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Discussion on brewing beer from malt extract, hops, and yeast.
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Post by mark14 » Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:08 pm

hi ,i have 680 grams malt lme
, 545 grams black treacle, 2 pounds demerara , 3 pounds of sugar,10 grams of hog norsk northern european ale yeast i thought i thought to warm the first 3 ingredients ,put 18 liters of water into bucket and add the warmed then put sugar in stir ,then add yeast, can i leave this for two to three weeks skipping second fermentation go to bottle is this wrong, doing 22 liters thank you

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Re: brewing

Post by guypettigrew » Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:02 am

Hello mark14, and welcome.

Interesting list of potential ingredients! One thing strikes me immediately--you have no hops in the list. Whatever you make with those ingredients will be alcoholic, but couldn't be called beer!

A standard beer using liquid malt extract would use about 3kg extract, or a bit less and some sugar. Plus hops, perhaps 50 grams or so. To give you an idea of what's involved, here's a link to a recipe, with the technique, for a beer modelled on Courage Directors ale.

Hope this helps as a first step into the wonderful world of brewing.

Keep asking questions!

Guy

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Re: brewing

Post by mark14 » Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:56 am

thank you for your advise,the hops are northern brew, i am awaiting delivery, any and all advise please,i shall edit post thanks again i have read and will re read, i will boil all with the hops, i love a pint of various beers, Youngs, Fulers,and Harveys, just ordered Warrior queen hops

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Re: brewing

Post by mark14 » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:03 pm

change of mind, as per advise, one and half kilo lme, one kilo brown cane , 564 grams lme malt, 564 grams black treacle boiled 30 mins with 80 grams warrior hops, in filter bag, added to fermenter making 22 liters in total, norsk ale yeast 10 grams, will leave two weeks , then prime and bottle, will gith update, any idea have i done correct cheers

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Re: brewing

Post by mark14 » Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:34 pm

in tub fermenting 4 days now still going , blowing bubbles every 30 secs or so,will prime and bottle, but i will leave in fermenter 7 more days, boiled hops and will add dry hops 0n 12th, warrior hops

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Re: brewing

Post by mark14 » Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:40 pm

just a quickie ,hydrometer is a bit odd, it has various marking ,one just says bottle now, so thats what i will do

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Re: brewing

Post by MarkA » Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:53 pm

Personally I would wait a couple more days (at least), until the hydrometer readings stabilise. I've had hydrometers in the past with the same 'bottle now' markings and have ignored them every time as they are only a very rough guide

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Re: brewing

Post by guypettigrew » Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:28 pm

mark14 wrote:
Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:40 pm
just a quickie ,hydrometer is a bit odd, it has various marking ,one just says bottle now, so thats what i will do
What specific gravity does your hydrometer show?

Guy

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Re: brewing

Post by mark14 » Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:19 pm

thank you guy, black section just says bottle now, but she is still burping, will search for better instrument

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Re: brewing

Post by mark14 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:11 pm

result, very thin but lots hop bitter would be good if body was a bit thicker, so adding treacle 454 grams, will bottle tomorrow see if it improves after priming ,will taste again in 7 days, suggestions please, did i go wrong ? cheers thank you

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Re: brewing

Post by MarkA » Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:13 pm

You'll have to wait for the treacle to ferment before bottling, or else it will be very sweet (not to mention the danger of bottle bombs!).

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Re: brewing

Post by mark14 » Wed Apr 15, 2020 1:34 am

thank you Mark a

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Re: brewing

Post by mark14 » Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:25 pm

well the ferment stopped, still a bit to hoppy so added 500gr brown sugar, gently stirred, white foam bubbles lid back on had lid off barely 90 secs, i will look and if no ferment in morning ,i will prime and bootle and take a hydrometer reading, thank you all for advise, think warrior hops to strong for this i will add less to next, next is a beer brew from the suggestions

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Re: brewing

Post by guypettigrew » Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:55 pm

This will be a really interesting beer when it's finished.

What ingredients do you have for your next brew?

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Re: brewing

Post by mark14 » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:31 pm

i am just going to get an ia recipe on here and follow it to the letter, i hope, its so tempting to try and add more, missus wiil do it , cheers lol

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