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db did you find the spicy ghost draught to be a crap beer with the supplied yeast ??

the first one I did is not impressive.
The missus thought it looked like a nice gift -
should I perhaps try safale ??

cheers 501
:lol:

The supplied yeast is a lager yeast, BUT only7g, so if ferminting at ale ...

Also on the beez neez beer, how do they keep the honey taste without it all just fermenting out? None of my beers with honey have had the taste of honey noticeable.

I did a ESB 15Lt wort kit, with half a kilo of orange blossom honey put in secondary, very noticeable honey aftertaste.
But this ...

Yep

Get out the wheat bags, microwave them and pack them around the base of the vat stat!
You're going to flatline her at those low temperatures.

Funny thing is I lager my beers at 9-12*C without a problem using Saflager yeast.
Yes it can take a bit to start at a lower temp., but it always starts.
I ...

Probably Boags Premium and Crown are joint most-overrated beers in Oz.

Normell, what other award-winning beers are on my worst list? I just don't think that Boags Premium or Crown taste any good. In fact, I think they taste bad!

Oliver

But all this putting down of good quality Australian beers ...

Got a feeling that Oliver's tongue may have been put in upside down.
Most of the world's award winning beer's, are on Oliver's worst list.

Normell

Would be ideal for keeping a constant temp., but hard not to disturb the yeast cake when you move them.
Maybe a pump setup to get water from the lake, thru a tub/bath then back to the lake.



Normell

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Boags have


Normell

Good work Matty.
Finally gone over to kegs, will have to get together and chin wag over brewing soon

Normell

Oliver wrote:Normell,

The Cooper's Bavarian Lager (and Pilsner) are definitely real lager yeasts.

Cheers,

Oliver

Well Oliver, why do they say on the tin, to brew between 18-25*C.
They are ale brewing temps. not lager temps

Normell

Normell, for a run down of what Coopers kits have what yeast check out this thread
http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=571

Cheers,

Terry.

Best way to judge if its a REAL lager yeast is to look at the brewing instructions, if its temperature range is something like 18-27*C, it ...

Try a tin of Coopers Bavarian Lager, a bag of Ultrabrew (500g Light Dry Malt, 250gm Dextrose, 250gm Maltodextrin) with a 12g 'teabag' of Hallertauer hop steeped. Use the yeast as supplied.

This is a good one to brew over winter as the lager yeast laps up the cooler weather. Also the timing has ...

Not Corona, but a good beer to make is a Cascade spicy ghost, with a beer improver kit

Normell

i tried the apa with a whitelabs wp001 yeast made up to 20L & dry hopped with 2 x cascade plugs - was a great brew..

So why add the plugs ????

Normell

a bit of dry hopping never hurt anyone :wink:

that was the 1st time i'd come across plugs so i thought i'd give it a go.. wasn't too ...

db wrote:i tried the apa with a whitelabs wp001 yeast made up to 20L & dry hopped with 2 x cascade plugs - was a great brew..

So why add the plugs ????

Normell

At what stage did you put the honey in.



Normell

Evo wrote:I reckon you are doing the right thing Normell. It's a consumer driven society we live in. If your local HBS won't stock what you need, go elsewhere.

Only problem is Evo, its 150Kl minimum between shops, or mail order which takes a week.

Normell

The Brown Hornet wrote:Thanks everyone for the input.

Does anyone have any comments as to why Coopers recommends fermenting between 21 and 27 degrees if 18 -22 degrees is the ideal temp range.

Hornet

Because it suits the "average" australian climate me thinks

Normell

Pics are at

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/i ... entry52407

Normell

I personally use Saf** yeasts
http://www.fermentis.com
a lot of other brewers use liquid yeasts

With the Cascade yeasts, the are proper lager yeasts, but in a smaller size than normal, 7g compared to 11.5g, so to use them properly for lagering at lower than 19*C, you need 2 or 3 sachets per brew.
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