Haven't brewed beer in over a year, did a few small batches of cider over that time.
I'll start with the recipe, then on to my questions.
Cherry wheat
2.5 gallon batch
3 lbs liquid wheat extract
1.5 lbs light dry extract
1 Oz tettang
Nottingham ale yeast
1.5 gallons water in pot
Bring to boil, remove from heat stir in extract and return to heat.
As soon as it's starts to boil again add hops in muslin bag for 30 minutes boil.
Cool wort, add it to 3 gal carboy and add water to bring to 2.5 gallons.
Check gravity.
Rehydrate yeast per package instructions.
Add rehydrated yeast to carboy and shake to mix and oxygenate.
Place stopper and air lock in the carboy. Wait for fermentation to complete.
Place 2.5 lbs cherries in secondary carboy and rack on top.
Keep in secondary till fermentation is finished, then add sugar and beer to bottling bucket.
Bottle and allow to bottle condition for a few weeks.
Questions :
Is 30 minutes on for boil or should I be doing 60 minutes?
If I can't find tettang hops, what would be a suitable replacement?
I'll be using a 3 gal carboy to ferment in and would it be OK to use a 5 gallon to secondary in with the cherries?
Or should I primary in the 5 and secondary in the 3? Will 2.5 gallons fit with 2.5 lbs of cherries in a 3 gallon?
I'm sure more questions will arise but this is it for now.
Thank you all in advance.
I'll start with the recipe, then on to my questions.
Cherry wheat
2.5 gallon batch
3 lbs liquid wheat extract
1.5 lbs light dry extract
1 Oz tettang
Nottingham ale yeast
1.5 gallons water in pot
Bring to boil, remove from heat stir in extract and return to heat.
As soon as it's starts to boil again add hops in muslin bag for 30 minutes boil.
Cool wort, add it to 3 gal carboy and add water to bring to 2.5 gallons.
Check gravity.
Rehydrate yeast per package instructions.
Add rehydrated yeast to carboy and shake to mix and oxygenate.
Place stopper and air lock in the carboy. Wait for fermentation to complete.
Place 2.5 lbs cherries in secondary carboy and rack on top.
Keep in secondary till fermentation is finished, then add sugar and beer to bottling bucket.
Bottle and allow to bottle condition for a few weeks.
Questions :
Is 30 minutes on for boil or should I be doing 60 minutes?
If I can't find tettang hops, what would be a suitable replacement?
I'll be using a 3 gal carboy to ferment in and would it be OK to use a 5 gallon to secondary in with the cherries?
Or should I primary in the 5 and secondary in the 3? Will 2.5 gallons fit with 2.5 lbs of cherries in a 3 gallon?
I'm sure more questions will arise but this is it for now.
Thank you all in advance.