What was I thinking? If this turns out to be even mildly drinkable it will be a miracle.
So I dub this brew “Bradinator’s Mistake”
Ingredients -
- 4.0lbs Light DME (approx)
- 0.25lbs Corn Syrup
- 1 oz of Tettnang Hops @ 45 min
- 0.5lbs 120L Crystal Malt
- 0.25lbs Roasted Barely
- 0.125lbs Brown Malt
- 1 tsp of Irish Moss @ 10 min
- 1 tsp of Yeast Nutrient @ cold break
- SafeAle S-04 (English Ale Dry Yeast)
Basic steps were steeping the grain tea at 80c for about 30 minutes, boiling 2.5g of water and mixing in the DME and Corn Syrup adding the hops and boiling for 45 minutes. Cold break went poorly and I did not reach 28c for nearly 45 minutes.
I have a great idea. Lets throw a bunch of ingredients together and hope for beer.
OG reading was between 1.034-1.036 which is what I was shooting for. I have never tried making a beer before out of primarily dry malt extract and I do not think I will ever do it again. It is far to much hassle mixing it and it does not give very good consistency either. It foams up like mad too.
Somehow I managed to avoid a boil-over.
I have no idea if this will actually turn out, but I plan to rack it to a secondary in 2 weeks and have it in bottles with 4 weeks.