Spray malt. Does everyone use it ?

[spykes1980]

The instructions rarely say add spray malt just 1kg of dextrose.

For my first batch I used 50/50 of each well maybe a bit more sugar but hey wanted a bit stronger than the 4.8% advertised.

Anyway its coming up to 3 wks in primary fv and it appears really cloudy and pretty excited (bubbly) as I opened the tap to draw a sample to test sg. Altho being at the bottom the tap is pretty close to all the sediment on the bottom (reason why?) :?

So is this not ready? its been pretty cold generally prob 19 in day and 15 at night (room temp)

Does using spray malt increase chances of sediment? :hmm:

I want to get the next 2 batches in soon as but want a bit more feedback because I dont want to wait till I ve tasted mine :

 

[spykes1980]

I shoud add I ve done better brew czech pilsner and my next 2 are brewery classics czech pilsner and a coopers pilsner so all very similar. :thumb:

 

[regaltabs]

Have you taken a hydrometer reading?

If it is steady at 1012 or below for a couple of days then its ready to bottle/keg.

I normally do 1 week in a primary FV and 1 week in a secondary the bottle.

 

[mountain]

So is this not ready? its been pretty cold generally prob 19 in day and 15 at night (room temp)

well.. what did your SG reading say? That's the best way to tell if it's done, for sure. What was your OG to start with?

Temperatures - depends on the yeast, but if I recall most pilsner/lager yeasts want temps a bit colder than ales. WL800 optimal temps are between 10-13 C.

I don't think spraymalt increases chances of sediment, that'd have more to do with amt of yeast at the bottom, along with fats/proteins from the fermenting process. So I would guess a higher gravity beer would just tend to have more sediment than a lower gravity one, regardless of whether it was made with spraymalt or all grain.

 

[mmaguy41]

I use dme in all my kits and dont have any issues, you might want to check what yeasts your kits have, as i know the coopers pilsner has a lager yeast, but i dont think the better brew pilsner does, that will make a big difference temp wise

 

[BrewByBrandis]

I use 1 kg of spray malt in all "standard 20l+" kits, and sometimes also for priming
Dextrose i use smaller amounts just to raise alcohol when needed (never more then 300-400 g though)
I think its much better then dextrose, even if its more expensive. For me its woth the extra money...

BTW, in those Better Brews i´ve done, i had a thick layer of yeast sediment when it was done
Dont think spray malt adds any sediment as long as it gets fermented.
The BB yeast is queit good and lively