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My first batch, a Northern Brewer American Wheat Extract, has finished its 2 weeks in the fridge. I noticed it had a fruity off flavor. I can only assume that's from a high fermentation temperature (72-74) using Safale US-05.
I took more care with my second batch, a Northern Brewer Caribou Slobber Extract. After getting my feet wet with the Wheat I had a better idea of what to do. Its been in primary for 3 weeks and I'm going to bottle it tonight. Being an Extract Kit, I didn't get an OG.. But it sure does smell delicious
Last night I tried a partial mash? from a recipe given to me at my LHBS. I had 6.6 pounds of LME and the rest was milled grains. Since there were no turn-by-turn instructions on the sparging and LME addition process I kinda just winged it based on what I've seen in youtube videos.
(brew in a bag method)
Water temp 155 deg F.
Add grain, 30 mins
Remove grain, capture as much liquidy goodness as possible from bag.
Add LME and bring to boil.
-- At this point I didn't know how long to boil the LME before adding hops. I think I had it at boil for about 5 minutes before starting the 60 minute hop schedule.
Added 1oz Nuggets at 60, 1/2 oz Williamette at 30 and 1/2 oz Williamette at 5.
I hope I didn't screw this up! The wort looks good though. I'm awaiting some krausen.
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My first batch, a Northern Brewer American Wheat Extract, has finished its 2 weeks in the fridge. I noticed it had a fruity off flavor. I can only assume that's from a high fermentation temperature (72-74) using Safale US-05.
I took more care with my second batch, a Northern Brewer Caribou Slobber Extract. After getting my feet wet with the Wheat I had a better idea of what to do. Its been in primary for 3 weeks and I'm going to bottle it tonight. Being an Extract Kit, I didn't get an OG.. But it sure does smell delicious
Last night I tried a partial mash? from a recipe given to me at my LHBS. I had 6.6 pounds of LME and the rest was milled grains. Since there were no turn-by-turn instructions on the sparging and LME addition process I kinda just winged it based on what I've seen in youtube videos.
(brew in a bag method)
Water temp 155 deg F.
Add grain, 30 mins
Remove grain, capture as much liquidy goodness as possible from bag.
Add LME and bring to boil.
-- At this point I didn't know how long to boil the LME before adding hops. I think I had it at boil for about 5 minutes before starting the 60 minute hop schedule.
Added 1oz Nuggets at 60, 1/2 oz Williamette at 30 and 1/2 oz Williamette at 5.
I hope I didn't screw this up! The wort looks good though. I'm awaiting some krausen.