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by Hoth
Monday May 09, 2005 10:55 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Muntons wheat beer
Replies: 17
Views: 11780

Well I've fermented it and it's now sitting in the secondary now. I grabbed some wheat yeast from the local HBS and mixed it all up with half a kilo maltodextrin and light malt. Tried a bit while I was transferring it from the fermentor and it didn't taste to bad, better than most of my other ...
by Hoth
Friday Apr 22, 2005 11:59 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Muntons wheat beer
Replies: 17
Views: 11780

Thanks for all the info so far. In relation to the yeast that I'm using, I don't have a clue as to what it is. It's the little pack that comes with the Muntons Wheat kit...

So what would the benifits/drawbacks of using wheat malt vs light malt it terms of flavour in the kit ? I've never used wheat ...
by Hoth
Thursday Apr 21, 2005 1:25 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: priming with other sugars
Replies: 33
Views: 22121

I used the drops to start with but they didn't seem to carbonate the beer very well, then I made a batch of ginger beer and primed with raw sugar. Much better than the drops and although I'm using dex now, raw sugar works a treat.
by Hoth
Thursday Apr 21, 2005 12:26 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Muntons wheat beer
Replies: 17
Views: 11780

Muntons wheat beer

I've got a Muntons Wheat beer sitting at home and want to get brewing. The only thing is that I don't have any wheat extract and was just going to use a kilo of light malt.

Anyone got any advice/comments on this as I've never brewed a wheat beer before.

Hoth
by Hoth
Thursday Apr 07, 2005 3:31 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Do you add anything to your beer just before you drink it ?
Replies: 17
Views: 13996

I was watching a show on beer tasting on discovery channel the other day and heard some bloke mention that mango juice mixed with a brew was really nice...