mullamulla wrote:It's true, and easier if your not going the full monty ;-)
le' good shit http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/default.asp?CID=88
Hill wrote:Mac if your looking at making a great beer you can't get any better than including grain, all grain is the pinical but you can make some pretty good stuff with biab or partial mash. Basically grain gives the beer head retention and mouth feel you can't get from kits alone. If it is just easy kits you wanted I allways liked coopers premium(heritage lager) series or the Morgan's premium kits. Next I'd recommend using liquid malt instead of dextrose, it will help a little bit with head retention and mouth feel. If you feel like taking it a step further get yourself a 20L pot and boil up a few kg of grain, it won't be too much trouble and will make a huge difference to the end product. Next I'd recommend boiling up some hops not only will it give you some great flavors the smell of hops boiling is amazing. Lastly yeast can be one of the main things you can look at to make better beer, I personally don't recommend using the kits yeast as you don't know what temp the kit has been kept at, in my experience wyeast is one on the best yeast you can use but the saf series can make some pretty good beers. Also try keep your fermentation temps low and constant, temp change is one of the biggest causes of off flavors.
I hope some of that helps
mullamulla wrote:It's true, and easier if your not going the full monty ;-)
le' good shit http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/default.asp?CID=88
McStill wrote:mullamulla wrote:It's true, and easier if your not going the full monty ;-)
le' good shit http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/default.asp?CID=88
At $50 a pop I dont want to know about it, I can get a 50L keg filled from u brew it for $140 & don't need to do fuck all except go pick it up and put it in the fridge 8-}
googe wrote: any monkey could do it and end up with nicer tasting beer than store shit
BackyardBrewer wrote:I agree spend a tiny bit more on premium yeast, and then reuse it by just pitching your next k&k ontop of the yeast cake.
Next invest in a tiny bit of hops and throw that in after soaking and straining through a coffee plunger and you'll notice a huge diff.
I use craftbrewer.com.au to deliver to SA and they have a killer simple website and fast delivery.
So:
1: Starsan for sanitising and clean...clean like a bitch, beer is way less forgiving than my TPW:-)
2: Wyeast or similar liquid yeast
3: some Nelson Sauvin hops for steeping (hop tea for your finished ferment before bottling)
4: Coopers Pale Ale kit
And that will give you a pretty cheap and damn close fake of a Little Creatures / Fat Yak Pale Ale (the Nelson Sauvin hops is the key)
Divey wrote:What style of beer do you want to make Mac?
sam_and_liv wrote:Safale US-05 dry yeast is a winner as well. It can be pitched straight in and always makes a good beer
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