I am going to be making my first brew on Sunday. Got a starter kit from Northern Brewer with the Irish Ale. Any advice would be great
The brew kit I got is the Irish Red Ale ( OG 1.044) that says it requires second fermentation, although the DVD that came with the kit says no need to do second fermentation just leave for extra week. I read that you should do a second regardless so i bought a glass carboy for that reason. Am i going overboard?
If you don't have one, get a decent food thermometer. And check it's calibration. It's not vital for an extract brew, but the steeping grains have ideal temps, and getting used to temperature control is a necessity in this hobby.
Good luck!
Corrected this for you!
...Your extract will be gooey, make sure you keep it upside down and possibly in a warm water bath to help get all that goodness out and into the boil!...
...5. After 60 minutes, turn off the heat (flame-out) and stir in the remainder of the malt extract....!
After I've poured as much extract out as I can, I carefully funnel some of the hot wort into the extract container and slosh it around. This will get virtually all of the extract out.
Remember to make sure SWMBO is contented and unlikely to maliciously disturb the beermaking process. Loving and/or presents the night before the brew is always useful.
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