The Happy Mug
Well-Known Member
I've got a lot of friends that just can't handle good homebrew. In other words, anything darker that buttweiser. So, I brewed a simple batch for them, basically a pilsner style weak ale.
4 lbs light DME
2 oz sterling hops, 1 oz boil, 1/2 oz 30 mins, 1/2 oz 15 mins
WL East coast ale yeast
Primed with corn sugar
Now, they're going ape-crap over my new brew, calling it my first real brew. I put the pig in the fridge, and it went empty in a weekend. Ironic, as I think this might score a whopping 3.5 on the alcohol content. It goes down like water. This is what my friends like.
So, I want to brew them a "better" batch. I think that I'm going to ween them off of that buttweiser slowly. For my next batch, I'm going with a light steep of maybe crystal 20 and a pound of corn sugar (got to get that alcohol content up there). Simple and easy. I might bump the DME to 5 lbs.
Does anybody have any better ideas on weening my wussy friends? Anybody brew with corn sugar before? Is that "booster" stuff better than corn sugar?
4 lbs light DME
2 oz sterling hops, 1 oz boil, 1/2 oz 30 mins, 1/2 oz 15 mins
WL East coast ale yeast
Primed with corn sugar
Now, they're going ape-crap over my new brew, calling it my first real brew. I put the pig in the fridge, and it went empty in a weekend. Ironic, as I think this might score a whopping 3.5 on the alcohol content. It goes down like water. This is what my friends like.
So, I want to brew them a "better" batch. I think that I'm going to ween them off of that buttweiser slowly. For my next batch, I'm going with a light steep of maybe crystal 20 and a pound of corn sugar (got to get that alcohol content up there). Simple and easy. I might bump the DME to 5 lbs.
Does anybody have any better ideas on weening my wussy friends? Anybody brew with corn sugar before? Is that "booster" stuff better than corn sugar?