Hi,
Only done a kit before which hasn't finished yet and i was getting impatient, so decided to try brewing from scratch.
Fancied an IPA, and as far as I can see this is a fairly generic one. Doing small batches so i can try a few things without being literally swamped with buckets full of beer and spending a fortune on ingredients, bottles/barrels.
Without really knowing which hops, I picked 2 that I liked the description of - First gold, admiral.
Maris otter 630g and crystal(60) 70g in 1.8 l water at 65C ( give or take) for 60 mins.
Sparge with 2 x 900 ml water at 65C
Boil with hops for 50 min for 40-50 IBU
Add 4 g hops for further 10 min
Add 4 g hops at end.
Top up with water to 2.5 l and cool.
pitch 3 g Nottingham yeast at 25-30c
With the first gold OG was 1065
With the admiral OG was 1070
Fermenting at room temp over the tumble drier.
The admiral smells fantastic so looking forward to that one. Both are bubbling nicely so fingers crossed.
Only done a kit before which hasn't finished yet and i was getting impatient, so decided to try brewing from scratch.
Fancied an IPA, and as far as I can see this is a fairly generic one. Doing small batches so i can try a few things without being literally swamped with buckets full of beer and spending a fortune on ingredients, bottles/barrels.
Without really knowing which hops, I picked 2 that I liked the description of - First gold, admiral.
Maris otter 630g and crystal(60) 70g in 1.8 l water at 65C ( give or take) for 60 mins.
Sparge with 2 x 900 ml water at 65C
Boil with hops for 50 min for 40-50 IBU
Add 4 g hops for further 10 min
Add 4 g hops at end.
Top up with water to 2.5 l and cool.
pitch 3 g Nottingham yeast at 25-30c
With the first gold OG was 1065
With the admiral OG was 1070
Fermenting at room temp over the tumble drier.
The admiral smells fantastic so looking forward to that one. Both are bubbling nicely so fingers crossed.