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What do you do with a Kit Converter (#60)? Have noticed you use them a bit. I boiled mine for 20 min. Is it just as good to chuck it straight into the fermenter?

They have instructions on them and its best to follow them ( i always do)
I have never chucked them straight in but no i wouldnt recomend it considering they contain flavour hops that need to be boiled for a minute or 2

Ok, cheers. The only instructions I saw said to "use in place of ordinary brewing sugar", or something like that. Will see how the 20min boil goes.....

They usually come with a list of numbered instructions to follow but if not it bassically goes like this,

Throw it in a pot ( not the hops) and add 3 litres of hot water, bring to the boil and boil for 20 mins, add hops and boil for an extra 2 mins then turn off heat and cover for 10 mins ( i add the kit before sitting for 10 mins but you can add it after if you wish) add to the fermenter and top up to desired volume with cold water ( mines usually 22 litres with the converters) and pitch yeast

So does your converter come with a separate bag of hops (and instructions)? Mine didn't - the hops were just loose, scattered in with the sugar/malt mix.

The only other time I tried one was with a Stout kit converter (#74?). The hops were in a separate bag, with instructions as you have described. Sounds a bit odd - think I'll boycott Brewcraft converter kits as well.

The hops should be in a seperate bag " always", if they werent then i would be taking it back for a refund, ive never had one like that and hope i never do

Tourist,
I think the kits are designed to be as easy to use as possible. If your's is a German Larger kit, this is the Brewcraft instructions: 'Simply mix the kit with water in a saucepan, bring it to the boil and add it to your regular beer kit in the fermenter'
I wouldn't boil the kit for any length of time as the hops are mostly for aroma and will be driven off with a longer boil.
BTW, in this weather I would chill down about 5 litres of water in the fridge as you'll be adding the hot water from the kit converter and hot water from rinsing the wort can, total of which (using tap temp. water) will easily raise the batch temp too high for pitching.
Steve.

PS: This from Brewcraft:
#60 GERMAN LAGER
A rich malty lager with the magnificent aroma of real German hops. When you drink this one, the taste in your mouth and the aroma in your nose combine to make a wonderful drinking experience. Add to lager or Munich lager kits.
Recipe: DAB LAGER Make a Brewcraft Munich Lager with a #60 German Lager Kit Converter +500g Brewcraft light malt powder.

rodman wrote:Tourist,
I think the kits are designed to be as easy to use as possible. If your's is a German Larger kit, this is the Brewcraft instructions: 'Simply mix the kit with water in a saucepan, bring it to the boil and add it to your regular beer kit in the fermenter'
I wouldn't boil the kit for any length of time as the hops are mostly for aroma and will be driven off with a longer boil.
BTW, in this weather I would chill down about 5 litres of water in the fridge as you'll be adding the hot water from the kit converter and hot water from rinsing the wort can, total of which (using tap temp. water) will easily raise the batch temp too high for pitching.
Steve.

PS: This from Brewcraft:
#60 GERMAN LAGER
A rich malty lager with the magnificent aroma of real German hops. When you drink this one, the taste in your mouth and the aroma in your nose combine to make a wonderful drinking experience. Add to lager or Munich lager kits.
Recipe: DAB LAGER Make a Brewcraft Munich Lager with a #60 German Lager Kit Converter +500g Brewcraft light malt powder.

Those are alot different instructions than i usually get with the kit

rodman wrote:Tourist,
I think the kits are designed to be as easy to use as possible. If your's is a German Larger kit, this is the Brewcraft instructions:

LAGER!
LAGER!
There`s no such beer as German Larger

rodman wrote:Tourist,

LAGER!
LAGER!
There`s no such beer as German Larger

I dunno. Ive always thought the larger the better

coming from the Gold Coast, you would.

ryan wrote:

rodman wrote:Tourist,
I think the kits are designed to be as easy to use as possible. If your's is a German Larger kit, this is the Brewcraft instructions:

LAGER!
LAGER!
There`s no such beer as German Larger

OK, OK: my bad.
Sad to be corrected by a banana-bender that spells beer 'XXXX'

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Brent

Could you blame me

Anyone got a recipe for this?



Dutch beer for dogs goes down well
23rd January 2007, 16:00 WST


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The country that gave the world Heineken is on the brink of a move into an emerging market - coldies for canines.

A pet shop owner in the southern Dutch town of Zelhem had created a beer for dogs - a delicious brew made from beef extract and malt.

Terrie Berenden decided her dogs would love a cold one after a hard day out on the hunt, so she set about coming up a non-alcoholic recipe.

"Once a year we go to Austria to hunt with our dogs, and at the end of the day we sit on the veranda and drink a beer. So we thought, my dog also has earned it," she said.

Berenden enlisted the help of a local brewery to fine-tune the product.

It's being marketed as Kwispelbier - Dutch for wagging a tail - under the slogan: "A beer for your best friend".

Berenden isn't the first to want to indulge her four-legged friends.

An American couple has their own brew - Happy Tail Ale - on sale in pet stores there, and online.

Tin of PAL in the secondary?

Oh yeah, Brent. How could I forget.

I heard he's engaged to morgs

A good match!