Jim's Beer Kit

Howdy I´ve got hold of that Beer Engine thing and have the following plan for Saturday: 3 kg Pale malt Extract in 20l for OG of 1.045 30g Challenger 60 min 30g Cascade 15 min 20g Cascade dry hop IBU 39 (for a summer lightning clone) Wondering whether it´s worth an aroma hop as well as a dry hop. A...

Brilliant. I´ll give it a whirl and keep ya posted. Brew day won´t be til next week, though, which is a shame. I´ll sling a bunch in the dry hop and see what happens. Thanks for the advice. Like I say, got a few days yet so feel free to add anything that comes to mind. The dark side does have a s...

Thanks a lot - that´s really helpful. I´ll give the Beer Engine go, too.
Was the suggestion for a Summer Lightening clone, by the way? That´s what I´m really looking for.
Also, any thoughts on dry hopping? Would that be a little ambitious at this stage?

Thanks again
DaveyT

Hello I´m on my second extract brew and feeling a bit adventurous. I´m after something like Summer Lightening or Dark Star Hophead so I bought: 2 tins Brupak pale malt and two 100g packets of hops (challenger and cascade) along with Irish moss and Safale 04. I had limited range in a shop in Spain ...