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Lol. I hear ya. I told you I would probably eventually grab one. I just didn't want to spend any more than I already have at this point.
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I am in the middle of two batches right now which will be in primary tonight. One is the Canadian that I posted. I will brew lagers and pils next because my basement will be up to temp enough to ferment by then. |
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03-15-2011, 12:08 PM | #4 |
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Popped open one of my first batch of home brew (brown ale) on Sunday. It was only a week after bottling, but it actually tasted pretty good. By this Sunday I think the carbonation should be at full strength and it will be even better. Thanks again to everyone for the great advice on getting me started.
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Sweet dude!
The only other tip I will give you is go easy on the sharing. I know you want people to taste what you have created, but trust me, it goes FAST. So if you do drink a lot or share a lot, just know when to start the other one so you dont have to wait as long. |
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Canadian Ale.
Grains: .5# cara pils .5# Canadian 2 row barley (or any suitable 2 row substitute) Extract: 4# light malt liquid extract(or 1 3.3# can if your supplier does not bulk extracts) 2# light spray malt Hops: 2 oz. willamette hops (pellet) Yeast: WLP001 California Ale Steep: 20 mins. Single rinse Boil:30 mins, first oz hops at boil, 2nd oz at end of boil. pitch yeast at 70 deg. primary 7-10 days Secondary 2 weeks. (First at ambient, second at 40 deg.) carbonate at 22psi for 7 days. Or prime and bottle. Age 30 days before refrigerating. You will like it. edit. If you are still bottling, secondary should be done at ambient (60-72) Its been a while since ive bottled. Last edited by shirtsleeve; 04-03-2011 at 01:53 PM.. Reason: been a long time... |
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finished. two batches tucked away in our spare room. First brews since just after the holidays. Three weeks I brew a pils and I am pondering the other lager. I get two shots at these then its back to ales.
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For a completey different beer from almost the same recipe I filed above. Add 1# cara amber to the grains (single rinse still ok, bigger rinse pot needed) and change the yeast to Wyeast British Ale 1135.
The Brew goes from a lighter ale with a nice herbal nose to a maltier and more full bodied brew. Thats without even changing hops or extracts. This is a good excercise to enjoy what a different yeast can do to your beer. The pound of grains will add some body and malt, true, as well as darkening the ale a bit. But the big difference here will be the yeast. |
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Anyone have any good supplier recommendations (looking for recipe kits, mainly)? If not, I'm gonna try out Midwest Supplies (thanks 1moreTRich). I was using Brewgadgets but wanted to find something perhaps a little cheaper.
I have now brewed 3 batches. The first one was a brown ale and it turned out pretty well. Most people that tried it enjoyed it. The one person who said he didn't was a regular Bud Select drinker so I take that opinion with a grain of salt. The 2nd batch was a porter. I don't know if I messed up during the process somewhere, put some in the fridge too early, or its simply not a great tasting beer. It tasted a bit sweet. I will try it again now that it has had a few weeks fermentation time and see if it has gotten any better. The most recent one is a pale ale. This turned out well, too. While its not as great a pale as Blvd or Sierra Nevada, it is pretty good and I will definitely be enjoying drinking those. Again, I tried it after about a week to a week and a half of bottling. I know it will get better with a little more aging so I'm happy with the way it turned out. I even loved smelling those extra hops when I was brewing this one.
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Yeah, the only problem is that I live in Topeka. We have a place called Ale & Vino. I remembered seeing commercials for it years ago. So I went over to check it out and was disappointed. Their selection is lame. Pretty much just a little hole in the wall mom and pop shop in a crappy section of town.
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http://www.ale-n-vino.com/index.html EDIT: Just read your last post, so nevermind.
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As for the porter, usually when it turns out on the sweet side, it got racked before the yeast were done or you had a stuck fermentation. How long did you let it sit in the primary? Did you take a gravity reading when you bottled it? Just a tip, if you love the hoppy aroma of pales and ipa, try dry hopping (add some hops in the carboy around 3-7 days before you rack it to bottles). It gives it such an extra dimension. I don't make a pale or IPA without dry hopping. |
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Oh the aroma is so flowery. Makka me hoppy happy.
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