Page 1 of 1
is it a good time to brew Mexican Cerveza (Corona Style)?
Posted:
Tuesday Sep 07, 2004 4:28 pmby Stekings
i want to make a mexican cerveza for beermakers.. but i dunno if it is a good idea to brew it now.. i dun have any heating methods available and the temp here in the northeast region of VIC gets to around 3 or 4 at night lately... is it a good idea to brew the cerveza now?
please let me know.. thanks
Posted:
Tuesday Sep 07, 2004 9:30 pmby wazza
Interesting you ask this, I'm just about to bottle a beermakers cerveza I put down last week.
I use an aquarium heater so cant really comment about the temperature... I will say though that it came with this "pilsner enzyme" which I added as instructed without really knowing exactly what it was.
I took a gravity reading today and was surprised to work out it's at 6.1% alc ... I put in 1kg of dextrose and 175g of corn syrup.
I was actually looking for a more refreshing 4 - 4.5% alc ... aparently this enzyme makes the yeast convert more sugars than usual ... giving a dry finish ... If this was explained in the shitty instructions I would just have added 900g of dextrose
anyway It tasted promising
Cheers
Wazza
Posted:
Saturday Sep 11, 2004 10:56 pmby morry
Mate, if youre worried about your beer being too cool, then go down to kmart or somewhere and buy yourself a brewbelt. Its a little plastic strip with wires inside that sits around the outside of your fermenter. Plug it in and your away. And they only cost about 30 bucks. I use one and it keeps the brew at a nice temperature.