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muddy90 · Nov 26, 2014

I'm making this to be drunk in July 2015 at a summer party so plenty of time to mature.
I couldn't find a kit I fancied doing, I wanted a beer of around 6-6.5% & a lot of them add sugar to plump up the volume. I didn't want this so will be tinkering with this kit with the addition of 1.5kg of coopers amber malt extract.:clap:
The label on the can says 'high gravity' but in the instructions it says 4.8%!!! Lightweights!!:drunk: The can is 1.8kg of malt extract & I would need to add 1kg of sugar to get % so hopefully the 3.3kg of malt I have will give around the desired % :pray: I will check the mix with a hydrometer.....
I've also got some freeze dried hops I'd like to add. Anyone know when & how to add them?

Slid · Nov 26, 2014

Your 3.3kg plus 1kg sugar brewed out to 25L will get you to the ABV's quoted.

Adding hops is fine, but if you are after a fashionable, hoppy smelling and tasting beer, it is unlikely to be happening after 7-8 months time, as the aroma fades very quickly.

Could you let us know more about what sort of result you are after, please ?

Lesinge · Nov 26, 2014

muddy90 said:
I'm making this to be drunk in July 2015 at a summer party so plenty of time to mature.
I couldn't find a kit I fancied doing, I wanted a beer of around 6-6.5% & a lot of them add sugar to plump up the volume. I didn't want this so will be tinkering with this kit with the addition of 1.5kg of coopers amber malt extract.:clap:
The label on the can says 'high gravity' but in the instructions it says 4.8%!!! Lightweights!!:drunk: The can is 1.8kg of malt extract & I would need to add 1kg of sugar to get % so hopefully the 3.3kg of malt I have will give around the desired % :pray: I will check the mix with a hydrometer.....
I've also got some freeze dried hops I'd like to add. Anyone know when & how to add them?

What yeast are you going to use? I worry that with all that malt your pack yeast may not be able to cope on its own!

muddy90 · Nov 28, 2014

Slid said:
Your 3.3kg plus 1kg sugar brewed out to 25L will get you to the ABV's quoted.

That sounds like an awful lot of sugar! The reason I bought the 1.5kg of malt extract was so I didn't have to add sugar which adds nothing to the flavour.
A golden stag kit I left for 6+ months had plenty of citrus hoppiness left so would hope for the same. The result I'm after is a strong hoppy ale!
Looking at some kits,, 3kg kits come in around 4.3% ish per 23l, 4kg kits around 6+% so it would seem I have to brew short???
I'm only planning on using the yeast suplied with the Victorian bitter kit.

ian808 · Dec 8, 2014

muddy90 said:
That sounds like an awful lot of sugar! The reason I bought the 1.5kg of malt extract was so I didn't have to add sugar which adds nothing to the flavour.
A golden stag kit I left for 6+ months had plenty of citrus hoppiness left so would hope for the same. The result I'm after is a strong hoppy ale!
Looking at some kits,, 3kg kits come in around 4.3% ish per 23l, 4kg kits around 6+% so it would seem I have to brew short???
I'm only planning on using the yeast suplied with the Victorian bitter kit.

I have brewed this kit before and done it with 1KG of beer enhancer and 500G of brewing sugar which gave me a SG 1054 and finished at 1010 (5.8%) I now usually use liquid malt and the lhbs told me 1.5KG is about the same as 1KG of spray malt.

muddy90 · Dec 8, 2014

Cheers Ian, I will brew short, maybe 20l & see what the og is.

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