My first brew using malt extract.Opinions please.

[Adamsale]

Just put down my first real own brew.

half a can of malt extract (0.55l)
500g of dextrose
500g of dried wheat malt
10 g of tettenanger hop pellets
boiled for 30 mins

then at flame out added 250g of honey, stirred and sat for 5 mins then added to fermenter

topped up to 12 litre and pitched safbrew wb-06 at 24.

SG 1048....

[Pale_Ale]

Should work out ok, although at first glance it looks a tad under-bittered, even for a wheat style. If you don't already use one, perhaps look at some of the brewing software around to calculate IBUs and malt/hop balance.

This is a handy link too
http://www.brewsupplies.com/hops-gravity.htm

Hope it turns out nicely!

Cheers,
Pale

[Adamsale]

Thanks for the reply, its now in the bottles and doing a second fermentation......must leave 4 weeks.........ha.......thanks so far for all your support.......if it works out to be a seller.....!!!!!!!!!!!..,..going to be 5.6%, tastes good out of the bottle.......

[Bizier]

I have not used WB06, but with the liquid hefe strains, the general concensus is to drink them as soon as they are carbed (after a few days refridgeration) because they are in their prime super fresh.

QBrew is pretty light on features, but it is free. http://www.usermode.org/code.html
Beersmith is about $30 and is pretty good, though definitely not perfect. http://www.beersmith.com/
Promash is used by a lot of home brewers and insustry people, but it feels like I am playing Dungeons and Dragons http://www.promash.com/

I just did a quick job in Beersmith and for 12L I would do 1.5kg dry wheat extract + 9-14g tettnanger at 60 mins (rough IBU range of 8-15)

Great stuff with going extract, keep it up and let everyone know if you are successful.

[Adamsale]

Just put down my first real own brew.

half a can of malt extract (0.55l)
500g of dextrose
500g of dried wheat malt
10 g of tettenanger hop pellets
boiled for 30 mins

then at flame out added 250g of honey, stirred and sat for 5 mins then added to fermenter

topped up to 12 litre and pitched safbrew wb-06 at 24.

SG 1048....

Been in the bottles 2 weeks, just opened one......lovely.....used beersmith and IBU was low...2, but still a very nice drop