Thanks to beersmith, some confidence and some spare cash I decided to brew some beer. I just started playing with ingredients in beersmith and decided to 'wing it'. Here's what I came up with:
Winger Ale (because I decided to 'wing it)
7lbs 2 row
3.75 lbs Crystal 80L
.75 lbs Amber
.5 oz Nugget 30 min
1 oz cascade 45 min
1 oz sterling 5 min
1.5 oz Nugget 5 min
Wyeast London Ale Yeast
Mashed at 147 for 65 minutes
Sparged to 6.5 gallons
Post boil, I had just over 5 gallons of almost black wort. I got it into the 6.5 carboy and after 3 days with the yeast doin' it to it, it's really turned brown. I'm planning on racking to secondary 2 weeks from today but that obviously depends on the yeast action.
I will be bottling it in some 500ml Erdinger Bottles. I happen to have 11 plastic racks of empties in my garage...
This is my first ever attempt at making beer and, thanks to the wealth of information on here, I'm thinking it will, at a minimum, be drinkable. I am aiming for good but that comes with experience....
Winger Ale (because I decided to 'wing it)
7lbs 2 row
3.75 lbs Crystal 80L
.75 lbs Amber
.5 oz Nugget 30 min
1 oz cascade 45 min
1 oz sterling 5 min
1.5 oz Nugget 5 min
Wyeast London Ale Yeast
Mashed at 147 for 65 minutes
Sparged to 6.5 gallons
Post boil, I had just over 5 gallons of almost black wort. I got it into the 6.5 carboy and after 3 days with the yeast doin' it to it, it's really turned brown. I'm planning on racking to secondary 2 weeks from today but that obviously depends on the yeast action.
I will be bottling it in some 500ml Erdinger Bottles. I happen to have 11 plastic racks of empties in my garage...
This is my first ever attempt at making beer and, thanks to the wealth of information on here, I'm thinking it will, at a minimum, be drinkable. I am aiming for good but that comes with experience....