Kit Recipes

[arturobandini]

Hi all,

Having been inspired by that Hoegaarden thread that's hovering around the 1st page of the kit recipes ( Hoegaarden Thread), I was wondering what kit recipes people had for making "clone" style recipes of commercial beers using a kit as your base. I'll post the Hoegaarden one below this and one for a San Miguel style lager I found. I think these are excellent ideas especially for people like me who are planning to step up the ladder when space and funds allow but would like to grab the next rung.

[arturobandini]

Hoegaarden White Recipe

1 can Wheat beer 1.7kg

1.3kg Dry Light Malt

1/2 oz Kent Golding Hops(15 min)

1/2 oz Saaz Hops(5min)

210gm priming sugar/ Carbonation Drops

1/2 teaspoon Coriander seed (powder)

1/2oz Bitter Orange Peel (Curacua)

Safwheat yeast / Munton Gold Yeast

Brew to 23 litres.



Method:

Use a big stock pot to dissolve 1.3 kg of Light Malt in 3 litres of water then bring it to boil.

Then add coriander seed, orange peel and K. Golding hops. Boil for 15 minutes.

5 min before end of boil, add last bag of Saaz hop into pot.

Afterthat, turn off fire and remove all bags from pot. . Add Wheat beer into pot and stir. Transfer to fermenter and top up 23 litres mark with very cold water. Continue brewing in the normal way.

(Taken from an original post from Mr.C)

[arturobandini]

SAN MIGUEL 20 litres (23l)

Edme Lager Kit 1.8kg ( Youngs 1.5kg)
Golden syrup 1kg
Hallertau hops 15g
Lager yeast

Follow instructions as per normal kit dissolving the sugar and golden syrup at the same time as the lager malt.

Then simmer the hops in 2 litres of water for 10 minutes and then sieve liquor in to the fermenter.

[arturobandini]

The San Miguel recipe was posted by DaaB and a few others, not read anyone who has made it comment on it though. A Dave Lines recipe by all accounts.