Cerevisia's Blog – March 2009 Archive (4)

Just brewed what may be Extra Stout!



I used:



1.5Ib Pale Malt (thanks Stu!)

8oz Crystal Malt

6oz Black Malt

1oz Wheat Malt

1oz Unmalted Roast Barley

.5oz Ground Coffee Beans (Havana)



1.8Kg Coopers Real Ale Kit (unfortunately it wasn't the dark version)

500gms Brown Sugar

30z Sticklebract Hop Cones

Yeast that came under the can of the Coopers kit



I miss the old Guinness Stout that came in a bottle that we had over… Continue

Pale Malt and Lager/Pilsner Malt. Does it matter if I boil them at the same temperature? Obviously I'll use lager yeast for the lager and pilsner malt and ale yeast for the pale malt, crystal malt etc.

Cheers.

I just finished brewing my corona style lager - my first partial grain lager ever! Hope it works out!



However there was one thing I did wrong...



Well, damnit! I left the grains boiling in the slow cooker for nearly an hour. Wasn't thinking straight. Stupid stupid!! I NEVER did this before! Soon I realised though! After ranting to myself hysterically like Christian Bale on the set of Terminator 4 I threw out the wasted grains and did another batch. This one I only did… Continue

Hello,

I'm going to attempt to make a bland Corona type beer for a friend of mine - still not too sure what sort of ingredients to use. So far I'm going with lager grain, pale malt, light malt extract, rice flakes, and little to no hops of any kind (probably Sticklebract). Am I on the right track here?

Cheers!