cyarnell
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My kids got me several home brewing related gifts for Father's Day. I have questions about a couple of them.
1. Root Beer extract. The directions are pretty clear. I also have read enough here to know to keep it away from my fermenter and any other equipment I want to use for beer.
2. Briess Chocolate Malt. It is not crushed so it will keep pretty well. I have some ideas for this - perhaps as part of a nut brown ale.
3. Apricot Flavoring - this appears to be made specifically for beer and wine by LD Carlson. My daughter wondered if I could make a wheat beer with this as flavoring. That actually sounds pretty good. If I wanted a non-overpowering apricot flavor, how much should I use? And when in the process - bottling?
4. Muntons Irish Stout Kit. The kit has hopped malt extract and yeast. It calls for added sugar - 2kg. My first thought would be to replace the sugar with DME. Should I use the same amount of DME as sugar? Does it need to be boiled? The can says it has a bitterness of 50-60 EBUs. How does that translate to IBUs? If I use the DME should I also add some hops to that boil?
Thanks
1. Root Beer extract. The directions are pretty clear. I also have read enough here to know to keep it away from my fermenter and any other equipment I want to use for beer.
2. Briess Chocolate Malt. It is not crushed so it will keep pretty well. I have some ideas for this - perhaps as part of a nut brown ale.
3. Apricot Flavoring - this appears to be made specifically for beer and wine by LD Carlson. My daughter wondered if I could make a wheat beer with this as flavoring. That actually sounds pretty good. If I wanted a non-overpowering apricot flavor, how much should I use? And when in the process - bottling?
4. Muntons Irish Stout Kit. The kit has hopped malt extract and yeast. It calls for added sugar - 2kg. My first thought would be to replace the sugar with DME. Should I use the same amount of DME as sugar? Does it need to be boiled? The can says it has a bitterness of 50-60 EBUs. How does that translate to IBUs? If I use the DME should I also add some hops to that boil?
Thanks