Hi all
Im no beer connoisseur, to be perfectly honest until about 1 week ago i just had a faint idea of how beer is made. I do like beer and id love to be able to make my own and for gifts and such.
Ive researched a fair bit and what attracts me the most is everyone can makshift their own recipes. So maybe not the smartest idea not following a recipe first brew, but then it wouldnt be as authentic.
From what ive read for 5 gallons (bear with me im a metric guy) anywhere between 10 to 15 pounds of malt is what i find in most recipes.
My plan (here for comment) is to use 5% wheat (for head retention), 10% CaraAmber (for a bit of body), 25% pilsen and 60% pale ale.
For hops i plan on using an ounce of saaz for bittering and another ounce of cascade for flavour and maybe another bit of saaz again at finish to get some of their aroma into the beer. Not sure if to boil for 60 or 90 min (my understanding is the more boiling time the more sugar available for yeast?) I would like to make a slightly stronger beer to get ppl tipsy with a couple of bottles. Also some irish moss for clarity and i plan to use safbrew s33 high fermentation yeast.
Id like for the beer to be light like a lager, not orangey brown alei sh type. Id be ok with orange i think.
Am i way off? Would the recipe be ok? Any additives?
Im no beer connoisseur, to be perfectly honest until about 1 week ago i just had a faint idea of how beer is made. I do like beer and id love to be able to make my own and for gifts and such.
Ive researched a fair bit and what attracts me the most is everyone can makshift their own recipes. So maybe not the smartest idea not following a recipe first brew, but then it wouldnt be as authentic.
From what ive read for 5 gallons (bear with me im a metric guy) anywhere between 10 to 15 pounds of malt is what i find in most recipes.
My plan (here for comment) is to use 5% wheat (for head retention), 10% CaraAmber (for a bit of body), 25% pilsen and 60% pale ale.
For hops i plan on using an ounce of saaz for bittering and another ounce of cascade for flavour and maybe another bit of saaz again at finish to get some of their aroma into the beer. Not sure if to boil for 60 or 90 min (my understanding is the more boiling time the more sugar available for yeast?) I would like to make a slightly stronger beer to get ppl tipsy with a couple of bottles. Also some irish moss for clarity and i plan to use safbrew s33 high fermentation yeast.
Id like for the beer to be light like a lager, not orangey brown alei sh type. Id be ok with orange i think.
Am i way off? Would the recipe be ok? Any additives?