Wilkos beer enhancer for stout ?

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Wilkos beer enhancer for stout ?

Post by terrier » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:00 pm

I Am about to brew a coopers stout which i will purchase from our local Wilkos store.when i was last in there getting my woodfordes wherry i noticed they sell a bag of beer enhancer but did not see any spray dried malt. Would this enhancer be ok to use ? Because the nearest home brew shop is a fair old trek to buy the Dme.

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Re: Wilkos beer enhancer for stout ?

Post by vacant » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:26 am

Chris-x1 wrote:(It's a mix of the two).
True, but not a very good mix. Each time I've bought it you can see around 2/3 light brown powder at one end of the bag and 1/3 white powder poured on top. So I guess it's about 1/3 glucose.
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Re: Wilkos beer enhancer for stout ?

Post by Dill » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:08 pm

vacant wrote:
Chris-x1 wrote:(It's a mix of the two).
True, but not a very good mix. Each time I've bought it you can see around 2/3 light brown powder at one end of the bag and 1/3 white powder poured on top. So I guess it's about 1/3 glucose.
If thats the case, surely thats not a bad mix 1/3 glucose and 2/3 dme got to be better than 50/50

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Re: Wilkos beer enhancer for stout ?

Post by vacant » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:46 pm

I've used it with every 1.8Kg kit I've made from Wilko's (£4.99 to £11.99 old prices + £3.29 for the enhancer) and been pleased with the results. Not in the same league as 3 or 3.6KG kits I've bought elsewhere but then these cost £19 - £22.
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Re: Wilkos beer enhancer for stout ?

Post by chopperswookie » Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:00 pm

for a coopers, coz its such a bloody good kit, pay the extra and use dark spraymalt. everytime i do a coopers its 500g spraymalt and 500g brewing sugar. its well work it!

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Re: Wilkos beer enhancer for stout ?

Post by terrier » Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:11 pm

Ive done it now,its bubbling away nicely,and used 1kg of dark spray malt instead of the beer enhancer.

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Re: Wilkos beer enhancer for stout ?

Post by chopperswookie » Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:36 pm

u won't be disappointed

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