Good evening everyone

[Thomassio]

Hi all, I’m new here and wanted to introduce myself and of course ask for help!

I have been brewing bits and pieces for a few years on and off, mostly a bit of cider, apple wine, beer kits etc.

Recently I’ve decided to delve into brewing from scratch and have never tried before. I would like some advice on where to start (a recipe ideally) for a basic all grain IPA/AIPA. Simple is good!

among the many questions I have…. I have 3 hop plants in the garden (Fuggle, cascade and Nugget). When I do see recipes, is the weight of hops the same betweenhome harvested cones and shop bought pellets?

Thanks everyone.

 

[The Baron]

Welcome to the forum
Most recipes for beer show hops as dry cones or pellets. When using your own hops they are usually used when picked and not dried and called wet hops but the amounts are a bit of a guessing game however there are a few brewers on here who do grow their own hops and will probably be able to give you a better idea regards amounts

 

[Thomassio]

Welcome to the forum
Most recipes for beer show hops as dry cones or pellets. When using your own hops they are usually used when picked and not dried and called wet hops but the amounts are a bit of a guessing game however there are a few brewers on here who do grow their own hops and will probably be able to give you a better idea regards amounts

Thanks a lot for the reply, I’d like to get a brew on soonish anyway so that’s good to know, thanks. Can you suggest a simple recipe worth trying?

 

[The Baron]

I can only suggest you do a smash recipe that is a single malt with a single hop as a starting point.
You do need somebody that has done a wet hop recipe as the amounts of hops to a dry hop recipe will be well different.
So just use say a pale malt for the grain to a amount that will give you the strength of beer you want and wait to see if another member can give you a idea of the wet hop amounts

 

[An Ankoù]

Hi Thomassio and welcome. Forget about the wet hops for the moment. If you're based anywhere in Europe, you're not going to have any hops until September anyway and you've plenty to learn before then.
The first thing you need to do is get your head around the whole brewing thing and understand how each process fits into the whole. None of it's very difficult, but if it's new and unfamiliar, it can be daunting.
I'd advise you to get an "adequate" book on home brewing and read it from cover to cover. By adequate, I mean not too simplistic and not too difficult. I'd recommend any of the Graham Wheeler books. He tells you what and he tells you why and doesn't get bogged down in exceptions so you've got a nice clear path. He gives plenty of recipes too. He provides recipes for All Grain and for Malt Extract recipes. Many of us start with Malt extract and then move up to all grain, that means you only have to learn about two thirds of the processes to start with.
You can find Wheeler on Amazon and some of his earlier editions are quite reasonable- I prefer them to the colourful last edition. Good luck.

 

[Thomassio]

Hi Thomassio and welcome. Forget about the wet hops for the moment. If you're based anywhere in Europe, you're not going to have any hops until September anyway and you've plenty to learn before then.
The first thing you need to do is get your head around the whole brewing thing and understand how each process fits into the whole. None of it's very difficult, but if it's new and unfamiliar, it can be daunting.
I'd advise you to get an "adequate" book on home brewing and read it from cover to cover. By adequate, I mean not too simplistic and not too difficult. I'd recommend any of the Graham Wheeler books. He tells you what and he tells you why and doesn't get bogged down in exceptions so you've got a nice clear path. He gives plenty of recipes too. He provides recipes for All Grain and for Malt Extract recipes. Many of us start with Malt extract and then move up to all grain, that means you only have to learn about two thirds of the processes to start with.
You can find Wheeler on Amazon and some of his earlier editions are quite reasonable- I prefer them to the colourful last edition. Good luck.

Thanks a lot for that. I will get a book and get reading. You’re right, it seems overwhelming a little but I know it will fall into place once I start doing rather than thinking.

 

[RichardM]

Have a look at this thread https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/have-a-go-at-simple-ag

 

[Thomassio]

Have a look at this thread https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/have-a-go-at-simple-ag.51779/

That’s exactly the sort of thing I needed to read Richard, thanks.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

That’s exactly the sort of thing I needed to read Richard, thanks.

@Thomassio

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/have-a-go-at-simple-ag.51779/