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
is it a good time to brew Mexican Cerveza (Corona Style)?
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
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
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.