Revisiting my first ever batch.

[Myke_J]

So due to overwhelming demand from SWMBO and everyone else who tried my first homebrew, I decided to make another batch today. Now I've made 4 other batches since then, 2 extract & 2 PM, and had no real desire to make this one again. It was a Munton's IPA Bitter prehopped kit that I made with 3# Light DME and 1# honey. 1 week primary, 1 week secondary dry hopped with 2oz Amarillo pellets, and then bottled with 3/4 cup of corn sugar. It was fully carbed and tasted great after 1 week in the bottle and tastes the same over a month later. The main reason I didn't really want to make it again was because it was so basic and simple. I'm collecting stuff to move into AG 10gal batches and I guess I've been looking down on my extract brews for some reason.

Anyways, I bought the stuff I needed from the LHBS and brewed this same recipe up again today with the exception of adding .5oz of Mt Hood pellets at 10mins because I had them laying around. I ended up with 5.5gals in the carboy at an OG of 1.054. I pitched the dry yeast that came with the Munton's kit at 1pm after rehydrating it for about an hour in 80ish degree water. Around 6pm I went into the brewery(aka spare bathroom) and there was some krausen forming already and the airlock was bubbling. I went back in at 7:30 and it's like a hurricane in there. None of my brews have taken off with such little lag time or so vigorously.

 

[jamesnsw]

I'm about at the point where I'm torn between revisiting prior recipes, trying to improve on them like you did, and trying out new styles... That sounds like a good beer though!