I've got a St.Peters Golden ale two can kit which I bought because the Missus liked the first one. She now prefers the AGs I've been producing. So I've been thinking of doing a mixed extract and grain or doing half quantity using one can and using real hops instead of the hop extract.
Thinking about it I don't think the half quantity with real hops is going to fool her so it will have to be the partial. She likes the lighter coloured beers so it will probably just be Maris Otter for the grains. So do I just :-
Use the amount of MA that I would use in a 10 litre brew and the same amount of water i.e. around 2KG and 7 litres for the mash and then another 6 for the sparge.
Add the Tin to the combination of the above.
Proceed as an AG.
Top up to the 21 litres as per the St. Peter's instructions.
Is that right ?
Does the fact that the boil will be 'rich' in sugar mean I need to adjust the hops in some way ?
Due to my current set-up's really slow boil time is there a way I can condense it a bit more ? I've got a pan that can get 7 litres to the boil quickly.
Thinking about it I don't think the half quantity with real hops is going to fool her so it will have to be the partial. She likes the lighter coloured beers so it will probably just be Maris Otter for the grains. So do I just :-
Use the amount of MA that I would use in a 10 litre brew and the same amount of water i.e. around 2KG and 7 litres for the mash and then another 6 for the sparge.
Add the Tin to the combination of the above.
Proceed as an AG.
Top up to the 21 litres as per the St. Peter's instructions.
Is that right ?
Does the fact that the boil will be 'rich' in sugar mean I need to adjust the hops in some way ?
Due to my current set-up's really slow boil time is there a way I can condense it a bit more ? I've got a pan that can get 7 litres to the boil quickly.
