1st extract

[jobby]

did my 1st extract yesterday a london pride, much more fun than using kits makes you feel like a proper brewer only took a couple of hours and as it was pouring down again i had nothing else to do so the smell in me house was lovely even the mrs agreed, got up today and it has a lovely white head so the yeast is doing its stuff now just try and wait a few weeks which will be the hard bit. i will still do the odd kits for quickness i needed but enjoyed this much more so ill stick to extract until i got the whole hog to ag

will report back on the final product :

 

[Pearlfisher]

Well done , I've only ever done kits but I was thinking of doing this
http://www.colchesterhomebrew.co.uk/col ... -beer.html

Is this the same sort of extract you did ? , if so could you run us through with the equipment and method you used please?

 

[fbsf]

Pearlfisher - that's an all grain kit, so you would need to either go for a full all-grain setup, or Brew-In-A-Bag method.

Extract brews use either Liquid or Dried Malt Extract (LME or DME) and you then add your chosen hops whilst boiling the brew.

I'm thinking of doing an extract brew - really interested to hear how you get on Jobby!

What recipe did you use?

 

[Pearlfisher]

oops googled extract abbot and got that ,didn't read it properly.

 

[jobby]

Pearlfisher - that's an all grain kit, so you would need to either go for a full all-grain setup, or Brew-In-A-Bag method.

Extract brews use either Liquid or Dried Malt Extract (LME or DME) and you then add your chosen hops whilst boiling the brew.

I'm thinking of doing an extract brew - really interested to hear how you get on Jobby!

What recipe did you use?

i got a kit from http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/ as it was my 1st go, borrowed a large pot from work and thats all i needed. wish i had a steeping/hop bag though as it was a pain sieving all the grain/hops. just ordered one ready for next time
as i progress i will start to buy my own ingredients which will work out alot cheaper in the end.

 

[fbsf]

Cool. I might try it on a slightly smaller scale as I don't have access to a huge pot yet.

But it certainly sounds worth a go!

 

[jonnymorris]

I might try it on a slightly smaller scale as I don't have access to a huge pot yet!

I think I may have mentioned this before but, all you need is a 15l pot.

 

[fbsf]

Indeed. But the biggest pot I have is a 6L pressure cooker, and am under caution of not buying any more equipment (even if it could make a lovely stock) whilst I still have 5 kits in tins sat on a shelf...

I don't think a new 15L pan will go unnoticed at this point :whistle:

 

[jonnymorris]

Buy it to make soup.

Hey, you could probably make beer in that too.

 

[Aleman]

I might try it on a slightly smaller scale as I don't have access to a huge pot yet!

I think I may have mentioned this before but, all you need is a 15l pot.

If you can get a larger pot though you will get a better result

 

[jonnymorris]

If you can get a larger pot though you will get a better result

Agreed. I'm working my way up. My next pot is going to be 50l but to start 15l does the job.