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  1. M

    Basic Pale/real Ale

    Sounds like a plan, I'll probably go with that then. Weather is still pretty brutal here in melbourne (as with the rest of Aus, I hear), so I'll probably postpone putting this one on until the weather cools down and I can get it to 18 degrees without crazy cooling measures. I was eager to get a...
  2. M

    Basic Pale/real Ale

    Jazzing it up a bit does seem like a good idea, but ingredients are in short supply 'round mine. I found some s.04 in my ingredients fridge, so I'll probably use that instead of the kit yeasts (Given the style/gravity, would it be appropriate to simply rehydrate, or should I make a starter?)...
  3. M

    Basic Pale/real Ale

    Cheers for the advice guys, I'll go with about 250-300g crystal in that case. Would that make the style closer to an amber ale, pale or real ale? Since last I checked, they all contain fairly hefty doses of crystal
  4. M

    Basic Pale/real Ale

    I've been thinking of late that brewing up some easy drinking, not too costly brews for the family would be the go, and so decided to make up a few diffrent toucan brews. I started with a "generic dark ale" recipe I saw on here once, which called for; -Coopers dark ale kit -Coopers stout kit...
  5. M

    Cost Effective Quasi-hoegaarden Copy

    Cheers for the advice mate, I'm thinking that's the go. I popped down to the bottlo just before to pick up some hoegaarden, and I'm making up the wort for the starter now. I'm starting the yeast in one of the hoegaarden bottles, with a balloon over the end of the bottle to act as an airlock. I'm...
  6. M

    Cost Effective Quasi-hoegaarden Copy

    I boiled up some water, added it to 25-50g LDME, cooled it down to <30 degrees, and added that to a 2l coke bottle which I'd washed and sterilised with hot water. then, I added the muck from the bottom of a few bottles of hoegaarden, and attatched the coke lid which had an airlock stuck in it...
  7. M

    Cost Effective Quasi-hoegaarden Copy

    What exactly do you mean by larger starter? The whole culture is already in an almost full 2l bottle (I think I may have overdone the water and made it a bit watery ><). Should I maybe re-pitch it into a new starter and culture again? It's not really a bad flavour, it's just aromatic and a bit...
  8. M

    Cost Effective Quasi-hoegaarden Copy

    Just a quick question, I think I might be having a problem with my hoegaarden culture (never recultured yeast from the bottle ><) I've been feeding it progressively for the past couple of days, but when I smell it it has an odd tang to it and it tastes a bit sour. Have I maybe got it infected...
  9. M

    Cost Effective Quasi-hoegaarden Copy

    High excellence, there are alot of good additions out there :D I reckon you're on the money about the need to partial mash the wheat, but I don't have much of a boiler for that. Only got a 5l or so pot for the stovetop, and virtually no kind of temperature indicator for that at all >< I might...
  10. M

    Cost Effective Quasi-hoegaarden Copy

    I've only got fuggles (10g) and Saaz (25g) hops handy, I'm not sure if they qualify as being particuarly earthy (Though saaz is pretty herbal and spicy). I know that hoegaarden is pretty light in the hops department, but I don't want an unbalanced brew. Plan is now to use; Breweiser wheat kit...
  11. M

    Cost Effective Quasi-hoegaarden Copy

    Sounds like a solid idea, cheers for those measurements. The wheat yeast seems to be the go, but I can't get down to the LHBS very often, just a poor student with no car ><. I'm pretty sure Hoegaarden is bottle conditioned (Been a while since I had a bottle), and the wiki would seem to indicate...
  12. M

    Cost Effective Quasi-hoegaarden Copy

    Howdy! First off, cheers for the great forum. You guys have been very helpful with brew ideas and troubleshooting with some of my more complicated brews. Much appreciated! To get back on track though, I'm looking at making a hoegaarden tasting clone to give to mates at a barbeque coming up. I...
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