stevedasleeve
Well-Known Member
My first 2 batches were not terrible but were cidery - second one less so but still. These were Coopers kits pretty much unmodified. I was questioning the whole "brew your own beer because it's BETTER" thing when I tried, a bit early (2 weeks after bottling) my last concoction which was a simple american pale ale. It's GOOD Woohoo! Here are my brew day notes:
Stressed ale - November 18, 2009
3 lbs amber Bries Sparkling Amber DME mixed into 3 gals cold water
brought to boil then added:
60 mins 1/2 oz Simcoe hops 12.7%
30 mins 1/2 oz Amarillo hops 7.5%
10 mins 1 oz Cascade 7.5% (total IBU about 46)
5 mins mixed in 3.3 lbs Coopers Light LME
Cooled wort but not as much as I should have perhaps
Put still hot wort in fermenter, added filtered & distilled cool water to make 19 L total (5 US gals)
pitched hydrated Safeale US-05 dry american ale yeast
Temp was around 26C
OG measured was 1048
So I'd like to make this a little sweeter - not much - and have a bit more hop aroma. I figure I could dry hop say 1/2 once of Cascade next time, but what about making it sweeter?
Stressed ale - November 18, 2009
3 lbs amber Bries Sparkling Amber DME mixed into 3 gals cold water
brought to boil then added:
60 mins 1/2 oz Simcoe hops 12.7%
30 mins 1/2 oz Amarillo hops 7.5%
10 mins 1 oz Cascade 7.5% (total IBU about 46)
5 mins mixed in 3.3 lbs Coopers Light LME
Cooled wort but not as much as I should have perhaps
Put still hot wort in fermenter, added filtered & distilled cool water to make 19 L total (5 US gals)
pitched hydrated Safeale US-05 dry american ale yeast
Temp was around 26C
OG measured was 1048
So I'd like to make this a little sweeter - not much - and have a bit more hop aroma. I figure I could dry hop say 1/2 once of Cascade next time, but what about making it sweeter?