McFrankel Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Brewed my first toucan last week. Had a can of dark ale and a can of lager both just with in expiry date and picked them up for a steal [biggrin]. So I decided that it wouldn't hurt to experiment due to the cost savings. ended up as: 1 can lager 1 can dark ale 1 12 grm sachet of english ale yeast 100 grm of brown sugar 400 grm of dextrose filled to 21 litres wating til this sunday to bottle but did sample today. Noticed a burnt toffee character [roll] which was rather pleasent. Will be interested to see how it will go after being bottled for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveL Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Was it an original series lager? Sounds interesting, make sure you report back on how it goes Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonardC2 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Be sure to check for FG with a hydrometer. Yeast knows no time schedule. It's done whenever it wants to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFrankel Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 Ok well I think this is a winner [biggrin] Chilled one of these little fellas down and cracked it today. It has a lovely dark/ruby colour with a nice head (i think this was helped by the ice cold glass). Where my last dark ale has a lovely bitter chocolate aroma this one had a hint of toffee about it. I am really looking forward to it developing with age and hoping that contined time in the bottle will also improve the head on it [love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weggl Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Rocket fuel Mark. The brew calculator says OG 64, FG 14 A% 7.5. But the KIT & EXTRACT BEER DESIGNER brings it in at A% 6.6 so I guess its somewher in the middle.\tWhat were the OG and FG readings?\t\t\t \t\t\t\t Weggl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 I get 6.4% using the "Kit & Extract" spreadsheet. Not exactly rocket fuel, but not exactly a light beer. I grew up on Sparkling Ale so it sounds like a regular beer to me [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty A Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 It sounds good to me. I have a lager and a dark ale kit waiting so I might give it a try. I was thinking of putting the stout kit with it but I also brew for my friends and I seem to be the only stout drinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Thats a good thing Matty - It makes it easier to put the stout away to age for a year or 2 and just have the occassional bottle in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty A Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Agreed Muddy, I went through a stage where I done about 5 batches in a row. Now I have 8 milkcrates full of stout just waiting for Winter. I am sure that I can't drink it all. [innocent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFrankel Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Yes I guess you could class this as a strong ale. [devil] SG was 1064 and FG was 1020 so I think that will put it up around 6.9% range. It is definately one to sup when you are not planning on driving anywhere... It was worth the experimentation [love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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