Chinook hopped 4.7% American Amber Ale. Tasted the best so far from the FV. Longer fermentation times are clearly better

How many litres have you made now?

Opened the first bottle of this just now. I really like how this has turned out. Biggest flavour so far followed by hoppy aftertaste.

Time to bottle the landlord clone now. Which is 5.2% after 17 days in the fermenter. Oops.

When are you bringing my crate down? :-)

*coughs but it sounds like come and get your fucking beer*

I shall try and sort it tbis weekend. Soz.

So just started a big adventure into home brewing. Trying to make a Xmas American pale ale.


Stupid question, done everything and got to leave it now for 4 days until I had the hops. I leave the lid clamped tight right? It won't explode?

Instructions says put the cover, but not how tightly...

It's a plastic 40 pint bucket with a lid that clips on water tight. Can't see any way to release pressure. It's from A home brewing kit.

I have a length of tube as a siphon, that it?

Right. Just ordered some of those. Will punch a hole tonight. Currently lid is just resting. Hopefully won't be ruined. Still, learn as you go.

Thanks for all the help. Totally hope to leave up my beer snobness.

Tonight we are trying:

1.6kg pale malt
400g crYstal malt
100g black malt

In a 6litre mash which should end up as a 10l brew fermenting away. I think I will use chinook hops to bitter and aroma it with goldings.

Mash should be 1 hour at 68 degrees and boil for an hour. Add half chinook at boil start, half after 30 mins and aroma 10 mins from end .

Edit: realising I was actually making a porter, I added first gold hops at 30 minutes and again at 55 minutes with some irish moss.I did not use goldings.

Edit: 1051 so should run out to 6% if I let it.

The porter tastes like a porter. Which is good. If you like porter....

I do!

I will put some in your box, then.

Yay!

I will do an amber ale with them. As I have loads of crystal malt still to use.

Right.

1600g pale malt, 400g Crystal malt, 100g black malt. Mashed at 68 for an hour in 7 litres, end temp 65. Sparge with 7 litres at 80 for 10 minutes.Boil for an hour, 60g each of East Kent Goldings, styrian goldings and first gold added . At 55 minutes added 454g honey, 60g first gold and 5g irish moss. 1065 og so should run out at 7.4%. Hopefully it should be a nice hoppy porter.

I will do an amber ale with them. As I have loads of crystal malt still to use.

20% crystal malt and 25g each of hops. 1045 og so might run out between 4.5% to 5.2%.

1800g Maris Otter, 200g Crystal Malt is the grain bill. Will hop with citra and cascade. Mash on!

Note high tech mash tun.

Exciting sparge and hop action! 1am. Jesus.

Don't worry, he has given it a beard. Literally, where do you think his went?

Turbo Cider 2.

4.4 litres 11.4% sugar solution and 100ml Ribena. And 6 teabags.