Juzdu
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So my first ever home brew is bubbling away, day 4 of the most basic of recipes...a Thomas Coopers Wheat Ale kit with 1kg of Dextrose and the yeast from under the lid (the recipe provided by Aussie Brew Makers in the "Deluxe II" kit I bought).
Now, I realise there's a myriad of ways to do this better, but after much research i've decided I want to take the full journey along the homebrew road...I mean after all, how will I know what "that homebrew taste" is if I don't get to experience it for myself?
So, with that in mind, i'd like my 2nd brew to be from the exact same kit, the TC Wheat Ale...but this time using, as the can suggests, 500gm of Light Dry Malt (which I assume is DME no?) and 300gm of Dextrose. However, while looking at these ingredients on the Coopers website, I notice they have a 1kg "Coopers Brew Enhancer 2", which contains the DME, Dextrose, and Maltodextrin all in the one kit. What I can't find is a recipe on their site that suggests using the Brew Enhancer, which leaves me wondering, is it something you add to the recipe the Wheat beer kit suggests, or do you use it instead of the DME/Dextrose?
So what I mean is, should my next recipe be:
TC Wheat Beer
1kg Brew Enhancer 2
or
TC Wheat Beer
500gm Light DME
300gm Dextrose
1kg Brew Enhancer 2
I'm thinking it must be the first one, otherwise i'll end up with 1.8kg of fermentables in my brew...but I want to check before making the purpose, perhaps that much fermentables is ok when a lot of it is DME rather than just dextrose? Apparantly the brew enhancer 2 is 50% dextrose, 25% for both light DME and maltodextin. So recipe 2 above would end up having 750gm DME, 800gm dextrose and 250gm maltodextrin.
Now, I realise there's a myriad of ways to do this better, but after much research i've decided I want to take the full journey along the homebrew road...I mean after all, how will I know what "that homebrew taste" is if I don't get to experience it for myself?
So, with that in mind, i'd like my 2nd brew to be from the exact same kit, the TC Wheat Ale...but this time using, as the can suggests, 500gm of Light Dry Malt (which I assume is DME no?) and 300gm of Dextrose. However, while looking at these ingredients on the Coopers website, I notice they have a 1kg "Coopers Brew Enhancer 2", which contains the DME, Dextrose, and Maltodextrin all in the one kit. What I can't find is a recipe on their site that suggests using the Brew Enhancer, which leaves me wondering, is it something you add to the recipe the Wheat beer kit suggests, or do you use it instead of the DME/Dextrose?
So what I mean is, should my next recipe be:
TC Wheat Beer
1kg Brew Enhancer 2
or
TC Wheat Beer
500gm Light DME
300gm Dextrose
1kg Brew Enhancer 2
I'm thinking it must be the first one, otherwise i'll end up with 1.8kg of fermentables in my brew...but I want to check before making the purpose, perhaps that much fermentables is ok when a lot of it is DME rather than just dextrose? Apparantly the brew enhancer 2 is 50% dextrose, 25% for both light DME and maltodextin. So recipe 2 above would end up having 750gm DME, 800gm dextrose and 250gm maltodextrin.