Hi All,
I have been doing a bit of reading lately on the Morgan's Blue Mountain Lager and have heard some good things about this kit. I have only just got back into home brewing and having just completed a Pale Ale and Golden Ale though now really want to put down a nice clean crisp lager for the hot weather.
I have a temp controlled fridge (FridgeMate), 27L fermenter and I am not bottling, rather putting my brews into 5L mini kegs from minikeg.net.au.
After reading a few posts I think the following seems to be the way
- 1 x Blue Mountain Lager (use the Yeast supplied)
- 1KG Coopers Brew Enhancer 1 (some have suggested swapping for 1KG of Dextrose?)
- Hallertau hops (7-10g?) (steeped in hot water for 10mins and then drain liquid into the fermenter)
Ferment at 15C for 14 days (will the yeast work at this low temp?)
I have read that Cold Conditioning will help alot. So I was thinking of dropping the temp of the fridge to 4C for a further week and then transferring into the minikegs and storing at 20C+ for a further 14 days.
Is it worth Cold Conditioning and if so can I do this in the primary fermenter (as I do not have two available), or am I better off after 14 days just putting the brew into the mini kegs and letting sit at room temp for 14 days, ignoring the Cold Conditioning stage?
I also presume I prime the mini kegs as normal with about 23g of dextrose per mini keg (5L)?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Sam.
I have been doing a bit of reading lately on the Morgan's Blue Mountain Lager and have heard some good things about this kit. I have only just got back into home brewing and having just completed a Pale Ale and Golden Ale though now really want to put down a nice clean crisp lager for the hot weather.
I have a temp controlled fridge (FridgeMate), 27L fermenter and I am not bottling, rather putting my brews into 5L mini kegs from minikeg.net.au.
After reading a few posts I think the following seems to be the way
- 1 x Blue Mountain Lager (use the Yeast supplied)
- 1KG Coopers Brew Enhancer 1 (some have suggested swapping for 1KG of Dextrose?)
- Hallertau hops (7-10g?) (steeped in hot water for 10mins and then drain liquid into the fermenter)
Ferment at 15C for 14 days (will the yeast work at this low temp?)
I have read that Cold Conditioning will help alot. So I was thinking of dropping the temp of the fridge to 4C for a further week and then transferring into the minikegs and storing at 20C+ for a further 14 days.
Is it worth Cold Conditioning and if so can I do this in the primary fermenter (as I do not have two available), or am I better off after 14 days just putting the brew into the mini kegs and letting sit at room temp for 14 days, ignoring the Cold Conditioning stage?
I also presume I prime the mini kegs as normal with about 23g of dextrose per mini keg (5L)?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Sam.