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Plain sugar? Really? I don't want anything too dry, but not too sweet either. (So I assume a lower OG would be preferable?) Would there be a problem using the wheat malt grain? (ie. having all wheat brew?)

Aha, good to know! I knew I could find the answers here, just a bit of experimenting and asking. Thanks heaps guys, love all the great info. So if I were to use the muntons kit again, should I use regular malt (extract) for the last kilo of sugars, or should I use wheat malt (grain).

Damn.... Just realised today after drinking a couple of the bottles (lovely by the way, but I'll still fiddle with the recipie). :( I didn't clean out the bottles 100% so now there are some of them with little mould spots :( I know that these spots were originally in the bottles as I saw a...

I really don't give a crap what the beer looks like. All about the flavour IMO. Still very new to it all, actually this is my first beer (discounting my failed ginger beer). I have read varying descriptions about crystal malt, but from the sounds of it it may be what I'm after. I'll try that...

Ohhh... I just came across crystal malt... Not sure how I didn't realise this already! So this will probably solve the "too dry issue". *Miss information. What should I use to have more unfermentable sugars? I thought honey was the way to go, but I have learned that that's wrong too!* I hope...

Ok thats makes sense... Only problem with cider being you don't really get a choice how much/ what type of sugars you use :p Also, while I have tasted these off flavours you talk about, most of the time if I have used a specific style of yeast I haven't come across them until later in the...

Ok that's a good idea for the beer... I was also thinking about this from the perspective of cider. Quite often I have thought that it would be lovely if I could stop the cider fermenting at a certain point. Does noone do this method that I suggested? Surely this would be somewhat similar to...

Wow! really!? that's a significant increase! How does honey compare to light malt? I Really liked the honey flavour early on, but it got stripped somewhat. More honey should help this though... So is filtering, kegging, forced carbonating, then bottling a good idea or not? I know some people...

Hehe, I'm not going for an exact replica, just something nice and similar, and it looks like I have nearly found it (perhaps it's just the fact it's wheat beer!). Now I just need to figure out the best way to stop the fermentation half way through. I'm thinking about a combination of cold...

Ok, so here is what I have so far; I got one of the cans of Muntons wheat beer (I was told this is one of the better ones) I added Saaz hopps (I realised that the can said it already contained some! But it still doesn't have a bitter taste) :D I added 500g of light malt powder, 200g of honey...

Oh wow this is amazing! I have no idea how you worked all this out! After this batch I'm making I'll have to try it out and experiment. Thanks so much Nizmoose!

Hehe, just before I posted this I went out and bought a basic wheat beer kit and some saaz hops. I may be on the right path here, but I was really after a very exact recipe (well as close as possible). No sorry, I'm very novice to beer and would be hopeless at explaining the flavours etc. Just...

Hey guys i was recently in Europe and as you do, i developed a taste for beer super enthusiastically. Up until then I had mostly drunk everything else but beer, and made a few ciders as well as had a go at making the harder stuff. I found all the European beers to be a ton better than the...

Well that's weird... I mixed a little malt and ice in before drinking, and it actually tastes pretty darn good! It certainly still has a more of a sour taste going on than regular ginger beers have, but nothing unpalatable... I'm not sure if i should save it now for drinking :/ or if i should...

So what do you guys think?