Hi, first post!
My friend and I have been wanting to get into brewing for a while now, finally time (and money!) permits us to give it a shot.
Since we're newbies we're aiming to keep things relatively simple (but still want a bit of a challenge and a decent end product, so we've decided not to use a kit)
We've thrown together this recipe over the last few weeks for a 4% ABV, ~50IBU pale ale of 30L batch size. Aiming for a good chunk of flavor, mild carbonation and a sort of fruity/floral taste without going overboard on the sweetness.
I've used brewmate as my main source of maths.
Malt:
3KG pale malt extract, Liquid
500g pale malt extract, Dried
generic real ale yeast
For boil:
20g pilgrim @60 mins
15g pilgrim @30 mins
15g pilgrim @15 mins
40g cascade + 10g citra @10 mins
For finish:
40g citra + 10g cascade
Ferment for 2 weeks
mix with 120g priming sugar
bottle
leave 2 weeks to condition
???
profit
Is this a reasonable recipe? I'd love to hear some constructive criticism.
I'd also like advice about the hops, am I using too much or too little? Also, I'm tempted to just leave all of them in the juice until bottling however I hear leaving hops in beer for too long results in a weird grassy flavor..
Thanks for reading and any feedback you leave!
Edit: was informed elsewhere that 300g priming sugar would match a small grenade in terms of explosive force..
My friend and I have been wanting to get into brewing for a while now, finally time (and money!) permits us to give it a shot.
Since we're newbies we're aiming to keep things relatively simple (but still want a bit of a challenge and a decent end product, so we've decided not to use a kit)
We've thrown together this recipe over the last few weeks for a 4% ABV, ~50IBU pale ale of 30L batch size. Aiming for a good chunk of flavor, mild carbonation and a sort of fruity/floral taste without going overboard on the sweetness.
I've used brewmate as my main source of maths.
Malt:
3KG pale malt extract, Liquid
500g pale malt extract, Dried
generic real ale yeast
For boil:
20g pilgrim @60 mins
15g pilgrim @30 mins
15g pilgrim @15 mins
40g cascade + 10g citra @10 mins
For finish:
40g citra + 10g cascade
Ferment for 2 weeks
mix with 120g priming sugar
bottle
leave 2 weeks to condition
???
profit
Is this a reasonable recipe? I'd love to hear some constructive criticism.
I'd also like advice about the hops, am I using too much or too little? Also, I'm tempted to just leave all of them in the juice until bottling however I hear leaving hops in beer for too long results in a weird grassy flavor..
Thanks for reading and any feedback you leave!
Edit: was informed elsewhere that 300g priming sugar would match a small grenade in terms of explosive force..