Beer enhancer required if brewing purely from DME?

[mac_1103]

beers I have experienced so far are Tiger, Heineken, Carlsberg and some other common names and their alcohol is more or less 3.75%

Unless you're talking about the light versions, these beers are all 5% ABV.

 

[mac_1103]

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/759873/carlsberg-clone

You can brew this with ~7 lbs of light DME instead of the LME listed. Since you have access to a brew shop you should be able to get the steeping grains.

 

[mac_1103]

boiling the wort for at least 60 mins appears only required for AG to me

As already mentioned, shortening the boil is actually a fairly advanced thing and 60 minute boils are not just for all grain. The length of the boil affects hop utilization and therefore bitterness and aroma.

the shop retailer told me I could use Kveik Voss for every kind of beer I want and brew them in here in Singapore at 30 or so degree C, that was like a miracle(because to brew beer where I live is almost impossible without temp control except for Saison I think) for me because to do a temperature control fermentation(of what I have researched) would cost me dearly.

If you brew everything with kveik then all your beers will be kveik beers. Lots of people love it. Lots of other people hate it. A bucket of water, an old tee shirt, and a fan will not cost you dearly.

 

[Luxy]

Unless you're talking about the light versions, these beers are all 5% ABV.

You are absolutely right, I don't really know why my brain is registering 3.75% ABV as an average for most of the beer I experienced. I happened to have an empty Tiger bottle close by when I read this reply and I was so surprised when I saw the 5% ABV myself

As already mentioned, shortening the boil is actually a fairly advanced thing and 60 minute boils are not just for all grain. The length of the boil affects hop utilization and therefore bitterness and aroma.

If you brew everything with kveik then all your beers will be kveik beers. Lots of people love it. Lots of other people hate it. A bucket of water, an old tee shirt, and a fan will not cost you dearly.

Yea I guess I will have to stick to kveik for the time being. By means of "A bucket of water, an old tee shirt, and a fan will not cost you dearly." I am assuming you are referring to what fluketamer said in his earlier replied about "Swamp cooler" thing? I have a look up the internet and what I get in theory is the cooling is done through evaporation of water with the use of fan to produce the cooling effect. Down here in Singapore, the humidity can get very high and the living quarter has not only limited out door space, doing the swamp cooling indoor is likely gonna cause mold issues for the place I am living I feel

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/759873/carlsberg-clone

You can brew this with ~7 lbs of light DME instead of the LME listed. Since you have access to a brew shop you should be able to get the steeping grains.

Thank you and all the advices you have patiently given!

 

[mac_1103]

cooling is done through evaporation of water with the use of fan to produce the cooling effect. Down here in Singapore, the humidity can get very high and the living quarter has not only limited out door space, doing the swamp cooling indoor is likely gonna cause mold issues for the place I am living I feel

Yes, a swamp cooler is an evaporative cooler. And yes they work better in dry environments. But unless you don't have any way to ventilate the space where you ferment the amount of humidity a small swamp cooler produces should not cause mold issues.

 

[Luxy]

Hi @mac_1103
thanks for the affirmation of the swamp cooler thing, will consider them if a better well ventilated place for fermentation pops up in future. One question about bottling, are those fizzy drink PET bottle reusable for bottling beer for secondary fermentation? Usually they comes with a one time seal that breaks upon first opening, does the one time seal effects the air tightness of the PET bottle? My guess is they do not so long as after bottling the fermented wort the lid is tightly shut until they are ready to drink. Please correct me if I am wrong about this PET bottle thing.

Thanks in advance~!

 

[fluketamer]

yes you can reuse the bottles and the caps several times.

 

[Rish]

PET bottle thing

You can reuse these, just make sure you get the cap tight (without striping the threads). The seal is a food safety precaution so you know it hasn't been opened/adulterated before you bought it.