Mistakes I hope not.
Posted: Sunday Jun 08, 2008 5:37 pm
Wife went to Melbourne with her twin sister this long weekend.
- BIG MISTAKE NO. 1. Off to HBS I go to buy a secondary vessel to rack my Morgans Cortez in a weeks time and to only spend around $20.
- Mistake No. 2. Walked out of there $150 poorer.
- Mistake No. 3 ( I don`t think so but wife does). Running out of HB too quick. Go in and to buy racking vessel only .
- Mistake No. 4 tell HB owner of small problem and sells me second fermenter to up production. So now racking vessel for cortez and second fermenter.
- Mistake No5 what about racking vessel for second fermenter I hear you say. Well had to buy that too and the tube to rack with. Only bought 1 so we`ll take 1 mistake off for that. So mistake No. 5 had to fill second fermenter with some thing didn`t I.
So in summary it was her fault for going to Melbourne in the first place isn`t it .Well that`s my story and I`m sticking to it. She bought me the gear to start with. So it`s her mistake to start with.
But my main concern is that I used to HB about 4 year`s ago and have just started about 2 month`s ago and have been happy doing the K&K system with ok drinkable result`s. But today I tried the boil method and was wondering if I did it right. Bought dark crystal liquid malt 1kg . Royal oak amber ale. 250g dextrose. 12g cascade. 12g hallertau.
Boil 3lt water then add dextrose.
Bring back to boil and add malt then royal oak mixture came back to boil then reduced heat not to burn.(Don`t know if that was right but was worried.) After 20min`s added cascade. 20min`s later added hallertau then 20min`s chilled then added to fermenter at about 30deg added water now 22deg used kit yest. Now will hope for the best. Anything I`ve done wrong please let me know because this is my very 1st time.
- BIG MISTAKE NO. 1. Off to HBS I go to buy a secondary vessel to rack my Morgans Cortez in a weeks time and to only spend around $20.
- Mistake No. 2. Walked out of there $150 poorer.
- Mistake No. 3 ( I don`t think so but wife does). Running out of HB too quick. Go in and to buy racking vessel only .
- Mistake No. 4 tell HB owner of small problem and sells me second fermenter to up production. So now racking vessel for cortez and second fermenter.
- Mistake No5 what about racking vessel for second fermenter I hear you say. Well had to buy that too and the tube to rack with. Only bought 1 so we`ll take 1 mistake off for that. So mistake No. 5 had to fill second fermenter with some thing didn`t I.
So in summary it was her fault for going to Melbourne in the first place isn`t it .Well that`s my story and I`m sticking to it. She bought me the gear to start with. So it`s her mistake to start with.
But my main concern is that I used to HB about 4 year`s ago and have just started about 2 month`s ago and have been happy doing the K&K system with ok drinkable result`s. But today I tried the boil method and was wondering if I did it right. Bought dark crystal liquid malt 1kg . Royal oak amber ale. 250g dextrose. 12g cascade. 12g hallertau.
Boil 3lt water then add dextrose.
Bring back to boil and add malt then royal oak mixture came back to boil then reduced heat not to burn.(Don`t know if that was right but was worried.) After 20min`s added cascade. 20min`s later added hallertau then 20min`s chilled then added to fermenter at about 30deg added water now 22deg used kit yest. Now will hope for the best. Anything I`ve done wrong please let me know because this is my very 1st time.