Something Dark for Christmas.

[Eric]

Yes Steve. Those are cheaper than the homebrew equivalent, but contain salt, so adjustment to the chloride content of your brewing liquor profile may be necessary. They seem to vary in price but recall paying 59p recently for 500g. Contents are printed on the side of the packet.

Lidl's Porridge Oats are cheap too and perfect in darker beers at modest amounts.

[FUBAR]

Yes Eric they where 59p in my local Lidl today , good point on the chloride addition they will make . Going to brew a Bitter next and had no flaked maize in stock so picked up a box today .

[Eric]

Yes, you can't knock the price. I tend to use sulphuric acid in place of some of the usual hydrochloric to rebalance the chloride for pales, but darker beers don't require compensation. I can't taste anything adverse from the extra sodium they supply in any beer.

Good luck with the brew, hope to get my bitter on in the next week. I always have at least one packet of cornflakes to hand, currently there are two, so £1.18 per kg.

[The_Antikveik]

Well executed, Eric. Great fermentation with a proper brewer's yeast, I"d say. I'm not a fan of lactose in beer, personally.