brew day
since I had Monday off work for the holiday, I figured it would be a good day to brew that IPA that I had been wanting to do.
getting the ingredients together..liquid malt extract, crystal specialty grains, hops and yeast
...and water. I went with bottled this time over the tap water which should be a bit better
getting the tools together...fermenter, thermometer, hydrometer and the all important sanitizer
more tools...brew pot, stirring spoon and another thermometer
and of course the most important tool of all...A BEER!
3 gallons of water in the pot heating to 155 degrees
specialty grains getting bagged up
grains go into the pot to steep for 30 minutes
at the end of 30 minutes...notice how much darker the water is now that all the sugars have been extracted from the grains
time to bring it up to a boil and add 2 pounds of malt extract
along with 1 ounce of cascade hops
you can see the proteins floating to the top here
30 minutes into the boil and time to add 1 ounce of glacier hops
adding the hops really kicks up the boil
45 minutes into the boil and in goes the remaining malt extract
58 minutes and in go 1 ounce of US golding hops
60 minutes, the boil is over and it's time for an ice bath to get the wort (unfermented beer) down to about 80 degrees
cooled down, into the fermenter and topped up to bring it up to the 5 gallon mark
all put away in the "brew closet". I have it in an ice bath to help regulate the temperature where it will stay for about 2 weeks before getting transferred to a secondary fermenter where I'll be aging it on oak chips for another couple weeks.
It should turn out to be a nice hoppy beer at about 7.3% alcohol
getting the ingredients together..liquid malt extract, crystal specialty grains, hops and yeast
...and water. I went with bottled this time over the tap water which should be a bit better
getting the tools together...fermenter, thermometer, hydrometer and the all important sanitizer
more tools...brew pot, stirring spoon and another thermometer
and of course the most important tool of all...A BEER!
3 gallons of water in the pot heating to 155 degrees
specialty grains getting bagged up
grains go into the pot to steep for 30 minutes
at the end of 30 minutes...notice how much darker the water is now that all the sugars have been extracted from the grains
time to bring it up to a boil and add 2 pounds of malt extract
along with 1 ounce of cascade hops
you can see the proteins floating to the top here
30 minutes into the boil and time to add 1 ounce of glacier hops
adding the hops really kicks up the boil
45 minutes into the boil and in goes the remaining malt extract
58 minutes and in go 1 ounce of US golding hops
60 minutes, the boil is over and it's time for an ice bath to get the wort (unfermented beer) down to about 80 degrees
cooled down, into the fermenter and topped up to bring it up to the 5 gallon mark
all put away in the "brew closet". I have it in an ice bath to help regulate the temperature where it will stay for about 2 weeks before getting transferred to a secondary fermenter where I'll be aging it on oak chips for another couple weeks.
It should turn out to be a nice hoppy beer at about 7.3% alcohol