Mix And Bottle Recipes

[RobboMC]

I'm a lazy brewer, though I'm happy to boil things up for a while.

How about some decent recipes for what I call 'mix and bottle'?

What's your favourite?

No secondary, just mix in the fermenter - wait a while and shove into bottle or keg.

:chug:

 

[normell]

I'm a lazy brewer, though I'm happy to boil things up for a while.

How about some decent recipes for what I call 'mix and bottle'?

What's your favourite?

No secondary, just mix in the fermenter - wait a while and shove into bottle or keg.

:chug:

Me being the laziest of lazy brewers, my favorite & easiest are any of the ESB fresh wort packs.
Yeah they cost a bit more than your K&K's, but to get a constantly good AG like beer, I'm hooked
Will NEVER go back to any sort of cans of goo again

Normell

 

[Morrie0069]

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Me being the laziest of lazy brewers, my favorite & easiest are any of the ESB fresh wort packs.
Yeah they cost a bit more than your K&K's, but to get a constantly good AG like beer, I'm hooked
Will NEVER go back to any sort of cans of goo again

Normell
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Hi Normell,

Where do you get these from and how much are they? They sound interesting, especially if they are better than a can.

 

[apd]

Robbo,

ESB makes the kit: http://www.esbeer.com.au/

Grain and Grape (www.grainandgrape.com.au) also stock it.

They cost about $35 plus shipping.

I haven't bottled one yet (about to do so on the weekend) but from all accounts they are miles ahead of a K&K so the extra money spent is well worth it.

 

[saturn]

I have just sampled my 1st ESB kit - Irish Red

Very, very good

 

[Damian44]

Has anyone else sampled ESB fresh wort kits? How are they?

 

[danman]

ive not tried ESB fresh wort kits but i have made a few ND Brewing kits,as my LHBS stocks these.
as Morrie said,they are very good,made from all grain for those of us that dont have all the stuff needed to make AG
try one for yourselves,i can justify the price easily because i dont homebrew coz its a cheaper alternative,i like to make nice beer.

cheers,dan

 

[brettprevans]

if you want fast and easy and dont want to fork out for fresh wort, toucans are about as easy as it gets. jus search under toucan

its 2 x tins of goo + water and yeast. easy as.

 

[Damian44]

I just put down a ND brewery fresh wort $37. The 15l container it came in has a screw thingy (for tap) in it so u can use it as a fermenter. Im guessing the tap will fit. And it fits in my tiny bar fridge. YAY. Ive filled container with water and put it in the fridge to see if i can get it to sit at aroung 12c. I was going to cover lid with glad wrap and stick a pin hole in it and start making lagers. Itd be tough to clean.

Cheers Damo

 

[citizensnips]

Best brew you can do is as follows:
(i'm sure the 1.1kg of sugars come in a 1kg coopers pack, i just purchased them seperately)

Mountain Lager:

Morgans Blue Mountain Lager
600gm Dex
250gm Light Malt Brew Improver
250gm Wheat Malt Brew Improver
12g Hallertau
S-23 Salflager
Carbonation Drops

Process:
Boiled 8 litres of water and added altogether 1100g of the dextrose and brew improver. Brought the 8 litres and 1100g to a rolling boil and then added the hops for 5 minutes.
Took of the boil and strained then added the wort to the 10 litres of water in the fermenter. Filled the rest of the fermenter up to 21 litres and gave it a water bath for around an hour. Added the yeast at around 22 degrees.
Took about 3 weeks to ferment out at around 10-12 degrees.
ENJOY!

 

[boingk]

Definitely know what you are onto here - they've been the majority of my brews to date. Here are a few you might like to have a crack at that came out well for me:

Cascade Chocolate-Mahogony Honey-Porter:

Cascade Mahogony Porter 1.7kg kit [find at Coles],
1kg Chocolate Liquid Malt Extract,
500g Honey [I used Yellowbox],

20g Cascade hops steeped for 20 minutes in a litre of just-boiled water add a good flavour to the final brew, but just add dry or skip altogether if you so desire. Add the yeast, ferment, bottle, age, drink. Done.

Easy-Done Aussie Bitter:

Coopers Aussie Bitter 1.7kg kit,
750~1000g Light Dried Malt Extract,
250~100g Dextrose.

10~12g Pride of Ringwood hops at 20 minutes in a litre of just-boiled water add your original Aussie flavour to the final. Add dry or skip altogether if you so desire. Add the yeast, ferment, bottle, age, drink. Done. [Note: if using 750g LDME, 250g Dex should be added. 1000g LDME does not require Dex, but 100g is fine]

Cheers, and happy brewing! - boingk

 

[beernography]

I have been perfecting the Coopers range after being BITTERLY disappointed with the Beermaker's lager, which after poisoning my test subject (younger brother) also started exploding in the hallway.

I have brewed the Cooper's lager cans with BE2 twice, and I'm bottling the same with another Cooper's additive- light dry malt.

The first two have come out nothing special, but drinkable beer with decent carbonation but hardly any head retention. The mouthfeel is thin but it has a definite malty taste and no fruitiness.

Goes down well and does the job - 46 empty bottles can't be wrong!

I've bought a Cascade Choc Mahogany Porter for the next brew which I'll put down with a Coopers BE2 and probably another pack of malt if the 3rd brew is improved by it. Wish me luck!

 

[boingk]

Beernography...while theres nothing wrong with BE2 for a fast-and-dirty on thr run brew, everything comes out much better with just 2 packets [1kg] of Coopers LDME. Of course, adding half a kilo to the BE2 like you said will make a nice brew as well - just personally I'm a bit of an all-malt fan if it can be helped.