Sorry, that last highlighted passage, I don't have a clue what you are saying :wacko: but I am sure I will learn.
No worries - I had no idea either until I had spent a while reading through posts, understanding what was being said and what they were trying to achieve. I have no idea about going AG or BIAB but it's only a matter of time (space and money). Although I'm trying to read up on BIAB at the moment.
Those kits you get are just liquid malt extract with some hops added to get the right colour, flavour and bitterness the company wants. They always say add a kilo of sugar or dextrose. Dextrose is fully fermentable and adds nothing but alcohol to the beer. Malt extract (liquid or dry) isn't fully fermentable so you end up with some sweet malt flavour along with the alcohol.
It won't be long before you decide you want to have a bit of control over the brew and drop using the kit all together and use unhopped malt extract. I generally use the LDME as the base malt to my brews - usually around 3kg of it for a 23L brew. So by buying it in 1kg batches the cost adds up. Go for bulk bags to save money. It's about $6/kg in bulk or nearly twice that when buying it in smaller amounts. For wheat beers like the hoegaarden the base malt is the wheat dried malt (or could use wheat liquid malt). I like to keep one on tap at all time and alot of people like it so doesn't really take too long before I'm brewing the style again. I've got a good recipe for a clone of Erdinger if you are interested.
Keep on brewing, reading and keeping the temps right and the beer coming out of the tap will be fantastic.
Katie
ah what a beautiful place to live... not so close tho!
Katie
Ill try to organise a brew day.. just very busy at the moment but ill keep you posted...
cheers welcome to the world of brewing! you are commited now you have kegs to fill!
wow - I just realised that beertech sell coopers LDME 500g bag for $7.95. Big savings for going bulk.
Perhaps try Brewcraft in Joondalup or Osborne Park, Malthouse in Welshpool, Brewmart in Bayswater or if you head down south a little at the Stock Road markets TWOC Brewing.
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