This is a bit of an advance post on this weekend's planned brews.
It's a double header, recipes to follow. I'm making one 16L batch of wort which will end up as two separate, though similar 8L batch pales, one hopped with Amarillo and eldorado, the other just eldorado
It'll be a simple grain bill, MO plus a bit of crystal and/or caramalt.
I'm very excited about these brews, but at the same time though I'm rather apprehensive, as I'm trying a lot of new things at once.
Exciting things:
- I love Amarillo and descriptions of eldorado (tropical fruit, watermelon, jolly ranchers) are intriguing. Right up my street. And I'm going to chuck a lot of them in.
- Vermont ale yeast. This apparently turbo charges hoppy beer. Not used it before but it sounds amazing. I'll find out.
- I'm getting two beers for the price of one, sort of.
Nerve wracking things:
- for the first time, I'm going to fanny about with my water profile with various chemicals, based on recommendations in my murphys water report.
- the Vermont ale yeast can be finicky, needing good temp control. I can't necessarily offer that good control. Foolhardy? Maybe, but if you don't try...
- I'm also making a starter for the Vermont which I'm no expert at
- two batches in one day is a fair amount of work so I'm preparing the sweet wort the day before, and doing two boils the next day.
So...we'll see what happens... If it works, I think some amazing beer might be created. If it fails...Christ knows what I'll have!
It's all part of the fun though!
It's a double header, recipes to follow. I'm making one 16L batch of wort which will end up as two separate, though similar 8L batch pales, one hopped with Amarillo and eldorado, the other just eldorado
It'll be a simple grain bill, MO plus a bit of crystal and/or caramalt.
I'm very excited about these brews, but at the same time though I'm rather apprehensive, as I'm trying a lot of new things at once.
Exciting things:
- I love Amarillo and descriptions of eldorado (tropical fruit, watermelon, jolly ranchers) are intriguing. Right up my street. And I'm going to chuck a lot of them in.
- Vermont ale yeast. This apparently turbo charges hoppy beer. Not used it before but it sounds amazing. I'll find out.
- I'm getting two beers for the price of one, sort of.
Nerve wracking things:
- for the first time, I'm going to fanny about with my water profile with various chemicals, based on recommendations in my murphys water report.
- the Vermont ale yeast can be finicky, needing good temp control. I can't necessarily offer that good control. Foolhardy? Maybe, but if you don't try...
- I'm also making a starter for the Vermont which I'm no expert at
- two batches in one day is a fair amount of work so I'm preparing the sweet wort the day before, and doing two boils the next day.
So...we'll see what happens... If it works, I think some amazing beer might be created. If it fails...Christ knows what I'll have!
It's all part of the fun though!