Thanks indica!indica86 said:
I'm only estimating, but they charged me 7.50 for US05 and about 7 dollars for their home made brew enhancer pack. Call it 15ish per Malt extract and it's getting up there quite quickly. I did email them, so I'll see what they come back with.menoetes said:Bax I'm a little surprised you price comes out so high at your LHBS, I jumped on the website for mine and it came out to $55 (and that's buying 100g hop packs from my ebay supplier but switching the malt to 2kg of light and 1kg of amber of the stores own variety instead of the coopers). Bearing in mind you'll be saving the most of the hops for later brews you could probably drop your estimated brew price down to around $50.
Hi there Menoetes, thanks for the welcome and the words of wisdom. I agree that the boffins at coopers are very skilled at coming up with quality kit+bit recipes, I have been doing heaps of reading of their "how to brew" page looking for inspiration.menoetes said:Hi Blackbeard,
Welcome to brewing, your life is about to change
I'm also curious about this method of steeping vs the more common method of steeping of hot water for 30 odd minutes?brad81 said:Just read the recipe for the steam beer. I'm confused as to why you would steep the grains in the refrigerator overnight. What does this achieve?
I had a quick google earlier, but most sites are blocked here unfortunately. It seems as though cold steeping helps avoid any harsher acrid tastes from dark grains. Don't take my word on this as I'm only paraphrasing what I read earlier.blackbeard2 said:I'm also curious about this method of steeping vs the more common method of steeping of hot water for 30 odd minutes?
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