Simple Kit Recipe

[RobH]

Hi guys,

I presently have sitting in my brew pantry one Coopers Australian Pale ale kit, and 1.5kg of liquid wheat malt (bought it accidentally at CB when i meant to get light liquid malt).

I am thinking of simply dumping them both in the fermenter, topping up to 20L and fermenting.

The basic idea in my house at the moment is quick, simple, no mess & my wife stays happy ... the less time and space that I take up in the kitchen the better

Using just malts is going to give the beer a reasonable body I think, it's just that I have never used wheat malt before, so whilst I "think" the flavour combo here will be ok, I am not sure of what else to expect.

This time around, steeping grains is not going to be an option (will re-introduce that idea down the track soon), but I may dry hop a small amount of Cascade pellets after day 4.

Sound like a reasonable brew for something so simple?

 

[RobH]

forgot to mention, in terms of yeast I have
US-05, S-04, Morgans Ale Yeast, harvested from previous brews - ready to make into a starter
and a couple of longnecks of Coopers Sparkling which I am very willing to drink in order to collect the yeast from the bottom to turn into a starter

being a Coopers Pale kit i was thinking the Coopers yeast might be the go-er here

 

[Fourstar]

sounds great, nice and simple. no need ot create a starter with those yeasts, simply rehydrate (in some cooled boiled water) then dump into the fermenter once its liquified.

If you want to get the OG up slightly and lower the body, a small amount of table sugar will be fine (200g~). I'd boil it up in 500ml of water for 5 mins, cool it and dump it into the fermenter with the rest of your goo.

Cheers!

 

[petesbrew]

If you can get any amarillo, you're not far off a golden ale clone with that recipe.
but the cascade and the US-05 will work perfectly with that combo.

 

[manticle]

Hi guys,

I presently have sitting in my brew pantry one Coopers Australian Pale ale kit, and 1.5kg of liquid wheat malt (bought it accidentally at CB when i meant to get light liquid malt).

I am thinking of simply dumping them both in the fermenter, topping up to 20L and fermenting.

The basic idea in my house at the moment is quick, simple, no mess & my wife stays happy ... the less time and space that I take up in the kitchen the better

Using just malts is going to give the beer a reasonable body I think, it's just that I have never used wheat malt before, so whilst I "think" the flavour combo here will be ok, I am not sure of what else to expect.

This time around, steeping grains is not going to be an option (will re-introduce that idea down the track soon), but I may dry hop a small amount of Cascade pellets after day 4.

Sound like a reasonable brew for something so simple?

Wheat can contribute to nice head formation and retention. If you treat the brew well it should be a good one. Wheat malt extract (liquid) is, from memory 50% wheat and 50% pale malt (as far as malt goes - there's also water in there).

If you can be bothered culturing up the coopers yeast go that - otherwise the 05.

 

[RobH]

Quick update, I went with US05, Amarillo hops, and steeped some Crystal (waited for a day when my wife was out for half the day ) ... bottled it two weeks ago, so will need to wait a while to taste the results

 

[enoch1973]

Sounds like a good solid brew... Why did you have to wait until she was out?
There's nothing more 'homely' that the smell of grains in hot water....

 

[RobH]

She dosen't mind the smell actually ... it's just in the past I have made a sticky mess of the kitchen & she remembers that ... so it's less grief to get it done, finished and cleaned up before she gets back home.

Oh the games we play...

 

[RobH]

Well it's only been bottled for two weeks and I had to crack one to see what it is like ....
One word: YUM!

Nice frothy and firm head (as some of you said would be a feature of the wheat malt).
Initial aroma has that typical wheat beer spicyness intermingled with what I would describe as honey.
Taste ... not sure what to compare it to, but it has your typical wheat beer taste (I often describe wheat beers as spicy) with a very subtle hint of the Amarillo hops. Mild bitternes.

Here is the recipe & once again I say thanks to Ianh, as another one of my "experimental" kit & bits made up using his spreadsheet has produced pleasing results!



One thing to note, that Amarillo hops could probbly do with another 15gm addition at about 15 mins to up the bitterness and Amarillo aroma and flavour a bit.

PS: I used Country Brewers liquid wheat malt - not the Coopers as shown in the spreadsheet. Also, spreadsheet says "Golden Ale" as my name for it ... it didn't turn out like a Golden Ale, so ignore that