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Hi all,
As most of you know, I'm new to the brewing scene. I am happy with my little ventures in the realm of meads and even a few escapades in the world of liquours ;D
A couple of my friends keep pulling my leg, telling me that I'm not a real brewer if I don't brew beer....So, I thought I'd make an appeal to the group here for a suggestion on recipes. Here's what I would like to have as a finished product : something light, not bitter, not neccessarely very high alcohol, in other words something akin to BJ', Blonde Pale Ale. I am not very sure if it will fit in the ale, pale ale or amber ale chategory. We do not like the bitter aftertaste ( no, we're not wosses) and most of all, I thought I'd start with a concentrate since it seems the less complicated way of going about it.

Thanks in advance,
Ted
 
Thanks for the reply Oskaar,

When you ask about a large brewpot, you mean the pot to boil stuff in? I have a 5 gal. stailess steel pot I use when I make the mead must. Since I use 1 gal of warmed water to dissolve the honey, I have plenty of room.
I had a beer at Red Lion Inn in Atwater village a while back that was very light yellow, very drinkable,smooth, no bitterness, just a very faint hint of sweetness on the back pallate. My cousin, who is done after 1 large glass, had 6 glasses that night. I has considerably more and i don't remember the name of the beer.
I read the directions from Steinfillers on making beer from concentrate and they seem pretty easy to follow, the only think that has me scratching my head is their instruction to put 1 level teaspoon of sugar in each bottle at bottling time. Ofcourse, that is how you get the carbonation, but use regular sugar? The recipes I looked at were using 1 to 1 1/2 cups corn syrup for 5 gal.

Ted
 
After about two weeks worth of fermentation when I'm ready to bottle, I generally use 4 or 5 ounces of corn sugar per five gallon batch and put that into my bottling bucket. I add the sugar when I have about a 1/2 gallon or so racked into my bucket, and I continue filling the bottling bucket and that helps dissolve the sugar.

Once I've completed racking I put a loose cover on the bucket and start bottling. The bottles are usually fully carbonated in about two weeks.

Works like a champ for me.

Cheers,

Oskaar
 
BB,

Go to www.howtobrew.com

It's where I learned how to brew. John Palmer has an excellent, very easy to understand style, and he lays out the basics AND the more complex stuff very nicely.

Have fun!
 
Thank you for the reply Mynx,
That is good reading. I am thinking of giving this a try :-\
As soon as I get an empty bucket I'm going for it.

Ted
 
I started brewing so I'd leave my meads alone, and so far it's working well.


If you're a fan of stouts, I posted my Gigalo Elf Oatmeal Stout recipe somewhere in here...it's very easy :)
 
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