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kilkenny
Posted: Tuesday Jun 07, 2005 5:26 am
by guy poppe
I found a recipe for Kilkenny on this website. It calls for a can of Morgan Royal Oak Amber Ale, 1 kg powdered light malt, some hops 150 gr. lactose and 200 gr. caramaltgrain. My store didn't have the lactose nor caramalt grain. Is the lactose for priming? If not, what can I substitute? What can I use in substitution of caramaltgrain. I bought some Munich grain. Would this be O.K?
Your input would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Guy L. Poppe
Posted: Tuesday Jun 07, 2005 7:51 am
by Guest
Where are you from, I can post you a good recipe list.
Posted: Tuesday Jun 07, 2005 11:28 am
by peterd
> Is the lactose for priming? If not, what can I substitute?
No. The lactose is chosen because it is a non-fermentable sugar. It will remain in the brew, as sugar i.e. it sweetens it. It would be entirely useless for priming.
I wouldn't suggest substituting anything. I would change HBS (lactose is very common in HBS, used for multiple purposes, perhaps most commonly milk stout).
Re: kilkenny
Posted: Tuesday Jun 07, 2005 11:37 am
by anti-fsck
guy poppe wrote: My store didn't have the lactose nor caramalt grain. Is the lactose for priming? If not, what can I substitute?
Psst! I have a couplea keys of the white stuff here that I got with the shit I bought from the HBS that closed down. I can easily send you a quarter key baggie of top-quality lac through the post. What colour boogie board bag would you like?
Seriously, tho, I have a lot of Brewcraft-packaged lactose here and I can post some to you if you're desperate to stick to the recipe. Bear in mind that I did a milk stout with 250 grams of lac and it has a very, very sweet finish.
Posted: Tuesday Jun 07, 2005 1:16 pm
by peterd
On lactose, I just remembered that even Big W stocks it in their homebrew section. Maybe you can sneak it in on the weekly grocery shopping
kilkenny
Posted: Tuesday Jun 07, 2005 8:57 pm
by guy poppe
Ha, those Aussies always come through. Thank you kindly for all your advise and offers of assistance.
For us here in Canada, it's that time of the ear for some cool ones. Sorry you folks down under will have to go with hot chocolate.
In the meantime I will stick with your advise and follow the recipe. I'm sure I can find the necessary ingredients. Maybe I start grain farming.
Kindest Regards
Guy L. Poppe