LME brew

[dave0w]

i have 2 cans of coopers medium LME, i was wanting to know if you have any quick brew to turn them into a nice better or ale

i was hoping it would be as easy as adding hops?

 

[Covrich]

Yes of course, do you have any hops and what sort of hops / style would you look for.

I think @dad_oj_jon does these types of brews all the time and usually gets away with just a 15 minute boil..

 

[dave0w]

i have some Tettnanger, Cascade and Citra how ever brew day is Thursday this week and i will be calling to the local brew shop so can pick up anything thats needed.

as for my brew style i will do what ever is thrown at me as long as its a light ale/ipa or bitter type beer.

 

[Sandimas]

Given your list, my first vote would be to do a single-hop Cascade brew - I love Cascade. Or you could do 2 separate 10L brews, one with Cascade and the other with Citra.

Anyhow, here's a suggestion for Cascade. I have brewed similar, suggest doing it to 18L with your 2 tins on malt extract, boil up 6-8L of water to do the hop boil then add into the FV along with the tins and make up with cold water.
- 50g Cascade boil for full 60mins
- 37g Cascade boil for last 10min
- 28g Cascade steep for 30mins, 10mins after flameout
- 28g Cascade dry hop for the final 4-5 days in the fermentor

 

[dave0w]

Given your list, my first vote would be to do a single-hop Cascade brew - I love Cascade. Or you could do 2 separate 10L brews, one with Cascade and the other with Citra.

Anyhow, here's a suggestion for Cascade. I have brewed similar, suggest doing it to 18L with your 2 tins on malt extract, boil up 6-8L of water to do the hop boil then add into the FV along with the tins and make up with cold water.
- 50g Cascade boil for full 60mins
- 37g Cascade boil for last 10min
- 28g Cascade steep for 30mins, 10mins after flameout
- 28g Cascade dry hop for the final 4-5 days in the fermentor

that sounds like somthing worth frying, its nice and easy.
i also found 100g sealed bag of fuggle hops if that makes any difference

 

[Covrich]

that sounds like somthing worth frying, its nice and easy.
i also found 100g sealed bag of fuggle hops if that makes any difference

Boil it , don't fry it :twisted:

Personally I wouldn't mix the cascase with fuggle.. I think cascade single hop is a nice simple starter.. give it a go.

 

[dave0w]

Boil it , don't fry it :twisted:

Personally I wouldn't mix the cascase with fuggle.. I think cascade single hop is a nice simple starter.. give it a go.

no frying.

i will do this tomorrow, should i add extra fermentables or is the 2 can's ok?.
i would around 4%

 

[Covrich]

no frying.

i will do this tomorrow, should i add extra fermentables or is the 2 can's ok?.
i would around 4%

3KG of LME at around 18L should give you an OG of around 1050
at 20L an OG of 1045

What % you end up with depends on yeast and attenuation but for 18L roughly 5% and 4.5% at 20


What yeast are you going to pitch?

 

[dave0w]

i have a few packs of safale s-04, i will brew to 20L as 4.5%(ish) is fine for me.

 

[Robin54]

i have a few packs of safale s-04, i will brew to 20L as 4.5%(ish) is fine for me.

A single hop brew as suggested above by Darrell would be a superb intro. Im a big fan of single hop brews...really tells you what each individual hop tastes like.

 

[Sandimas]

Im a big fan of single hop brews...really tells you what each individual hop tastes like.

Me too - I'm doing a Amarillo one this weekend, did one a good few years ago and remember it as being good but no more detail than that, and haven't used Amarillo since...dunno why :wha:

 

[terrym]

Or you could do 2 separate 10L brews....

with different hops :thumb:

 

[dad_of_jon]

Yes of course, do you have any hops and what sort of hops / style would you look for.

I think @dad_oj_jon does these types of brews all the time and usually gets away with just a 15 minute boil..

yup here's a modded lme can recipe add a can of LME to both recipes....

I used us-05 for both but MJ's M44 yeast would also be a good choice (i've swapped over to it now from us-05

1 kg brewing sugar
250g candy sugar /
100g galaxy hops
boil hops for 15 mins.
top up to 20 litres bottled water. 5.12%

or

1kg brewing sugar
500g dark candi sugar
500g muntons dme - medium
100g citra - 20g at 15 mins 80g dry hopped 5 days before bottling
1 litre boiled water to rinse can
3 litres water for additional wort
Dry hop
Added candi sugar, brewing sugar and muntons DME to 3 litre chase spring water. boiled for 15 mins with 20g Citra pellets During this time had loosened LME in a pan of hot water with 1 litre boiled water to rinse can.

poured LME in FV with 1 litre water then added additional wort through sieve

topped up with water (some bottles from freezer) to 21.5 litres. 6.83%

 

[dave0w]

never seen candy sugar before.. ??

 

[Covrich]

He does love the candi sugar!!

What does it bring a caramel flavour??

 

[Sandimas]

If you can't get / make candi sugar, Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup is a good substitute.

 

[dad_of_jon]

He does love the candi sugar!!

What does it bring a caramel flavour??

depends on the colour but in all colours it does lighten the body of the brew compared to just using malt. it balances out higher abv brews better imo..

 

[dave0w]

if i was to do i 1 can 10L brew is it just a case of half of everything.

500g brewing sugar
125g candy sugar /
50g galaxy hops
boil hops for 15 mins.
top up to 10 litres bottled water. 5.12%

??

i sound like a total n00b but i have 100% brewed before :grin:

 

[dad_of_jon]

if i was to do i 1 can 10L brew is it just a case of half of everything.

500g brewing sugar
125g candy sugar /
50g galaxy hops
boil hops for 15 mins.
top up to 10 litres bottled water. 5.12%

??

i sound like a total n00b but i have 100% brewed before :grin:

you halve everything except the boil time :smile: