This is my second brew, it’s another kit I purchased from Northern Brewer; Caribou Slobber Brown Ale. This kit was another really basic kit to do. The instructions again were very strait forward and simple. This recipe did involve a few extra steps then the first beer I brewed.

This kit included;

• 1g. Caribou Slobber Grains
• Willamette Hop Pellets 3.5g & 7g. packets.
• Windsor Ale brewers yeast.
• 1.5lb Northern brewer Gold malt Extract syrup.

Brewed 2/18/2014

I brought 1.3gallons of water to a boil, steeping the slobber grains for 10 minutes. Shortly after the water was up to a boil. Added the Malt extract & then the first packet of hops(7g.). The majority of the hops ended up on the top of the lid and sides. I scraped them back into the wort a couple times during the boiling process. After 30 minutes I added the second hop addition(3.5g). Boiled for another 15 minutes and then cooled the wort down to 70 degrees. I activated the yeast at about 90 degrees 50mL 5.5g yeast. Combined the two into the fermenting jug and dropped it off in my utility sink with my first brew.

Bottled: 2/28/2014

I brought up the brew from the basement and bottled it. It’s the first brew I bottled, I feel it went pretty well. The batch didn’t turn out to be very potent with a 2.7% ABV. Oh, well. I’m still excited to see how it tastes after the bottle conditioning time is up. I used the fizz drops to carbonate the bottles.

Update: 3/29/2014

I can’t say I was very impressed with the way this turned out, turned out a bit bitter, more than anything else. I guess it was kind of to be expected though in the early stages of my brewing.