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It's been a while since I've posted, (mainly due to a lack of the time and money required to create the godly nectre known as alcohol) but I'm back.
I've just bought some dry enzyme from my local hbs on a whim, but after a bit of surfing, I have found some fairly mixed reports, mainly concerning the taste of the finished product.
I am just wondering what the general consensus of this forum is on the subject, or if there are any other issues which may arise from its' use.
I was thinking about using it in a Coopers Lager with BE2 and little malt sugar (although it'll probably be dry enough anyway).
I personally hate the stuff with a passion. It adds nothing to a beer that can't be done by brewing exclusively with dextrose. Using it with malt is just a complete waste of money (and malt).
It sounded to me like it would defeat the purpose of the malt in the first place, due to which I ended up not using it.
I don't know why I bought it actually, it just looked interesting I guess.
I was looking for yeast nutrient when I found it.
I've used it a few times for Asian style beers but I wouldn't bother again. I feel that fermenting the (usually) unfermentables gives it a bit of a strange twang that it could do without. I'll probably just used some dextrose instead in the future.
