This is the first recipe that I tried and it is a good starter if you enjoy hops. Of course the directions have you doing one thing and I did the other. I went straight for the 90 minute boil because, I wanted a 90 minute pale ale.
Equipment on brew day:
5 gallon boiling pot
5 gallon plastic carboy with stopper and vent
Lessons learned on day 2: Leave ample room in the carboy for the cap to rise. During a violent fermentation the stopper will get blown off and foamy hops will be everywhere.
Equipment on secondary ferment day:
2nd carboy
5 ft food grade rubber hose
Lessons learned on day 7: Two carboys are better than one. This way you can siphon from primary to secondary fermentor.
Equipment on bottling day:
Bottle capper and caps
48 12oz bottles
bottling wand and rubber hose
Lesson Learned on bottling day: Use 24 oz bottles
What material is your boiling pot made of? Is aluminium okay?
ReplyDeleteFrom what I have read, aluminum is ok but you don't want to be scraping off the patina or oxide layer.
ReplyDeleteMine happens to be stainless. A 37 dollar value form Northern Brewers.