Help Please

[pansub]

Hi all,
I am very new to all this, but I thought I would have a go.
First brew I think will be a disaster as I had a leak when I transferred the brew from the first fermentation vessel to the second and had to quickly clean a another barrel and pour the brew in, lot of air introduced, has now been sitting in the second barrel for 3 weeks, will be tasting on Saturday.

I intend to have another go at brewing on Saturday and these are the ingredients I have, and suggestions welcome.

4.5k Coopers unhopped Malt extract
Styrian Goldings
Fuggles
Goldings
Irish Moss
Muntons premier gold yeast

Pan

 

[J_P]

I've never brewed extract myself however your list of ingredients looks promising. I do a nice pale ale bittered with goldings and fuggles and late hopped with styrians that you'd be able to replicate.

Aim for something around 1.040 and 30 EBU's then chill your wort post boil to around 80C and throw in a large handful of styrians. Chill decant and ferment.

I could work it out more exactly for you when I get home if you'd like? I'll need to know what volume of beer you're wanting to brew and the AA% of the hops if you're looking for a recipe suggestion :thumb:

 

[pansub]

Thanks J_P

Well as i said i am very new so i was with you but don't know about EBU's and AA%
i take it that it's to do with the biterness.
i am aiming to make 5 gallons and i do like a bitter beer such as Landlord

 

[J_P]

EBU's are bitterness units there is a calculator to work them out here
AA% are the levels of Alpha Acids within the hops, they should be marked on the hop packets as a percentage.

If you like Landlord then you're in luck as the ingredients you list are what's in Landlord so we could probably suggest a recipe that would be a reasonable copy.

 

[pansub]

That would be excellent

 

[J_P]

If you could post the AA% of the hops I'll sort it when I get home :thumb:

 

[pansub]

You really need the AA's
don't think i am going home, can't drive, drank to many pints for lunch, Mrs is not happy

 

[J_P]

No Worries we can sort it tomorrow (always supposing you're out of the dog house)

 

[A T]

You really need the AA's
don't think i am going home, can't drive, drank to many pints for lunch, Mrs is not happy

:lol: :lol: You're gonna fit right in here :lol: :lol:

 

[Wez]

You really need the AA's
don't think i am going home, can't drive, drank to many pints for lunch, Mrs is not happy

:lol: :lol: You're gonna fit right in here :lol: :lol:

Agreed :lol: :lol:

Welcome aboard :thumb:

 

[MEB]

You really need the AA's
don't think i am going home, can't drive, drank to many pints for lunch, Mrs is not happy

Don't REALLY need the AA% but it'll help.

Don't mention that you drank too many pints. BS will want a drinking competition with ya. :lol:

Don't worry though, he's gone all lightweight of late anyway. :P :lol:

Welcome to the best beer forum that there is.

 

[pansub]

Thanks all :


Had to stay in London last night, promised the Mrs that i will only have 2 pints for lunch, so it seems she is talking, however as a good friend once said 'tricky chaps women'

Pan

 

[jamesb]

Thanks all :


Had to stay in London last night, promised the Mrs that i will only have 2 pints for lunch, so it seems she is talking, however as a good friend once said 'tricky chaps women'

Pan

Ah, but you didn't say which two of the pints.

 

[pansub]

made it home

just checked the hops and it does not show a percentage of AA's

 

[A T]

made it home

just checked the hops and it does not show a percentage of AA's

:shock: Really :shock:
Did you get them off a home brew shop?

 

[pansub]

yes an online one, the hops have a young's ubrew lable, gives weight, name and best before date

 

[A T]

That's strange, i'm sure somebody who uses those hops or knows about them will shine some light on the subject.

 

[Aleman]

the hops have a young's ubrew lable, gives weight, name and best before date

Yeah, that's the Youngs I've come to hate God, they are **** at supplying stuff to brewers! After all there is no difference between Tettnang and Pacific Gem :evil: The best thing you can do is to use the 10 year averages as an assumption of the hop bittering power.

Goldings 5.7%
Fuggles 4.9%
Syrians Goldings 4.5%

If someone can do the maths for amounts you should at least achieve something that resembles landlord.

Please, please, please don't buy any ingredients that have a Youngs label on them :twisted:

 

[pansub]

well from reading odds and sods, this is what i did in the end

5 gallon batch

4.5kg coopers unhopped light malt extract
styrian goldings 45g 90 Mins
Fuggles 30g 90 Mins

Styrian Goldings 15g 15 Mins
Goldings

 

[pansub]

well from reading odds and sods, this is what i did in the end

5 gallon batch

4.5kg coopers unhopped light malt extract
styrian goldings 45g 90 Mins
Fuggles 30g 90 Mins

Styrian Goldings 15g 15 Mins
Goldings 24g 15 Mins
Irish Moss 1 tsp 15 Mins

Muntons Yeast

first hops put into 2 gallons cold water and bought to the boil.
when water was boiling, put in extract and boiled for 90 mins
last 15 mins of boil added remaning hops and irish moss.

cooled wort then added to 3 gallons cold water in fermenter.
OG 1044
dry yeast pitched at 75 degrees.
put in garage as daughter and wife whinging about the smell.

checked this morning, 24 hours later, seems to be a head of foam on it but no action in the airlock thingy, no bubbles.