WhiteDelicious
I have no idea what I'm doing.
I decided to brew my first beer. I had spent too much pouring over this forum and others, and i was getting anxious to start. There's still a ton of information that I haven't had the change to read or understand, but I figured the best way to learn was to just jump in. It went generally well, with a few fumbles thrown in the mix. I'm looking for any and all advice for moving forward, and I'm hoping maybe this post can allow some other new brewers to learn from some of my mistakes.
Equipment:
I bought all the equipment necessary to brew 2-3 gallon BIAB batches. I went with this size due to limited space, inability to drink 5 gallons of beer, and experimentation purposes. My goal is to brew smaller batches more frequently, with slight tweaks in the recipe or process, until I really find a method that works well and produces consistently good beer.
-Two 3 gallon glass carboys
-5 gallon stainless steel kettle
-2 gallon stainless steel kettle
-Standard equipment for all brewing (siphon, stoppers, airlocks, thermometer etc.)
Recipe:
I used EdWort's "Bee Cave Brewery Bavarian Hefeweizen"
I believe Ed used red wheat, but I chose to do pale. I cut the recipe in half to make a 2.75 gallon batch, then removed the rice hulls and added an extra 0.5# of German pale wheat (because I could't buy 3.5# from Northern Brewer).
Modified Recipe
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Recipe Type: All Grain BIAB
Yeast: Wyeast Weihenstaphen 3068
Yeast Starter: No
Batch Size 2.75 gal
Boil Size: 3.75 gal
Estimated OG: 1.051
Estimated Color: 3.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 14.5
Equipment:
I bought all the equipment necessary to brew 2-3 gallon BIAB batches. I went with this size due to limited space, inability to drink 5 gallons of beer, and experimentation purposes. My goal is to brew smaller batches more frequently, with slight tweaks in the recipe or process, until I really find a method that works well and produces consistently good beer.
-Two 3 gallon glass carboys
-5 gallon stainless steel kettle
-2 gallon stainless steel kettle
-Standard equipment for all brewing (siphon, stoppers, airlocks, thermometer etc.)
Recipe:
I used EdWort's "Bee Cave Brewery Bavarian Hefeweizen"
I believe Ed used red wheat, but I chose to do pale. I cut the recipe in half to make a 2.75 gallon batch, then removed the rice hulls and added an extra 0.5# of German pale wheat (because I could't buy 3.5# from Northern Brewer).
Modified Recipe
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Recipe Type: All Grain BIAB
Yeast: Wyeast Weihenstaphen 3068
Yeast Starter: No
Batch Size 2.75 gal
Boil Size: 3.75 gal
Estimated OG: 1.051
Estimated Color: 3.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 14.5