Homebrew Report #260007 (in progress - with pictars)

[HomeBrewerDude]

Ingredients:

12 # Pale malt 2 row,
2 chocolate malt
1 # 120L Crystal malt
11 ounces oatmeal
1 roasted barley

mashed at 150 F for 60 minutes

1 ounce of Cluster hops at 60 minutes
.5 ounce of K Goldings at 20 minutes

And I'll be pitching it on top of some yeast from the Report #260006

And I have a new toy. Its an electronic remote thermometer!
RemoteThermometer.jpg

Here is a shot of the Mash Tun with propane burner etc... (yeah my garage is a mess at the moment)

MashTunwithOutsideBurnerandBrewPot.jpg


OG was 1.053 so I'm hoping for around 4%abv

 

[Kyle]

mmm...beeeeer....
One day when I have my own house I really want to get in to brewing.

Looks good =) :beer:

 

[deadlyapp]

planning on starting this year, what equipment did you start with?

 

[Quasmo]

I really want to make my own Double IPA but it apparently requires something along the lines of 23 different kinds of hops.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: deadlyapp
planning on starting this year, what equipment did you start with?

I started with a basic kit... you can get these on line or at any homebrew supply shop. I brewed kits for a long time before branching off into all grain (like this batch) and will still use extract sometimes when I either am short on time, or need to brew a bigger beer than I can easily manage with my equipment.

the absolute basics are:
a big kettle (at least 3 gallon)
a grain bag or a good method for straining out any grains you might want to use for extra flavor/body
a fermentation bucket (food grade plastic or glass) with a spigot
an airlock
some tubing
bottles
caps
capping device

generally, the best option is to get a kit or find someone that has all the equipment and brew with them once or twice.