Managed to pick up a couple of Cooper's Bavarian tins for cheap and am after people's opinions on how it would turn out if I threw the 2 tins into a batch and added nothing else, topped up to the 23L mark?
Anyone done this with the Bavarian before? Expected result?
cliffo wrote: Think i'll try one with just the BE2 and make it up to about 21 litres this time and then maybe try a different approach again on my next tin.
cliffo
sounds good mate,
maybe steep a few grains and boil with #2 kit and we can compare brews in a month or so.
Greg, I'm not totally sure either, but it says on the can, that it is the same as a kilo of usual brewing sugars. Thought I'd give it a go.
I'm adding the 500g to bring the alcohol up to about 4.6/7%.
The brews I have been doing with just the kilo of sugars come to 4.0-4.2%, a little unsatisfying, and thats the amount of extra dex/malt I have seen many others using.
Does that amount sound right, as long as the brewiser stuff=Kilo?
Most of the brews I've done with a Kg of fermentables & kit have come out around 4.5 to 5.2% alc. Not sure off hand what would cause the differences. Try perhaps 250gm Dex and 250gm Light dry Malt extract or 500gm of LDME to add some body and flavour to the mix.
I have agreed my alcohol percentages with those levels of sugar with simo on here. I am doing 23litre brews. Dunno what the difference to yours would be.
The brewiser liquid sugar says it adds flavour and body to the brew, so I have just gone for dextrose to add alcohol percent. Thanks for the ideas of malt and LDME.
