FatherJack
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My apologies for so many questions here.
I wanted to taste for myself how the beer ages and matures so I tried my first brew and as expected it had a green apple like taste to it on Monday. I tried it again on Wednesday and it's coming more in line with beer taste as the yeast cleans up its mess in the bottles. I'm quite happy with it except for the fact that it seems like it lacks a punch in terms of alcohol.
My next brew, which I have still not decided on, will be on October 30. Since I have a weaker beer I wanted to do something with a little punch to it.
I've mentioned this before but I would like to stick with LME kits for now as I have limited space and time (and experience) but I do want to experiment a bit.
In an 19L batch, if I use a 1.7kg can of Morgans, for example, and a 1.5kg bag of LME this should give me my recommended OG, as recommended by Morgans. However, what if I beef it up a bit and add maybe 500g of DME (or even less)? Is this over kill? I've read my yeast should be able to handle the work load. What does everyone think?
Thanks to everyone again for answering my many questions!
I wanted to taste for myself how the beer ages and matures so I tried my first brew and as expected it had a green apple like taste to it on Monday. I tried it again on Wednesday and it's coming more in line with beer taste as the yeast cleans up its mess in the bottles. I'm quite happy with it except for the fact that it seems like it lacks a punch in terms of alcohol.
My next brew, which I have still not decided on, will be on October 30. Since I have a weaker beer I wanted to do something with a little punch to it.
I've mentioned this before but I would like to stick with LME kits for now as I have limited space and time (and experience) but I do want to experiment a bit.
In an 19L batch, if I use a 1.7kg can of Morgans, for example, and a 1.5kg bag of LME this should give me my recommended OG, as recommended by Morgans. However, what if I beef it up a bit and add maybe 500g of DME (or even less)? Is this over kill? I've read my yeast should be able to handle the work load. What does everyone think?
Thanks to everyone again for answering my many questions!