After months of being a professional shopper as my wife called it i'm now in the position to try my hand at my first AG brew.
But before i start i need to make my first purchase of grains and hops and would like some advice on the matter.
Being the type of person that i am I've jumped in head first and gone straight to AG and having watched hour upon hour of you tube clips i feel i have the basic knowledge to hopefully brew something that is at least drinkable, probably not on the first attempt but one day. I'm into heavily hopped beers such as Joker IPA so my aim is to try and brew a hoppy beer and have taken this from Beersmith.
The ingredients are:
5.44Kg Maris Otter
0.91Kg Vienna Malt
0.23Kg Cara-Pils
0.23Kg Crystal Malt
21.26g Centennial @60 mins
14.17g Centennial @45 mins
14.17g Centennial @30 mins
21.26g Centennial @15 mins
1 Whirlfloc @ 10 mins
14.17g Centennial @0 mins
1 Pkg Denny's Favourite 50 (Wyeast #WY1450)
28.35g Cascade Dry hop 14 days
28.35g Centennial Dry hop 14 days.
I'm probably biting off more than i can chew. The recipe is for a final batch size of 22 ltrs with a 6.8%ABV. The chances of me reaching that are probably slim, if the ABV is lower i'd be more than happy. If i do get anywhere over the 6% i'd be looking at diluting to lower it.
If the recipe looks OK i'll be placing the order at the weekend. Unfortunately the idea of taking two weeks off in October so i could enjoin myself trying to brew beer fell on deaf ears and m wife has booked a holiday so it'll be the middle of October before i get the chance.
Does it look OK?
But before i start i need to make my first purchase of grains and hops and would like some advice on the matter.
Being the type of person that i am I've jumped in head first and gone straight to AG and having watched hour upon hour of you tube clips i feel i have the basic knowledge to hopefully brew something that is at least drinkable, probably not on the first attempt but one day. I'm into heavily hopped beers such as Joker IPA so my aim is to try and brew a hoppy beer and have taken this from Beersmith.
The ingredients are:
5.44Kg Maris Otter
0.91Kg Vienna Malt
0.23Kg Cara-Pils
0.23Kg Crystal Malt
21.26g Centennial @60 mins
14.17g Centennial @45 mins
14.17g Centennial @30 mins
21.26g Centennial @15 mins
1 Whirlfloc @ 10 mins
14.17g Centennial @0 mins
1 Pkg Denny's Favourite 50 (Wyeast #WY1450)
28.35g Cascade Dry hop 14 days
28.35g Centennial Dry hop 14 days.
I'm probably biting off more than i can chew. The recipe is for a final batch size of 22 ltrs with a 6.8%ABV. The chances of me reaching that are probably slim, if the ABV is lower i'd be more than happy. If i do get anywhere over the 6% i'd be looking at diluting to lower it.
If the recipe looks OK i'll be placing the order at the weekend. Unfortunately the idea of taking two weeks off in October so i could enjoin myself trying to brew beer fell on deaf ears and m wife has booked a holiday so it'll be the middle of October before i get the chance.
Does it look OK?