My first, my last, my everything

My First Beer

My first personal recipe online is not My Best Beer so far. Like they say, do as I say…

Thing is, I prefer to put all my chips on the one in fermentation stage right now, and not stay prisoner of this one I’m posting.

As a matter of fact, this one posted here, was my first beer so ever, and you may call it beginner’s luck, but I would call it “beginner’s fear”.

Fear made me do things methodically, hygienically, and strictly following all sanitary measures, as I was supposed to keep doing.

Well, now I paused my production for a long time, and picked it up assigning the appropriated time to it, things should go better, and this one in fermentation should rock.

OK, enough is enough, here it goes:

All grain “sort of” Irish ale:

• 19,8 pounds base malt
• 2 pounds caramel malt
• 1 pound rolled oatmeal

Mash

• 4,5 gallons of de-chlored water at 155F-162F for 1 hour

Recirculation for 20 minutes,

Sparge up (down) to 1045 gravity

Boil for 60 minutes

Cascade hop:

• T-60 minutes 50%
• T-15 minutes 25%
• T-5 minutes 25%

0,07+ ounces of hop for each estimated final litter of beer.

OG: 1052

Dontrememberwhich Yeast (I told you it was a “sort of”)

• 1st fermentation: 5 days
• 2nd fermentation: 8 days

Bottled.

That turned into a refined creamy red haired Irish ale (please, let me call it like that), that made me stay tunned in brewing.

So please, feel free to comment, lash my mash, or even try it on your own.

Have a brewtiful day…