Damo Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Have to crow about this one.[happy] O/S Real ale (best b4 7/1/13) 1kg Brewing sugar 500g LDM 23l water. Brewed on 18/4/11 og 1042. Bottled 24/4/11 fg 1010. temp. range in fv 18-24deg c. Drinking today at 8 day mark & its a li'l ripper ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Nice Damo. If you think thats good, try: 1 Real Ale 1kg LDM 250g Dextrose 30g Fuggles @ 5mins English Ale yeast (dry yeast ok) 23 litres Ferment at 17 degrees [love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 Thanks Greg , I may give your recipe a go next (wrote it down at least)& the weathers right for it here at the moment but will need to research the fuggles bit.Have seen it mentioned on the forum. Cheers Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Fuggles is a type of english hop. You can get it from your brew shop or order online. It has a very nice flavour and aroma to it. Im loving it at the moment, probably because the house beer is an All Grain English Pale Ale/Bitter that has shed loads of Fuggles (probably not entirely to style, but who cares). If you want to add some complexity and colour, add say 150g of Cystal malt (grain) steeped for about 20mins. [happy] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 Cheers for that. I can drop by one of the home brew shops as they should have Fuggles.How does this recipe compare to natures gift "sparkling ale " as I want to have a crack at that also.(T.C. series). I like malty ale so have just been making the recipe on the brewing sugar box . They have all been a really good drink but this last one is the best yet & I'm not sure if it were a result of the wort batch being a really good one or the brewing temp. (the others were a little higher 22-28deg). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 damo, this is one i put down a while back that can't keep my hands off![bandit] i call it "The Real Canadian"[biggrin] 23L water 1.7 Real Ale kit 882g (1/2 can) can blonde kit BE1 14g cooper's kit yeast 189g dex for priming OG 1.052 FG 1.012 AVB%5.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 Gidday Chad , thanks for the recipe [happy] , its now also in my notes & I havent been able to leave this latest real ale alone either [lol] . I have gone back to priming my ale bottles (750ml) with 6grms of raw sugar & were intersted in why you prime your "Real Canadian" with dextrose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Assuming Chad bulk primed, dextrose is easier to dissolve. I reckon it gives a tighter head too - but that is based on opinion not necessarily fact [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 damo, muddy hit the nail on the head there. in 500ml of boiled water 189g of dex pretty much disappears. besides, when i'm priming my brews i am only looking for bubbles not flavour, body or taste. just bubbles...[joyful] i do wonder though if dark beers would benefit from using raw or brown sugar or even molasses. any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borris Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I've tried bulk priming with, demarrara sugar, brown sugar and raw sugar, in amounts up to 200g. I can't honestly say I could detect any extra flavour. Maybe with the demarrara sugar if I tried really hard but I tend to think it was my imagination. I'm yet to try molasses as primer. From memory (doesn't always serve me correctly when beer is involved)it was around 75% fermentable, in which case you'd be using more to achieve the desired result. If I had to guess I'd say you could detect it in quantities of 200g or so. These are just my observations though.[innocent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Hi guy's , to save me the time browsing through the 21,000,posts in 2,500 topics (apologies if I'm going over old ground)... What exactly is bulk priming ?[innocent] Thanks Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trusty1 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 long story short, you place the appropriate amount of sugar (I use sugar, can be dissolved in an amount of water to ensure thorough mixing) in a second FV and connect to original. Drain wort into second FV. When all is in second FV bottle as usual, without any other priming. I use a botler with tube connected to the tap to save picking up each bottle. google bulk priming for more detail. country brewer have a good FAQ sheet on it. SAves a lot of bugerising about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Hi guy's ' date=' to save me the time browsing through the 21,000,posts in 2,500 topics (apologies if I'm going over old ground)... What exactly is bulk priming ?[innocent'] Thanks Damo There is also a search function on this site at the bottom right corner of your page. This saves people from having to browse all posts. [rightful] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigsALE Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Thanks Greg , I may give your recipe a go next (wrote it down at least)& the weathers right for it here at the moment but will need to research the fuggles bit.Have seen it mentioned on the forum. Cheers Damo No need to research easy peasy ebay. And a good price, vacuumed sealed. I have got a few off this guy and great quality and fast delivery. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Hops-FUGGLES-UK-Home-Brew-Beer-Hops-/280603501668?pt=AU_Breweriana&hash=item415545a464 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hi guy's & thanks ,so Muddy dextrose disolves quickly & can provide a tighter head , Chad u say it also gives good bubbles, interesting observations thanks.I have been using raw sugar to prime & get very good results in terms of carbonation. Thanks for the brief tutorial in bulk priming Trusty.( I know we are talking much larger volumes but I also prefer a teaspoon of raw sugar in my coffee for taste..) Bill , thanks for pointing out where the search box was for me (must have had an ale under my nose & couldn't see that far down the screen). Craig , cheers for the Ebay link. Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 The search function works ok but you'll get better results by enterning "site:coopers.com.au" into google with your subject on the end. For bulk priming you would enter the following into google: site:coopers.com.au bulk priming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 Bottoms up , down the hatch & cheers ! [joyful] again Muddy. Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 The search function works ok but you'll get better results by enterning "site:coopers.com.au" into google with your subject on the end. For bulk priming you would enter the following into google: site:coopers.com.au bulk priming well buggar me... you learn something new everyday. So am I right to say that if you google, "site:xxxxxxx subject" this will then search only the site entered, the subject you want? If so, that is handy to know, thanks Muddy. [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 So am I right to say that if you google, "site:xxxxxxx subject" this will then search only the site entered, the subject you want? It sure will [rightful] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weggl Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Hey Chad, watcha do with the other half can of Blond? A bit too bitter to have on bread! Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 hi warren, i used the other 1/2 can in an IPA that went like this: 23L water 1.7 Kg cooper's TC IPA 905g cooper's Can Blonde 566g amber malt 28g cascade 20min 14g cascade F-out 14g cooper's kit yeast OG 1.046 FG 1.012 ABV 5% it's an all malt brew with a deep amber colour and great balance of strong hops/full body. i just finished the last sip in the mug. at 2 1/2 months it is tasting pretty good.[cool] chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hi all keen brewers.. I went off & grabbed the same kit & have created an identical. I may be gone a while... [happy] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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