Me and one of my brewing buddies came up with this a few days ago. Basically, the idea is that you have to make a batch of beer (20Lish, enough for a corny keg) and the total ingredients (grain + hops + yeast) must come to $20 or less. I've worked out that I'd be able to use 4kg of basic Aussie base malt (IMC pils and pale), about 20g of hops and a fermentis (or similar) dry yeast. If i was to add a small amount of specialty grains, the total grain bill would be more like 3.6kg-3.8kg. Obviously we're talking about mild strength beers here (about 4% abv i suppose). We're not doing this to save a buck, just seeing how cheap we can make a good quality session beer.
Has anyone tried anything like this before?
Here is an example recipe (english pale ale):
- 3.2kg IMC pale, 400g light crystal, 10g target (12%) @ 60, 10g EKG (5%) @ 5, S04
Thoughts? recipe suggestions?
(obviously adding sugar would be an option too)
Has anyone tried anything like this before?
Here is an example recipe (english pale ale):
- 3.2kg IMC pale, 400g light crystal, 10g target (12%) @ 60, 10g EKG (5%) @ 5, S04
Thoughts? recipe suggestions?
(obviously adding sugar would be an option too)