so i had heard people talking only good things about wheat beer, but i also wanted to first try to brew pilsener.. so i ordered thomas coopers pilsener extract kit and i tought that if i´d use spray malt (wheat 55% barley 45%) and replace half of the additional sugar with it i´d really have good wheat-barley pilsener.. so am i about to **** it up or what do you think
? this is by the way my first batch of beer.
Firstly, "Welcome to the Fonderful world of Fermentation"!!
I'm all for experimenting, but the first problem I see is you are "thinking"...you don't have enough brewing experience to start that...
I would recommend keeping the two brews seperate (for now) until you get a few brews under your belt.
Experimentation is fine, but at this stage of the game you really should be concentrating on learning about the capabilities/characteristics of each of the brews ingredients. You've already experienced that with the comments about table sugar and kreusen.
You should know what to expect from each of them...what they contribute to the brew, what a little too much can as well as too little, etc.
Following a recipe is fine for now, but as it's already been mentioned, some of those kit recipes come from a cookie cutter (template recipe) and are not specific to what may be in the actual kit they accompany.
Second, coming here is your best bet or advice. But, be forewarned, a lot of new brewers leave out WAY too much information for us to come to a definitive conclusion. When asking about a specific recipe or ingredient it would REALLY help if you (and others) listed the recipe in the post. It gives us the big picture of the intent of the recipe.
In time you'll be brewing and sharing great tasting beers with the rest of us.
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EDIT EDIT: Where are you from? I checked your profile and noticed you are only 19 years old. You have to be 21 to legally brew in the States. If you are American and live in the States then I don't think you're allowed to be a member. I could be wrong, but I'm not a Moderator...