hello from st. louis area

[brollin79]

i just started brewing a month or so ago i don't really know what i am doing yet but i try. i have all the ingredients for my next batch i just don't know in what order to add the hops i have 3 different variety's 2oz saaz 1oz chinook 1oz citra

[codewritinfool]

Hey, welcome.

West County here. Where are you? There are several great clubs in town, do you belong to any?

[brollin79]

i live in granite city il. no i am not in any clubs. it is just me the ole lady and the pugs

[TheDarkSide]

What's the recipe/style of beer for your next batch?

Is this recipe something you got from the homebrew shop or online?

[siwelwerd]

Welcome!

i live in granite city il. no i am not in any clubs.

Check out the East Side Brewers http://www.eastsidebrewers.org . Or if you don't mind driving across the river, the St. Louis Brews (my old club) meet the first Thursday of every month http://www.stlbrews.org

[brollin79]

it is a recipe from the book that came with my equipment kit and it is called summer beer it is 6lbs gold lme and it was supposed to be 2 oz of saaz but i added the other 2 oz of citra and chinook

[BDawg]

welcome
1) How bitter do you want this beer to be? Summer ale can vary wildly.
2) How many %AA are these hops? Is the level printed on the package?

Those 3 hops can be used together in a lot of ways in this beer:

Low Bitterness: 1 saaz at 60, 1 oz citra at 15, 1 oz saaz at 5, 2oz Chinook dry

Moderate bitterness:
2 oz Saaz at 60, 1 oz Citra at 15, 1 oz Chinook at 5, dry hop with rest of chinook and citra

Rip your tongue out of your head bitterness: 2oz Chinook at 90, mix of 1oz saaz, 1oz citra at 15, rest of the saaz & citra at flameout or dry hopped

[TheDarkSide]

With 6lbs LME, I expect you'll be around 1.040 so I think I'd go with BDawg's moderate bitterness suggestion.