drsmurto wrote:Just a reminder of what Boonie posted
1 tin Morgans Stockmans Draught
1.5 kg of Morgans Extra Pale Malt Extract (Liquid)
15g of Cascade pellets - 15min
10g Cluster pellets - 15 min
US56 Yeast.
12g of Chinook Pellets (dry hopped at rack).
I used the coopers liquid pale malt instead. 1 week primary, 1 week secondary, dry hopped with chinook. Bulk primed with dex on 3rd Feb.
So i couldnt wait the 2 weeks i normally allow for my first taste. Was worried it wouldnt be full carbed. Nothing to worry about. Good carb.
Taste - i think i can safely say this is the best beer i have made/tasted to date! Didnt do a side by side tasting with LCPA but i did have 6 of the real thing on Saturday night so memory is relatively good and i think this is very very close. Hops are sensational, good bitterness, flavour and a gorgeous aroma.
Boonie. Mate. I'm in love Lucky ur not in Adelaide, cos i could kiss you right now!
Give it a go K&Kers cos its sensational. I got the chinook from Ross at craftbrewer if you cant find them. Got a few more bottles in the fridge ready for 2nite! Counting down the hours.....
Cheers
DrSmurto
drsmurto wrote:Just a reminder of what Boonie posted
1 tin Morgans Stockmans Draught
1.5 kg of Morgans Extra Pale Malt Extract (Liquid)
15g of Cascade pellets - 15min
10g Cluster pellets - 15 min
US56 Yeast.
12g of Chinook Pellets (dry hopped at rack).
I used the coopers liquid pale malt instead. 1 week primary, 1 week secondary, dry hopped with chinook. Bulk primed with dex on 3rd Feb.
So i couldnt wait the 2 weeks i normally allow for my first taste. Was worried it wouldnt be full carbed. Nothing to worry about. Good carb.
Taste - i think i can safely say this is the best beer i have made/tasted to date! Didnt do a side by side tasting with LCPA but i did have 6 of the real thing on Saturday night so memory is relatively good and i think this is very very close. Hops are sensational, good bitterness, flavour and a gorgeous aroma.
Boonie. Mate. I'm in love Lucky ur not in Adelaide, cos i could kiss you right now!
Give it a go K&Kers cos its sensational. I got the chinook from Ross at craftbrewer if you cant find them. Got a few more bottles in the fridge ready for 2nite! Counting down the hours.....
Cheers
DrSmurto
Trough Lolly wrote:You might want to swap the Chinook and Cascade additions if you want to get a lot closer to the real thing, ie, bitter with Chinook.
I'm assuming that you're boiling the hops with the malt extract and adding the kit at flameout so as to preserve the aroma and flavour hops in the kit which will be boiled out of solution if you toss the kit concentrate into the kettle. Just gently stir through the kit at the end of the boil / flameout and avoid adding air to the boiling hot wort when you carefully stir the kit through.
Cheers,
TL
drsmurto wrote:We arent adding any extra bitterness to the kits as we are only boiling the hops for 15 mins, this adds flavour not bitterness. If you boil the kit you may remove the bitterness.. not sure how long it would take but i have never boiled a kit, always either add it at flameout or sit it in a sink of hot water and add it to the fermenter.
Trough Lolly wrote:[ If you do that regularly, then perhaps you're better off just buying unhopped malt extract rather than paying extra for a kit and then altering the hop profile...
Cheers,
TL
pixelboy wrote:You can get 3kg Malt extract cans and just add yer hops.. lovely..
Boonie wrote:pixelboy wrote:You can get 3kg Malt extract cans and just add yer hops.. lovely..
I have some cracked grain and a 1.7 kg Malt rearing to go, along with the hops.
Cannot wait for this one
This will be a first for me without the kit.
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