Premier malt extract - Page 9

joetank · 03-12-2009, 12:40 AM

I found it at Bates Foods. Its right off of the Square on the BLVD.

joetank · 03-12-2009, 02:09 AM

Just put the hops into the wort. It will settle to the bottom.

Carrion · 03-13-2009, 12:01 AM

I was at the LHBS today. They have 3 or 4 flavors. $9 a can. I did not buy any.

robbmann · 03-19-2009, 04:03 PM

I just had "beer" made for the Premier recipe. It wasn't bad but the guy only fermented for 4 days before bottling. Maybe thats what the recipe says? I got to tell you at 9:30am it did give me a buzz. He bought a case of Premier in Greenleaf Kansas for about $90 When factors in sugar it is about .22 a bottle.
I was supprised that it did not have the winey character of some of the other "country beers" I have had around there. With a better method it could turn out to be a nice beer.

derailedgtr · 03-27-2009, 05:24 PM

Anyone got any update info on their experiences with Premier? I brewed a 3.4 gal batch of 2 cans of Premier w .5 oz Mt Hood @ 15 min and .5 oz Mt Hood @ 2 min that I pitched onto an S-04 yeast cake and is now secondarying in a Corny. I plan on gassing the keg Sunday night and tasting Thursday or Friday of next week. I expect it to be a little green, but will report my experience then.

stormrider27 · 04-21-2009, 03:23 AM

I found this site while looking for a source for Premier Malt. I used to brew A LOT of home brew with Premier Malt extract.
This was MY grandfathers recipe:

I can of premier malt extract
5 lbs of sugar.

Boil can o extract w 1 gal of water for 10 mins
add 4 gallons of cold water and sugar
toss in yeast packet and cover.

When I was in college I made this stuff all of the time. I would have at least 6 cases of this stuff at any given time. We called it the beer of death because there were few who could drink a six of this stuff and still be standing. The most I ever did at once was 10 and only one of my friends was ever able to drink a 12 pack in one night. At the time we would each drink a case of the beast or busch in a night.

I am not saying this was quality brew but it wasn't bad, especially compared to the Beast.

If anyone knows of a place between Naples and Tampa Florida that carries this stuff please let me know. I have gotten a little nostalgic and would like to brew up a batch of the old liver bomb.

My email stormrider27@yahoo.com

TIA
Storm

Dave R · 04-21-2009, 07:56 AM

Stormrider, I was down in Tampa just last week. I wish i had known you needed some. I could have brought some down with me.

Try all the Mom and Pop grocery stores in your area. Usually the major stores don't carry it as much.

My last batch was a chocolate that I added some cocoa powder to and it turned out awesome.

I think I've just about exhausted all the uses of Premier that I can think of.

I've made Orange with Cloves, Raspberry, Orange, Vanilla, Strawberry (one of my best), Chocolate, Cinnamon, Almond, all different types of Tea, Licorice, and many different kinds of plain Premier with different fermentables, such as Molasses, Golden Eagle syrup, and Plow Boy syrup. Also used honey in different quantities.

I tried Crystal light flavorings with good results also.

As I said....I think I've about exhausted all the possibilities for this malt.

It's time to get serious and go all-grain.

stormrider27 · 04-23-2009, 05:19 AM

Dave.

What was your favorite recipe if I might ask.

Storm

Dave R · 04-23-2009, 05:32 AM

My favorite was a strawberry ale that I made.
I used one can Premier Light, 6 cups table sugar ( no, I never have gotten "cider " taste from table sugar). I let this ferment in primary for 2 weeks and then siphoned to secondary. I then used 2 pounds of frozen strawberries that I thawed out and mashed with a hand potato masher. I put this in a bag made from cheesecloth that was soaked in Starsan and installed in the secondary. Every day I would open the secondary and push the bag down in the beer to keep it wet and in the beer. After 2 weeks in secondary, I removed the bag of strawberries (or rather what was left of the strawberries) and siphoned beer to my bottling bucket and bottled. This was by far my best tasting beer and I have made well over 300 gallons with Premier.
Note: After putting the strawberries in the secondary, be ready for another krausen and fermentation.

**LandofOZ** · 04-23-2009, 01:56 PM

Sound like you are the PREMIER KING , all hail and bow down!!!!!if you have the time could you please post your recipes for all of us wanting, Just Dying!!!!! to try Premier ,. We all will soon be buying more fermenters lol