Hi all
I got carried away with the Beer Hawk clearance sale and bought 3kg of munich LME. Apparently it's 50% munich and 50% pale.
Now I need to work out how to use it, having never knowingly worked with munich before (it may have been in some amber DMEs I've used...).
The difficult bits - due to space constraints I can only brew 15L or less at a time, so using all of this in one brew will produce a monster. So I think I need to use it across 2 brews, storing half in the fridge for a few weeks.
My thoughts were;
1. A British bitter, replacing the usual pale LME with munich LME, and dialling back on the steeped crystal to compensate.
2. An altbier, using the CML kolsch yeast? What sort of hops should I use for this - I currently only have British hops (Challenger, Northdown, Target, Fuggles, EKG) and a small amount of Saaz. Should I order a small bag of Tettnang from CML? Also, would this need lager-cold conditioning or would a shed do?
I'd appreciate your thoughts and comments (prayers optional), even if it's just "stop buying stuff you don't know how to use"!
I got carried away with the Beer Hawk clearance sale and bought 3kg of munich LME. Apparently it's 50% munich and 50% pale.
Now I need to work out how to use it, having never knowingly worked with munich before (it may have been in some amber DMEs I've used...).
The difficult bits - due to space constraints I can only brew 15L or less at a time, so using all of this in one brew will produce a monster. So I think I need to use it across 2 brews, storing half in the fridge for a few weeks.
My thoughts were;
1. A British bitter, replacing the usual pale LME with munich LME, and dialling back on the steeped crystal to compensate.
2. An altbier, using the CML kolsch yeast? What sort of hops should I use for this - I currently only have British hops (Challenger, Northdown, Target, Fuggles, EKG) and a small amount of Saaz. Should I order a small bag of Tettnang from CML? Also, would this need lager-cold conditioning or would a shed do?
I'd appreciate your thoughts and comments (prayers optional), even if it's just "stop buying stuff you don't know how to use"!