Recent content by mickos

Hey Saint roam, I've done a blonde before with BE2 and 500g of LDME and some hops, (cant remember which ones) and it turned out a treat. Like you i left it for 2 weeks in the fermenter, came out nice and clear with good colour. Am going to do another this weekend, but was thinking of using maybe...

I've heard with stouts that you can prime the bottle with a black jelly bean to get the licorice flavour. Not sure how true it is, but sounds simple enough. I would use the DDME, just put some in with a draught kit and taste great, with good mouthfeel and body. All the best on the stout...

Mine is more close to home - White Rabbit Dark Ale ( love the taste ), I got fairly close with a goop pack, just need to tweek. James Squires 150 lashes, nice and easy to drink on hot summers days Also was at the James Squires brew pub in Melb, and they had a beer called Speculator, a very...

Don't stress too much Phil, I was the same with my first brew ( a Pale Ale), ended up tasting quite nice. Hooked now. Have done a number of different styles since then, and I am having more fun than I expected. It just gets better and better. Don't be afraid to ask questions, everyone on this...

as with most people on the thread I rinse my bottles out after drinking them, making them quite clean. On bottle day I clean them off in a sterilised sink with no rinse sanitiser and them leave them upside down to dry. Though they are not always totally dry when I add sugar to prime. My two cents.

I've just finished a Canadian Blonde, with Coopers BE2, 500g LDME with amarillo and pride of ringwood hops. Just turned 4 weeks in the bottle and is tasting quite nice. Looking forward to drinking it at BBQ's etc. Might be one worth thinking about... Very refreshing

thanks all, its more hops than I have used before and was starting to stress a little about qty. I'm trying to achieve a fruity pale ale, with a malty hint. A nice summer drinker. Something like JS 150 lashes would be nice.

I just put Pale Ale down and I think that I have over hopped it. I used as follows Coopers Aust Pale Ale Coopers BE2 1kg LDME 500g ( 300g boiled in 3lt ) I boiled 25g of Willamette hops(pellets) for 15mins with above LDME I then dry hopped 25g of Citra at end. US-05 yeast 23 litres Have I put...

That sounds good. Think I will give this a crack. Thanks for the info

Just about to put my fourth brew down, and absolutely loving it. I want to do a Pale Ale (coopers APA) with tasty citrus flavours. Would I be right to use Citra hops, boiled?? Anyone know of a tasty recipe? Was also thinking about putting orange rind in my hops boil. Will probably use ldme in my...

Have tried this( wizard smith) and liked. Do you have the kit recipe for this??

I've only done two myself, plenty more planned. What I have found is that I leave it in the fermenter for 14 days that it clears up a heap. I read that the extra weak gives the yeast a chance to clean up the brew. I jsut did a real ale with a caramalt liquid extract, looking wicked. Waiting for...

I did see a kit already made up at my local brew store. I think it was a brewcraft kit. Could be wrong. Check it out online

I do have heat belt, dont have to use too much. Fermenter wrapped with towels keeping it between 18 and 20. Used safale us05 yeast

Love the sound of using the saunders malt. I grew up on it, sucking it off a spoon. Loved it. Hope your brew turns out wicked. I just put down a real ale with caramalt in it. Fermenting away nicely. Good luck. Love the white rabbit too