double lager with a LME boost

[chewy]

50ltr fermenter
2 tins of Morgans Queensland gold
1 can of coopers light LME
12 grams of hop pellets (cluster)
1 bag of brew enhancer
S23 yeast

Any ideas of the best way to make all of that into a drinkable midstrenghth?

 

[carniebrew]

I'm guessing the brew enhancer is a 1kg combination of light DME, maltodextrin and dextrose? If so, you could do this:

1 tin of Morgans Qld Gold
1 tin of Coopers LME
Brew Enhancer
Made up to 40 litres in the fermenter

You'd end up with a 1.034/1.010 (3.5% after bottle conditioning) beer with 13 IBU, pretty much spot on for the "Light Australian Lager" style. I assume you're fermenting with temp control given the lager yeast? I don't know how big your pack of S23 is, but you'd likely need more than 1 for that large a batch.

EDIT: mrmalty.com suggests you'd need just under 3 packets of 11.5gm S23 yeast for a 40 litre batch....you got that many?

 

[chewy]

Very nice carniebrew no worries about the yeast I've got a cake of it in the other fermenter.. I just wasn't sure how to use up the LME so I thought I'd ask.. The brew enhancer I've got is the lager model.. That recipe really does impress me thks mate...

 

[chewy]

My fermenter actually holds 60ltrs with plenty of head space so I could tip the other tin in and add another 600 grams of enhancer and tadah were brewing!

 

[carniebrew]

Yeah just remember if you add the other tin of XXXX oops I mean Queenslander Gold that you're getting a big bump in IBU because it's a pre-hopped kit. For example, this variation on the recipe:

2 tins of Morgans Qld Gold
1 tin of Coopers LME
1kg Brew Enhancer
Made up to 50 litres in the fermenter

Would end up something like 3.8% with 21 IBU, a bit more than the "Light Australian Lager" style calls for, but you might reckon this is a good thing! You could even try dry hopping it with those cluster pellets, not that 12gm would do a lot in 50 litres of beer...