New Brewer Want Some Help With Some Recipes

[chasem]

hey guys i am very very new to brewing and i have only started on saturday.

i am am curently brewing the munich larger that comes in the brewcraft kit. i am already thinking about my next brews.i want to make a beez ad corona style beers. as i am new to this i am not yet ready for complicated recipes but i ave been looking at these kits below.

Beez Neez and Carona all the recipes on this fourm that i have found are very complicated and i dont think i am ready for that yet. is there any changes or improvments i can make on these kits. And i do plan on buying from this company as i live near them i am not simply stealing there recipes.

Thank-you for all your help

 

[petesbrew]

Welcome to the site Chasem,

The beez neez recipe looks pretty damn easy. Just throw the goldings into a teacup with boiling water for 10min, and throw straight in.

As for the corona recipe, have you got a large coffee plunger? That'll work perfectly.
Just put your grain in with almost boiling water for 30min or so,
Strain the liquid out into a pot,
Ppour some more water through the grain to strain out more flavour,

Boil up the liquid as the recipe says. I must say, I never used to boil, and had no real problems, but there is the risk of your beer getting infected.

 

[chasem]

thanks petes brew. the thing i noticed is that the beez neez has no extra honey but other recipes do. will i need to get some sort of honey for the brew?

 

[manticle]

Seems a bit odd there's no mention of honey in a honey wheat beer clone.

I'd add some in and maybe some dried wheat malt extract if you can get it from your supplier. Replace some of the brew enhancer with the wheat malt. Honey will raise the gravity/final alcohol content so depending on what you want at the end you may need to adjust the fermentable amounts to achieve a balance.

I can't give you exact numbers but you can brew good beer with some inexact science. It's like cooking (pinch of salt and dash of cumin can work just as well as a tsp of this and a 1/4 cup of the other as long as you have a basic understanding of what's going on).

 

[petesbrew]

Seems a bit odd there's no mention of honey in a honey wheat beer clone.

I'd add some in and maybe some dried wheat malt extract if you can get it from your supplier. Replace some of the brew enhancer with the wheat malt. Honey will raise the gravity/final alcohol content so depending on what you want at the end you may need to adjust the fermentable amounts to achieve a balance.

I can't give you exact numbers but you can brew good beer with some inexact science. It's like cooking (pinch of salt and dash of cumin can work just as well as a tsp of this and a 1/4 cup of the other as long as you have a basic understanding of what's going on).

sounds good manticle. maybe even replace the enhancer with a full 1kg can of wheat malt extract if that's all thats at the shop.
And yeah, throw in 300-500g honey... why not?!

And some dried orange peel & coriander for that hoegaarden feel! (just a pinch of each)

 

[bonj]

Not sure about their recipes, but the guys at Brewers Choice are pretty good. Not sure which store you're near, but I know Mel at Enoggera is pretty cluey and the young bloke (sorry don't know his name) at Yamanto seems to know a bit about their products... although I haven't made any of their kits. If you have questions about their recipes (whether you need to add honey, etc), they're the ones to ask.

 

[chasem]

yeah i went there today and picked up the ingredients for the kits and got some awesome help. highly recomed the guys at the chapel hill store.

on another note, i am 4 days into my munich larger from the brecraft home brew starter kit and the beer looks very cloudy should i add finnings? if so when and how? or will it clear up by itself.

 

[manticle]

yeah i went there today and picked up the ingredients for the kits and got some awesome help. highly recomed the guys at the chapel hill store.

on another note, i am 4 days into my munich larger from the brecraft home brew starter kit and the beer looks very cloudy should i add finnings? if so when and how? or will it clear up by itself.

Wait until primary fermentation is finished, dissolve finings in hot water, add straight to fermenter, leave for at least 24 hours, preferably 48 or 72.

Don't worry too much about cloudiness during primary ferment.

 

[bonj]

Wait until primary fermentation is finished, dissolve finings in hot water, add straight to fermenter, leave for at least 24 hours, preferably 48 or 72.

Don't worry too much about cloudiness during primary ferment.

+1

The cloudiness in fermenting wort is the yeast doing its job! You don't want to stop it before it's finished. There shouldn't be much need for finings in kit beers anyway. The yeast will drop out in time.

 

[chasem]

i got both the kits but the guy at the LHBS gave me S-23 yeast insted of US56 yeast for the Beez-Kneez recipe. will this make a difference is the US56 better?

 

[mfeighan]

i got both the kits but the guy at the LHBS gave me S-23 yeast insted of US56 yeast for the Beez-Kneez recipe. will this make a difference is the US56 better?

the guy probably gave u lager yeast because the temps are getting colder. just dont let it get too hot (aim for 10-16deg) or it will taste pretty average if you u keep it warm using s23

my last beez kneez clone i used 250g honey for a 23l batch and found it ample but each to their own

 

[chasem]

i herd that the s23 will give it a fruity flavour. is this true

 

[petesbrew]

i herd that the s23 will give it a fruity flavour. is this true

Haven't tried it so can't comment. However next time stock up on some US-56. It's a great yeast.

Also, I know it's early days still, but do some research on this site into reusing the yeast cake on the bottom of your fermenter. It's a good way of making your dollar go further.