Brendo1 wrote:Couple of queries, whats yellowbox honey and where do you get it?
This brew would be my first experimentation with hops, Do I buy it in a teabag, soak it in water straight out the kettle and toss that in? Buy it as pellets and toss straight into the fermentor? Or do I have to do a crazy boil where I add some at start some 30mins later and some more 10mins after that...?
Gidday Brendo
All I know about Yellow Box is its a type of honey (honey of course varies depending on where the bees get the nectar), I'd just try the supermarket or your HB shop- not much help I know.
In regards to hops, I'd buy it in the form your local homebrew shop sells it and not worry too much about it at this stage. For this recipe the hops you buy separately (there are already some in the Cascade Kit) are for finishing. I'll boil them for 15 minutes. No need for it to be a "crazy boil". So if its a tea bag throw that in, if its pellets throw that in.
Make notes of what you used (honey type, pellet form, boiling time etc etc) and the taste etc and if you make it again you can then make changes based on your drinking notes.
Wazza - I've got 250g of Black patent malt I was going to steep (been cracked, gotta use it!), any comments?
cheers