Tadge wrote:Danzar,
Mate you are a champ. I have JUST tried mine, Its been in the bottle for a couple of months now.
Bloody fantastic!!!, It does not quite taste the same as the original but I did modify it a bit, I'm no beer conisuer but I know what I like!!
Mine ended up being 5.5%alc so not a quaffer by any means but very tasty, only a hint of the lemon and coriander.
Thanks all for the recipe!
Cheers
Tadge
Apache/2.0.54 (Fedora) Server at http://www.grainandgrape.com.au Port 80
DJ wrote:did you use SAFwheat K-97 yeast for that recipie above???
That can't be right. Here are my costings (from my local):Noodles wrote:I've been drinking a fair bit of Hoegaarden recently and I'm very keen to try this clone. I've just been to the G&G site and costed the ingredients (for the recipe in the original post) which came to $69.95 plus postage (which I assume will be about $15-$20).
Now here's my question, is the clone that good? Is it $90 worth? Or should I be looking for a cheaper version?
timmy wrote:I tried one of these last week after about 3 weeks in the bottle. It was very nice, but the bitterness was very noticable. I'm assuming that it should mellow over time, but has anyone else noticed it?
I pretty much followed the updated recipe to the letter.
Cheers,
Tim
pixelboy wrote:You can just leave the orange out overnight on some paper towel. The oils should soak into the paper.
Well thats how im going to do another batch this weekend
Oh Noodles.. add 15-20gms or so SAAZ to that recipie. Its too sweet without it.
Danzar wrote:Kit - $15.95
Malt - $11
Wheat - $3.50
Coriander - $2.50 - supermarket
Peel - $4 - Grain and Grape
Wheat malt - $3
Hops (x2) - $5
Yeast - $15 (*NB* this looks like it will blow your cost out but you make 4-6 starters, which means you can spread this yeast over 4-6 brews).
TOTAL: $59.95 including full yeast cost, so effective cost is actually around $48 or so. You've probably had to purchase dried malt etc in higher amounts above the recipe, so you should factor that in as an offset against future brews.
Postage is a bummer though - still, it shouldn't be as high as you think. Try and source the bulkier ingredients from your local, then order the yeast and peel from G & G. Postage would only be about $7 o $8 then, thereby giving you a brew of around $55 in total - and yep, it's woth it. You need that liquid yeast and dried peel - makes all the difference.
Cheers Noodles....
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