Brewferm Pils add DME? Lager yeast?

[aamcle]

I have just picked up a Brewferm Pils kit and thinking about it I'm going to go for the 20l volume. As I have not done a brewferm kit before I would like to ask some advice.

Should I replace the 1Kg of Dextrose with 1Kg of extra light spray dried malt extract?
Is it worth using a genuine lager yeast and fermenting at 12°C?
How long would the fermentation be expected to take if I do use lager yeast?
I have read that these kits take longer to condition than most so if I brew next week would the lager be "ready" ie at it's best or at least closet to that by mid August?

Thanks for your help.

Aamcle

 

[wilsoa1111]

depends what ur after... the fact ur hitting the 20l style up suggest u just want a standard lager but better, so follow the kit and u get a better stella clone imho

if u want something proper then yeah u may want to go that route but u might have been better getting an extract kit, its also a lot more faff with the lager yeast

 

[aamcle]

Stella? ideal I'm brewing this batch to take on holiday and one of the people going is a big Stella drinker.

Well maybe that gives the wrong impression, if he walks past a crate of the stuff and it magically drains out of the bottles :wha:


Atb. Aamcle