Just bottled first brew.

[BRBrewer]

Cascade Spicy Ghost Draught

' This wheat-inspired draught brew is ghostly pale with a spicy edge that hints at a frisky character. The flavor is haunted by orange and coriander with quenching tart shadows and a mysterious underplay of rum'

 

[dibby33]

Cascade, Coopers, you not from Aussie are you?
I made the spicy ghost about 5 years ago - would like to try and make it again, but with DME not white sugar! lol. amazing how much you can learn in a short time to make it taste MUCH better

 

[BRBrewer]

Yeah Australian here.

Did you like it? Ive used a sugar mix which has 3 different parts to it from the local brew shop. Fermentation has been going for 7days and my reading is about 1.010 - 1.009 hard to tell...

In the instructions says it should be 1.006 or lower is this possible to achieve? Using a different sugar mix instead of just plain white sugar?

Should I move to secondary now?

 

[BRBrewer]

Opinions??

 

[dibby33]

Cool. Another Aussie! Technically I am Scottish but living in Hobart just now.

I would move it to secondary now. There is little rush when making beer. It is very unusual to ruin a beer by keeping it too long at any stage.

I made this beer a long time ago and as I said used white sugar. I also bottled it in plastic bottles, kept it in a hot shed and it tasted like cr@p. Yours on the other hand should taste a lot better.

I have had this beer at the pub on tap and it was good. Used to be one of the Cascade seasonal beers.

Where abouts in Oz are you?

 

[BRBrewer]

Geelong.

Ive moved it to the secondary. Smells nice.

 

[dibby33]

Do you know the one two three rule? Primary, then secondary then three (@ least) in the bottle.
sniffing the wort is a worthwhile task! I have a cascade mahogany porter kit ready to make next week. Extra 2k of DME, fresh coffee and saazs hops.

 

[dibby33]

Just read the whole thread. Your beer will not be cloudy And you already heard about the 123 rule about four months ago!

 

[BRBrewer]

Been two weeks since I bottled first Coopers brew. Tasted one and don't like it yet. So back to the waiting game, tasted really yeasty and slightly bitter sort of.

Thinking about bottled 2nd one this afternoon been in the secondary for about a week and its cleared up A LOT.

 

[Gonefishing]

Have you started a third batch yet? I'd suggest that when you do move away from the kits and do an extract with grains. Then give it plenty of time in the primary, maybe a dry hop in a secondary....3 weeks or a month more in bottles and brace yourself for the best beer you'll have made to date...I promise it'll be great if you're patient.

 

[BRBrewer]

Well while bottling my 2nd try I really enjoyed the fragrance. Smells a lot better and already without even have it in the bottles I tasted a sip and its nicer.

In the bottles it %100 clear basically.