First Non-Kit All Grain Brew - Cascade SMASH

[monkier]

On Saturday i brewed up a (almost) Cascade hop SMASH recipe. I only brewed a gallon, as thats what i've got equipment for. This is also my 2nd attempt at brewing some beer.

Here is the recipe i used:

1Kg Maris Otter
0.1Kg Vienna Malt

60 minute mash @ 66 Celsius
Mash out to 77 Celsius

60 minute boil

6g Cascade at 60 mins
6g Cascade at 15 mins
15g Cascade at flameout

pitch yeast at 21 Degrees

The whole thing took me about 4 hours and its currently bubbling away nicely fermenting in the corner. The OG was 1060 so i'm expecting something strong and hoppy from this one.

I'm also a saddo so i filmed it and put it on youtube:

Watch me brew

Really enjoyed brewing this. Definitely caught the brewing bug

 

[cheapbrew]

Looks like it all went ok, I hope it turns out nice,

P.S 3.06 at mash stage, you said oats instead of barley saddo ha ha ha :grin:

 

[brisboy]

That'll be a lovely beer. Classic recipe.

 

[monkier]

Looks like it all went ok, I hope it turns out nice,

P.S 3.06 at mash stage, you said oats instead of barley saddo ha ha ha :grin:

Still finding my way with both brewing and filming. Hopefully i'll get it together soon :P

 

[Tony1951]

Fun video. I thought you were a bit lucky it didn't boil over that pan was so full at the start of the boil. This would be quite encouraging for people who do one can kits to see how easy it is to try the method. Nothing fancy needed - just ordinary things that are in all kitchens.

Good stuff. Hope it turns out well.

 

[monkier]

I've just racked this beer into secondary fermentation (I say 'just' i did it a couple of days ago). So far so good. Went from the OG rating of 1.060 to 1.012. Tasted my sample and it was lovely and bitter. It reminded me of a beer from Skipton called Golden Pippen from Copper Dragon, even though it only had a single hop.

Very happy with how everything is going. Going to give it another week or so to clear down then it'll be time for bottling.

Watch me try badly to describe the taste of the sample.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=awHozKtjfvQ

 

[LarryF]

Love the vid Monkier, you nailed that one, looks like a bigger pot and FV are on the horizon.

 

[Sandimas]

That just how I did my first one, using all the kitchen pans. And Cascade is a great choice.

You'll be bitten by the bug soon. I moved up to doing 10-12L brews that way, just get a larger stock pot (15L) and a grain bag and you're away. That quantity of beer suits me, as you never have too much of the same, you get about 18 bottles or so from each brew. I can't see me moving onto a bigger setup.

 

[monkier]

I bottled this up the other night. I tried a sample when i racked the beer to secondary and again last night when i bottled up. The whole thing tasted nice, but had lost a bit of hop character since racking to secondary. It had a lovely bitterness to it and tasted like a traditional english pale ale. Hope the conditioning in bottles will improve it again

 

[johnnyboy1965]

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