hi,
i have made a few brews now just using kits and following the instructions, adding a bit extra dextrose of LDME but nothing more adventurous than that. Ive just got myself some hops and yeast - a fairly random selection based on the descriptions online, i bought
- Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Amarillo and Cascade hops (all 90g pellets)
- Safale S-04, US-05, Wyeast 2001 Urquell lager
- a 9" by 12" fine mesh bag for the hops
basically for my first brew using these extra bits, i am gonna use a 'coles lager' i got on special, and use one of these yeasts and hops. I know the cheap kit isnt the best way to start but its what i have here so itll have to do, and i wanna just use a new yeast and one new hop so i can see what they taste like before i try and mix and match randomly.
my question is how to do the boil - ive read that 100g/L of malt is good, so if i was to add 500g LDME to 5L boiling water, then at about 10mins add say 20g citra hops, then just add this to the fermenter with my Kit and a kilo of dextrose, top up to 23L and ad the yeast would that get much flavour out of the hops?? i assume i dont need to add them early in the boil because the kit will already have enough bitterness to it?
thanks! :icon_cheers:
i have made a few brews now just using kits and following the instructions, adding a bit extra dextrose of LDME but nothing more adventurous than that. Ive just got myself some hops and yeast - a fairly random selection based on the descriptions online, i bought
- Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Amarillo and Cascade hops (all 90g pellets)
- Safale S-04, US-05, Wyeast 2001 Urquell lager
- a 9" by 12" fine mesh bag for the hops
basically for my first brew using these extra bits, i am gonna use a 'coles lager' i got on special, and use one of these yeasts and hops. I know the cheap kit isnt the best way to start but its what i have here so itll have to do, and i wanna just use a new yeast and one new hop so i can see what they taste like before i try and mix and match randomly.
my question is how to do the boil - ive read that 100g/L of malt is good, so if i was to add 500g LDME to 5L boiling water, then at about 10mins add say 20g citra hops, then just add this to the fermenter with my Kit and a kilo of dextrose, top up to 23L and ad the yeast would that get much flavour out of the hops?? i assume i dont need to add them early in the boil because the kit will already have enough bitterness to it?
thanks! :icon_cheers: