canadian blonde

[stevander74]

after bottling the stout i went out and bought a coopers canadian blonde kit, coopers beer enhancer 1 and since i didnt want a repeat of the stout, saflager s23 yeast. this is the first pale/lager type kit ive done as i prefer dark malty beers but my dad is a lager drinker (tennents :sick: ) so i thought id do one for him to try. anyway, all went well and sg is 1038. i hope this one works better :pray:

 

[Stone Cold]

this one will have to finish about 1010 to be a winner, make sure its kept at a good temp. most important to avoid anything sweet. :thumb: good luck

 

[stevander74]

heres hoping the fv is kept between 18c and 20c so no problem there. the s23 should help.

 

[Dunfie]

Hi Steve, s23 is a good yeast but you might want to try and keep it a wee at the lower end of that scale and even a wee bit colder again to get the best out of it.

If you have a look at the Fermentis site for the yeast characteristics you will see that it works better when colder.

 

[l33th4ll]

Just tried a bottle i had (only been bottled a week) and tastes very promising

 

[commsbiff]

Funny :hmm: I just did a google image search for 'canadian blonde' but couldn't find the Coopers kits anywhere??

[safesearch off]

 

[stevander74]

bottled canadian blonde yesterday.
sg 1038 fg 1014 abv 3.2% and sweet. pathetic
maybe lager yeast wasnt such a good idea after all, i dont think 18c was cold enough.
still drinkable tho.... i think :hmm: