Batch #1: Big Honkin’ Stout

5 Oct
2008

It’s been a long time in the making but this Saturday coming up I will be making my first batch of Home Brewed beer.  I went with an extract kit to get a feel of the whole process.  I’m sure I’ll be making extract kits the first few times I homebrew.  Why did I choose a stout?  Lately I’m just been loving stouts.  It’s not quite up there with a good IPA but it’s close. 

So if you ever wondered what you get when you buy a extract kit. well look no further. Here’s everything you get. This is what is listed on northernbrewer.com

Kit Inventory

Specialty Grains
  • 0.5 lbs. Simpsons Roast Barley
  • 0.5 lbs. Simpsons Black Malt
  • 0.25 lbs. Weyermann Carafa III
  • 0.25 lbs. Briess Caramel 120

Fermentables
  • 3.15 lbs. Dark Malt Syrup (boil for 60 min.)
  • 6 lbs. Dark Malt Syrup (boil for 15 min.)

Boil Additions
  • 2 oz. Willamette (60 min)
  • 1 oz. Cascade (15 min)
  • 1 oz. Cascade (1 min)

If you choose dry yeast
  • Safale US-05. Optimum temperature: 59-75° F.

If you choose liquid yeast
  • Wyeast #1332 Northwest Ale Yeast. Optimum temperature: 65-75° F.

Tomorrow I’ll go over what equipment I’ve bought so far with the help of some friends.  This is something I’ve been looking forward to for a long time.  It’s exciting and scary the same time.

4 Responses to Batch #1: Big Honkin’ Stout

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John Keller

October 6th, 2008 at 7:46 pm

Hello Dave,
Brewing your own sounds like the right thing to do. I’m considering home brewing.
I’ll watch your progress. My ambitions are similar. I don’t like cubes.
I think stouts are cool. Stouts seem to have more flavor and they don’t lie. What I mean is the taste is for real and not diluted.

You had a good review on a scottish ale, Oscar Blues ” Old Chub”. I like this beer.

Someday I’d like to make a keller bier. I enjoyed keller bier at “Silver City” in Silverdale, Wa.

Good luck.

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Dave

October 7th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

John,

I’ve been wanting to do this for a while now,I won’t stop buying craft brews though. Will I ever make this into a business, I can only hope. I just hope I have the drive and creativity to come through. The only Keller Bier I’ve had is the one from Voodoo Brewing and I loved it. Thanks for the good luck, I’ll need it.

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Debbie Casey

November 12th, 2008 at 9:59 pm

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aonebill

February 23rd, 2010 at 7:19 am

Hello. All of us could discuss together this theme in more details!?

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