High Alcohol Homemades

[bum]

the corona has got a hopy and malty taste to it

Looks like you ****** it up then.

 

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lol! saw that you, bum, had commented on my post and cringed! saw your fan thread on the joke page, nice! and yeppers! i think i have messed it up!

 

[chappo1970]

cheers fellas, but stil have to cover me backside for the opeple who like having a go at people for wanting to get tiddly quicker..... some people just read these pages dont forget....... my mate had a go at me for it, but its just part of the experience on brewing as far as im concerned!

im not one of those blokes (yet) who want to go for the, lack of a better word, "exotic" beers just yet, so im just sticking with the simple brews that i know! for the record, i am thinking of making an asahi beer, so i spose im branching out! i could end up with a pilsner or something by the end of the year!

the corona has got a hopy and malty taste to it, but still tastes like wine on the back end! maybe im still to noob to understand things as well!

That's the way BB84! :icon_cheers:

You'll downing Red Flanders and Saisons before you know it mate.

Cheers

Chap Chap

 

[Pennywise]

All the other beers you've made that you mentioned in this thread are all completely different, but you want to stick to what you know? I say stick with your first recipe in the OP and once you get that down a few times the way you like it ( you said it was a winner), then start adding more fermentables slowly over each brew till it gets you the alc you want or starts tasting like crap. I don't blame you for wanting more bang for your buck, I did when I started, hopefully it'll pass the more you brew and get more interested in the process

 

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you have a point PW, but i know simple! its easy, but easy to mess up as well! your right, i should have changed things slowly, and not gone the whole hog.. its easy to get excited about things! i am getting more interested, but stil a noob big time!

 

[manticle]

Two kits made up to the volume of 1 kit. Concentrates the flavour, bitterness and alcohol.

 

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thought so, but had to ask anyways! pi think i might try that one out laters!

 

[kelbygreen]

yes use 2 pre hopped extract tins.

asahi is a japanese beer I think so it will be a bit or rice in there. so on a kit or extract level will be impossible to get anywhere close. but using a very light kit if you can get onto extra light extract use that maybe 500g and 500g dex to thin it out and use the hop used for asahi, not to sure what they would be

 

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was going to make the asahi just as the brewcraft recipe says to! was really just experimenting with the coronas to start off with, seeing as they are my fave beer! things seem a little to much like year tens maths or science class atm, so ill deff stick to the basics!

 

[kelbygreen]

yeah its the best. I find with all clones they have a simalar taste but still not the same the big breweries are impossible to replicate as they way they do things and the scale they do things is not possible with home brew plus they always have a secret in there be it the yeast or what ever that we cannot get hold of lol. Give it ago I never got any where close with my vb and new clones I tried out of there recipes. Infact found with kit and extract all recipes from anywhere not close AG on the other hand was alot closer not the same but close and some times better so cant complain with that

 

[C-MOR]

was going to make the asahi just as the brewcraft recipe says to! was really just experimenting with the coronas to start off with, seeing as they are my fave beer! things seem a little to much like year tens maths or science class atm, so ill deff stick to the basics!

Heres one of the basics. The yeast makes to beer, not us.

The Saflager yeast you mention likes live out its days at 12 degrees making nice clean beer, like the beers you like.
Making it churn out beer @ 35 or 22 degrees really pisses it off. noone does there best work when theyre pissed off.

We need to be really nice to our yeast. They do a great job for us.

If you going to be fermenting warm all the time, find a yeast that is happy to do it for you, theyre out there.

Your right in saying theres so much to learn, i for one think learning about making friends with yeast is a good place to start.

 

[petesbrew]

the corona has got a hopy and malty taste to it,

You lucky bastard.

Looks like you ****** it up then.

:lol: :lol:

Made a corona a few months back with some rice malt extract, and yep, can I just say how lucky I am to have a lime tree. This certain batch REALLY needs the lime to be drinkable.

Beerbelly, there's a massive thread on toucans.

 

[bignath]

was going to make the asahi just as the brewcraft recipe says to! was really just experimenting with the coronas to start off with, seeing as they are my fave beer! things seem a little to much like year tens maths or science class atm, so ill deff stick to the basics!

Brewcraft.

Shhhhhh! There's the nasty "B" word. I've never heard a good word spoken about that franchise. They are fucken hopelessly expensive and in general, i've found that they've got no idea about making decent beer.
The amount of times i've been to my LHBS (which just happens to be a brewcraft) to ask about a particular product, and every time, they've never heard of it....Way too expensive on everything too - $5 for 15g of hops? **** that....

Seriously, i wouldn't go with any recipe they've "recommended".

Listen to the characters on this forum, or get advice from one of the sponsors at the top of each page - then you'll have all the info on how to make a decent brew.

 

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wow....... i love how honest some of you guys are..... its great! deff reading this has made me think about brewing more....... my stepdad just used to do what im doing and made the clones...... i think he did it to get away from wombdonder (mother parental) too! your advice and wisdom is worth brewing and bottling fellas!

 

[Bribie G]

If you like Corona and other US style beers there is another style of US beer that would be right up your alley:

- which is made similar to Bud or Corona but far far stronger. The attached Youtube will tell you everything you need to know.

You really need to do it with a mashed grain brew however, but if you want to give it a go, I reckon two tins of Coopers Lager plus extra fermentables would get you fairly close:

2 tins of Coopers Lager
1.5 kg dextrose
.5 kg Light dried malt extract.

Ferment at 18 for two weeks and consult doctor if dizzy spells persist.

I make 8% ABV "Midnight Train" malt liquor. 1.25L can get you hammered in around 30 minutes.

 

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ooooooooh, that sounds sooooooo juicy........ and easy to make too! and i dont mind the long fermentation, gives me a chance to get some more corona bottles! cheers bribieg!

 

[keifer33]

If your drinking it really quick and would down a bit in one sitting then a few people use 1.25L to 2L soft drink bottles (As can be seen in the photo Bribie put up). As with the corona bottles its best to keep them in the dark/cardboard boxes to stop the uv light affecting the beer. It will also make bottling day really really quick as you've got to clean/sterilize/prime/fill/cap 6 times more bottles if your using the small stubbies.