Ponduke
Active Member
I need a little help here. Little bit of hand holding I'm afraid. I'm a total nOOb with a grand total of one batch of a kit+kilo under his belt, and have been reading in preparation for my second batch for many many hours now. Yikes! I know I need to RDWHAHB and all that, but there really is a lot to know.
I'm kind of obsessive about stuff and now that I've found this hobby I want to become knowledgeable in all aspects of it. I listen to brewing podcasts, read this site incessantly, read books, etc. But now, Im a bit overwhelmed.
I'm going to brew my next batch this Sunday hopefully. I'm looking to make an Irish Red style beer, like Jamil's Red Rocket clone of something similar and here's my problem; after all I've read and studied I still don't know enough to feel comfortable about the entire process. (yes, I've searched the threads but still don't have, or simply missed the answers I need) For example, I'm planning a full boil, with 30qt turkey fryer, (I have an immersion chiller). All the recipes I find have something about them that's I need to convert or somehow account for and I know nothing about the brewing software out there, like Beersmith, as I haven't yet gotten that far in my self-education.
Jamil's recipe for example seems to be a full-boil recipe, but there are no step by step instructions, and I'm not certain of all the steps. He has some hops added at 0 minutes of the boil. What's that all about? Turn off flame and add the hops? For how long? etc. Other recipes I find have step by step instructions for a nOOb like me, but seem to all be partial boils and I hear switching to full boil screws up hops utilization when following partial boil recipes, maybe I should add most of my extract late, maybe I shouldnt, etc. Just too much uncertainness and its making me antsy!
I know there's a lot of experimentation involved in home brewing, but right out of the gate, for a nOOb like me, it would be nice to have an easy to follow recipe for an extract with grain steeping, full boil, 5 gallon Irish red recipe. I know it's asking a lot but can anyone help me out here? Maybe what I'm after is out there and someone could direct me to it, or maybe someone could explain Jamil's Red Rocket recipe in more detail for me and any other beginner wanting to make their first good batch without a minimal amount of stress.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Brian
I'm kind of obsessive about stuff and now that I've found this hobby I want to become knowledgeable in all aspects of it. I listen to brewing podcasts, read this site incessantly, read books, etc. But now, Im a bit overwhelmed.
I'm going to brew my next batch this Sunday hopefully. I'm looking to make an Irish Red style beer, like Jamil's Red Rocket clone of something similar and here's my problem; after all I've read and studied I still don't know enough to feel comfortable about the entire process. (yes, I've searched the threads but still don't have, or simply missed the answers I need) For example, I'm planning a full boil, with 30qt turkey fryer, (I have an immersion chiller). All the recipes I find have something about them that's I need to convert or somehow account for and I know nothing about the brewing software out there, like Beersmith, as I haven't yet gotten that far in my self-education.
Jamil's recipe for example seems to be a full-boil recipe, but there are no step by step instructions, and I'm not certain of all the steps. He has some hops added at 0 minutes of the boil. What's that all about? Turn off flame and add the hops? For how long? etc. Other recipes I find have step by step instructions for a nOOb like me, but seem to all be partial boils and I hear switching to full boil screws up hops utilization when following partial boil recipes, maybe I should add most of my extract late, maybe I shouldnt, etc. Just too much uncertainness and its making me antsy!
I know there's a lot of experimentation involved in home brewing, but right out of the gate, for a nOOb like me, it would be nice to have an easy to follow recipe for an extract with grain steeping, full boil, 5 gallon Irish red recipe. I know it's asking a lot but can anyone help me out here? Maybe what I'm after is out there and someone could direct me to it, or maybe someone could explain Jamil's Red Rocket recipe in more detail for me and any other beginner wanting to make their first good batch without a minimal amount of stress.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Brian