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i just made a lawnmower saison from midwest yesterday that used 3.3 lb wheat and 3.3 lb light malt; it came with belgain wheat yeast..maybe 5942?. seemed a bit odd to me, but that's what's in the kit so....

I have a similar problem as OP; i have a propogator pack and a midwest ingredient kit; i'm new (2nd batch) so don't have any extra dme yet. my ingredient kit includes 2 - 3.3 bottles of lme, 1 light and 1 wheat for a saisson; can i just take some the lme (1 1/4 cup) for starter wort from kit...

i waited 3 days and had to have one from my first batch last night; it had a head for the entire glass, decent carb, slight smell of apples. i was impressed, but will try to hold off on rest.

great thanks. i just read a thread called "my first attempt at yeast washing"...the process was very clear and had awesome pics. i'm excited to do this after my next beer, a saison...my first use of the expensive liquid yeast.

hmmm...this method seems to capture all the trub as well. is that ok? could you do a brew day in this manner... first make a batch of wort and let cool, then bottle a batch that has been fermenting and leave trub and inch of beer on bottom of bucket fermenter, finally just dump leftover...

haha...i just broke it down to how much you would need for one batch. i bought 18#(my first purchase outside of a kit :>), but really just getting a 3# bag is not that much more.

...and i'm a big-time newbie.... but it wouldnt be that hard to make batch under $25; i just bulk ordered light dme for about $10.50 for 3# bag. that could serve as a base, re-use yeast, and add light hops, little grain for color...no? morebeer.com offers a bunch of extract kits under $25...

can you prime w/ peach schnapps? please tell me more...as I have a bottle left over from our wedding that we will never never drink.

I"ve heard the lager is pretty good. I"m going to mod a coopers stout kit....sorry to hijack...by adding 3# dme w/ can. Is there anything else that would help make a nice rich thick 'n creamy stout??? steep a pound of chocolate malt? cinnamon, coffee, lactose?

any more comments on this coopers stout??? i just ordered a can (along w/ real ale and sparkling ale); also just ordered 18 lb of dme. i'd like something thick and not too bitter; i was thinking of adding 3# dme. any other suggestions? would it need more hop additions?

bottled my first brew last night, cooper's ipa. tasted amazing, even flat, after 14 days in primary, but i could be bias :>)

i'm pretty far too, but will be taking a trip his way saturday. it's been a while since original post. dadrick? dadrick? :)

still available?

krump...we are here for your amusement :>) i contacted the seller, learntobrew, and they told me that the fermentabels in fact were 500g dme + dextrose, though it wasn't labeled that way; and i most likely got a wrong reading. onward and upward...my next batch, which i have already will be...

^the DME came with the coopers beer kit "package" for learntobrew.com via amazon which includes dme and priming sugar; and it was 1.5 pounds of DME...not kilograms :>( ...i'll just see how it goes and maybe complain to the company if it comes out like crap?

the coopers site says that 500g light dry malt extract and 300g dextrose should be added. i guess in my recipe the malt was just upped at expense of dextrose....which i think could work out? i could have easily read wrong og as it's my first time. i'm going to focus on the positives...it's...

^I guess I don't know what the recipe was supposed to make...I assumed 6 gallons from coopers instructions, but could be wrong.

uh oh. learntobrew might have made recipe for 5 gallons, but coopers kits generally make 6 which i followed (could fit about 5.5 in fermentor), so that could contribute to low og; definately mixed wort well enough as i boiled about 2 gallons and mixed that in pot then added to fermenter w/...

^malt extract is hopped. my first brew, so i wanted a real easy one and just want to make sure i used proper recipe.

my og was 1.03 (I think ;>)