Homebrewing For The Uninitiated And Brave
Another week, another brew. I tried http://www.homebrewden.com & had them ship me their Dog & Crown Pale Ale kit. It shipped with White Labs pitchable liquid yeast. I substituted Glacier hops for the Kent Golding aroma hops also. Here’s the qbrew file and here’s the html page.
Better Beer with Late Malt Extract Additions
I am going to try the late malt extract addition method on my next brew. I’ll probably do about 20% of the DME or syrup to get the hops going, and then finish off the extract for about 15-20 minutes. Another good post about it is right here:
http://menuinprogress.com/2007/08/on-importance-of-late-extract-addition.html
I moved the Turbodog clone to the carboy this afternoon. The color & aroma are right on target. Looking forward to enjoying it in a few weeks. I also came across this site: http://www.mansgarden.com/brewing.html. Here’s an excerpt:
Brewing Herbs
Using Brewing Herbs [...]
I’ve been reading about Simcoe Hops, and decided to put them to work in a Pale Ale recipe. They’re particularly popular with Amarillo, if you’re trying to hit a high IBU/btu for an IPA. But I’m going a bit more subtle, as in Dog Fish Head’s 60 minute IPA. So I’m mixing them with Glacier [...]