Cwrw666
Landlord.
This is my third attempt at AG BIAB brewing.
All 3 have been recipes from Greg Hughes's `Home Brew Beer' book.
The first was East Kent Goldings Single Hop Ale - my mash was a bit of a disaster and I ended up with 4 gallons instead of 5, 4% ABV instead of 5%, extremely hoppy beer. Not undrinkable but not that nice either - too bitter for me at any rate.
Second brew was Northern Brown Ale, which turned out dead on 5 gallons and 5% ABV as it was meant to be. At bottling it tasted very nice indeed so I'm looking forward to the first bottles after conditioning.
So now my third brew, and back to the East Kent Goldings recipe. But I've changed it a bit, I've reduced the pale malt to 8.5 lbs instead of 10.5 lbs, hoping to end up with 5 gallons at 4% ABV (there's also half a pound of crystal malt as well). I'm also reducing the hop levels by a fair bit. Recipe calls for 49g at start of boil, 24g for last 15 mins, 24g for last 5, and 75g at turn off. Instead I'm going to use - 30g, 15g, 15g and 60g at turn off.
Wish me luck ! :lol:
All 3 have been recipes from Greg Hughes's `Home Brew Beer' book.
The first was East Kent Goldings Single Hop Ale - my mash was a bit of a disaster and I ended up with 4 gallons instead of 5, 4% ABV instead of 5%, extremely hoppy beer. Not undrinkable but not that nice either - too bitter for me at any rate.
Second brew was Northern Brown Ale, which turned out dead on 5 gallons and 5% ABV as it was meant to be. At bottling it tasted very nice indeed so I'm looking forward to the first bottles after conditioning.
So now my third brew, and back to the East Kent Goldings recipe. But I've changed it a bit, I've reduced the pale malt to 8.5 lbs instead of 10.5 lbs, hoping to end up with 5 gallons at 4% ABV (there's also half a pound of crystal malt as well). I'm also reducing the hop levels by a fair bit. Recipe calls for 49g at start of boil, 24g for last 15 mins, 24g for last 5, and 75g at turn off. Instead I'm going to use - 30g, 15g, 15g and 60g at turn off.
Wish me luck ! :lol:
