tincob
Well-Known Member
Just had a successful brew party last night.
Had some friends over and presented my first and second batch.
My first batch ever was a AHS Brown Ale. I brewed this by the book. The result was a very dark colored brown ale. I don't have a chiller so I had some chill haze when I put it into the fridge.
Knowing this, I put it into the fridge about two weeks ago. I lost most of the haze but it still wasn't very clear.
My second batch was a Midwest Hank's Hefeweizen. By spending way too much time on this forum, I learned about late extract addition which I used to brew this batch. It resulted in a brew that was much closer in color to the original despite being an extract brew. I also built a homemade stirplate using the instructions found on this forum and used it to create a starter for the Whitelabs WLP300 yeast.
I know hefeweizen is a summer beer but my wife and I both love HWs so cold weather be damned. I've drank a lot of hefeweizens in my life and while not quite to the level of a Franziskaner hefe, I wouldn't be ashamed putting it up there with a Schneider Weisse or a Paulaner.
The crowd clearly preferred the hefeweizen over the brown ale but I got a lot of compliments. Both beers went great with the jambalaya that I made.
My third batch, a UK ale, is in the primary. I used a full volume boil this time - another refinement in my brewing process.
I am planning to try FWH with a fourth batch, an IIPA.
I am ready to move onto partial mash very soon. Due to time constraints, I may never go to all grain but I wanted to give a shout out to all the senior members for providing all the help and advice.
Had some friends over and presented my first and second batch.
My first batch ever was a AHS Brown Ale. I brewed this by the book. The result was a very dark colored brown ale. I don't have a chiller so I had some chill haze when I put it into the fridge.
Knowing this, I put it into the fridge about two weeks ago. I lost most of the haze but it still wasn't very clear.
My second batch was a Midwest Hank's Hefeweizen. By spending way too much time on this forum, I learned about late extract addition which I used to brew this batch. It resulted in a brew that was much closer in color to the original despite being an extract brew. I also built a homemade stirplate using the instructions found on this forum and used it to create a starter for the Whitelabs WLP300 yeast.
I know hefeweizen is a summer beer but my wife and I both love HWs so cold weather be damned. I've drank a lot of hefeweizens in my life and while not quite to the level of a Franziskaner hefe, I wouldn't be ashamed putting it up there with a Schneider Weisse or a Paulaner.
The crowd clearly preferred the hefeweizen over the brown ale but I got a lot of compliments. Both beers went great with the jambalaya that I made.
My third batch, a UK ale, is in the primary. I used a full volume boil this time - another refinement in my brewing process.
I am planning to try FWH with a fourth batch, an IIPA.
I am ready to move onto partial mash very soon. Due to time constraints, I may never go to all grain but I wanted to give a shout out to all the senior members for providing all the help and advice.
