Help with Mangrove Jack Berliner weisse

[irish1759]

Hi guys just pick up the raspberry Berliner weisse from mangrove jack's. Still pretty new to home Brewing so looking for some advice. Says to brew with 600g of dextrose or brew enhancer. I have both at hand with the enchanter 50/50 with dextrose and spraymalt.
It's is a low ABV kit, but would the enchancer give the same ABV as just the dextrose.

Also if I just went with a Kilo of the enchancer to push the ABV up, would it mess up the flavours of the kit.

 

[DavidDetroit]

Also if I just went with a Kilo of the enchancer to push the ABV up, would it mess up the flavours of the kit.

Adding extra sugar will dry the beer out in relation to the amount of extract used in the recipe. Whether being dryer messes it up is a matter of taste.

 

[irish1759]

Grand, I'll keep to the recommended 600g. Would the enchancer and dextrose each at 600g give the same ABV.

 

[DavidDetroit]

Would the enchancer and dextrose each at 600g give the same ABV.

If I recall, enhancer is dried malt or liquid malt combined with sugar?
If so, no, dextrose would give a higher ABV punch than enhancer. The enhancer though would make the beer taste better.

 

[irish1759]

Update on this ended up with just dextrose, weight out just over 650g. Must say it was amazing, lovely and clear with nice red pink colour. Smells great, had some rare sun in Ireland last week and went down a treat. Would definitely brew again.

 

[Dutto]

DME will give your beer more body than sugar. The Coopers brew enhancers do contain maltodextrin which is not usually fermented so they may be as good as using malt extract. The Muntons enhancer is just sugar and DME though.

From 2013 the following was in an answer to a similar problem.

Enjoy.
:hat:

 

[irish1759]

Next time I'll use a enhancer of some sort, may 300g each of DME and sugar and maybe 200g of maltodextrin.

Was nice Sunny day again today, and enjoyed couple in the garden after dinner.

 

[damienair]

Next time I'll use a enhancer of some sort, may 300g each of DME and sugar and maybe 200g of maltodextrin.

Was nice Sunny day again today, and enjoyed couple in the garden after dinner.

Thanks for your post. I’m looking to try something different and was just reading your post. I’ll give this a try. I too am in Ireland, based in Navan and had a few homebrews in the back garden on Saturday with a BBQ. I’ve done a few of the Mangrove Jacks kits and all have been great. I currently have a good supply of Muntons Hazy IPA, Midas Touch and a Coopers Canadian Blonde which I pimped with Mosaic and Citra Hops. My first full extract kit which is a Citra IPA will be ready in 2 weeks time. My extended family are staying over for a BBQ on the June Bank Holiday weekend, so they will do a lot of damage to my stash then. Need to get brewing again.

 

[irish1759]

Haven't tried the Muntons hazy IPA yet, has always been out of stock but heard it's really good. Have the Mangrove Jack's Juicy IPA on at the moment, and recently finished The festival new Zealand Pilsner, another great kit

 

[damienair]

Haven't tried the Muntons hazy IPA yet, has always been out of stock but heard it's really good. Have the Mangrove Jack's Juicy IPA on at the moment, and recently finished The festival new Zealand Pilsner, another great kit

Juicy IPA was amazing the first time, a little less so the second time. But both times I did the Pink Grapefruit IPA they were fantastic. If you have not tried it yet give the Pink Grapefruit IPA a go.