Should I Brew That?

Archive for July, 2007

Thanks goes to Clarke for making the East Coast Hoppers logo!

I couldn’t be happier with the way this beer turned out. I’ve been sharing and everyone has loved it so far. Of course this also means that I only have half my stash left!! More reason to brew again!

For my first homebrew in several years I decided to do an extract recipe to get back into the swing of things as I’m not quite ready for all-grain just yet. I went to Northern Brewer and ordered one of their ale extract kits called “Tongue Splitter”. They describe this beer as a west coast American Pale Ale that is aggressively hopped, here’s the ingredients:

Specialty Grains

0.5 lbs – Dingemans Caramel Pils

0.5 lbs – Simpsons Caramalt

Malt

6 lbs. Pilsen Malt Syrup (liquid extract)

Boil Additions (hops)

1 oz. Nugget (60 minutes)

1 oz. Kent Goldings (15  minutes)

1 oz. Cascade (10 minutes)

.05 oz. Cascade (2 minutes)

.05 oz. Mount Hood (2 minutes)

Special Ingredients

.05 oz. Cascade Hops (dry hop)

.05 oz. Mount Hood Hops (dry hop)

And last but not least, the yeast:

Wyeast #1332 Northwest Ale Yeast

Produces a malty and mildy fruity ale with good depth and complexity, optimum temperature 65 -75 degrees

Original Gravity – 1.045              Finishing Gravity – 1.010

This kit is said to be ready in 6 weeks

I just finished bottling this batch and am now waiting for carbonation, I will update everyone on this batch when I crack the first one open! Maybe we’ll review it on SIDT!