Hi Guys, from another home brew enthusiast :)
I'm fairly new in the home brewing and so far I have only brewed 2 batches with a fairly standard kit, nothing too fancy. First batch was OK, actually slightly disappointing, but I hope the second batch will be better.
Now, I want to start with some small experiments to improve the beer kits and Coopers have quite interesting recipes on their web site.
I picked one, which I will start brewing tomorrow called "Beer O'Clock IPA", and here is the recipe, with some small amendments :
Ingredients:
1.7kg Pale Ale Brew Can (Coopers)
2 x 500g Light Dry Malt (I have got 1x500g Light DME and 1x500g light DME hopped)
200g Crystal Wheat Grains
25g Nelson Sauvin Hops (Pellets)
25g Galaxy Hops (Pellets)
25g Bravo Hops (Columbus Hops (Pellets) , as I couldn't find bravo)
11.5g Safale US05 Yeast
250g pkt Carbonation Drops
Method:
Place the Crystal Wheat Grain in a plastic zip-lock sandwich bag and crack it using a rolling pin.
Stir into 2 litres of hot water (not boiling) and let steep for about 1hr.
Strain into a good size pot (around 8 litres) then add 500g of Light Dry Malt plus another 2 litres of water and bring to the boil.
Add Nelson Sauvin hops and boil for 10mins then Galaxy Hops for a further 10mins then Bravo Hops for the final 10mins (30mins boil in total).
Set the pot in a cold/ice water bath to cool then strain into a fermenting vessel (FV).
Add the Australian Pale Ale and the remaining 500g of Light Dry Malt, stir to dissolve then top up with cool water to the 20 litre mark and stir thoroughly.
Check the brew temperature and top up to the 23 litre mark with warm or cold water (refrigerated if necessary) to get as close as possible to 18ðC.
Sprinkle the dry yeast, fit the lid and try to ferment at 18ðC.
I think I bought my grains crushed, so I guess I don't have to crush them again. The suggest volume is 23 litres, but I actually I'm planning to drop it to 21 litres to increase the ABV % and potentially the hop flavour.
Apart from that I would like to ask you guys, if you have any other advise to help me improve this beer ?
Also, what do you think about this actually recipe and the method ?
I will attached some pics from the day :)
I look forward to you comments.
I'm fairly new in the home brewing and so far I have only brewed 2 batches with a fairly standard kit, nothing too fancy. First batch was OK, actually slightly disappointing, but I hope the second batch will be better.
Now, I want to start with some small experiments to improve the beer kits and Coopers have quite interesting recipes on their web site.
I picked one, which I will start brewing tomorrow called "Beer O'Clock IPA", and here is the recipe, with some small amendments :
Ingredients:
1.7kg Pale Ale Brew Can (Coopers)
2 x 500g Light Dry Malt (I have got 1x500g Light DME and 1x500g light DME hopped)
200g Crystal Wheat Grains
25g Nelson Sauvin Hops (Pellets)
25g Galaxy Hops (Pellets)
25g Bravo Hops (Columbus Hops (Pellets) , as I couldn't find bravo)
11.5g Safale US05 Yeast
250g pkt Carbonation Drops
Method:
Place the Crystal Wheat Grain in a plastic zip-lock sandwich bag and crack it using a rolling pin.
Stir into 2 litres of hot water (not boiling) and let steep for about 1hr.
Strain into a good size pot (around 8 litres) then add 500g of Light Dry Malt plus another 2 litres of water and bring to the boil.
Add Nelson Sauvin hops and boil for 10mins then Galaxy Hops for a further 10mins then Bravo Hops for the final 10mins (30mins boil in total).
Set the pot in a cold/ice water bath to cool then strain into a fermenting vessel (FV).
Add the Australian Pale Ale and the remaining 500g of Light Dry Malt, stir to dissolve then top up with cool water to the 20 litre mark and stir thoroughly.
Check the brew temperature and top up to the 23 litre mark with warm or cold water (refrigerated if necessary) to get as close as possible to 18ðC.
Sprinkle the dry yeast, fit the lid and try to ferment at 18ðC.
I think I bought my grains crushed, so I guess I don't have to crush them again. The suggest volume is 23 litres, but I actually I'm planning to drop it to 21 litres to increase the ABV % and potentially the hop flavour.
Apart from that I would like to ask you guys, if you have any other advise to help me improve this beer ?
Also, what do you think about this actually recipe and the method ?
I will attached some pics from the day :)
I look forward to you comments.