low to mid 70s throughout the day. coopers is supposed to be able to work well in that range, and also have a cirtus taste. has anyone used coopers, and would you recommend it?