fancying a strong/small brew

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bigbob

fancying a strong/small brew

Post by bigbob » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:54 pm

right i've done a few brews all of which have turned out ok but having seen the irish/russian imperial stout thread i fancy doing something slightly mental but on a smallish 18ish pint scale to leave to mature in bottles for a while.i'd also like to keep the price down because i'm tight....so far i've figured maybe a geordie bitter kit with dsm or dme reduced down so much less water than usual and with treacle/honey involved aswell. pitching with double yeast of???(ok so i dont know my yeasts) so any other suggestions?? i've done a brewferm grandcru and am still waiting on the maturation but fancy doing something a bit different. just something a little but mental to crack out at christmas
bob.
cheers in advance

bigbob

Re: fancying a strong/small brew

Post by bigbob » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:57 pm

just thinking, seeing as the geordie kit is a 40 pint kit anyway i don't think i'd need to add as many extra fermentables as previously thought.....

Benson_JV

Re: fancying a strong/small brew

Post by Benson_JV » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:27 am

I got my Brewferm Diablo up to 10.5%
Double up the kits to make to larger brew-length, (That said, a single can is 9Litre if i remember correctly, so maybe not double up if you don't want too much) bang in desired amount of sugar (not DSM, i can imagine it'd be a bit cloying in Belgian Beers)
Then hey presto, you'll be falling over in no time 8)

bigbob

Re: fancying a strong/small brew

Post by bigbob » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:30 pm

cool cool, think i'll be giving the diabolo a shot then. cheers

Benson_JV

Re: fancying a strong/small brew

Post by Benson_JV » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:56 pm

Well i bunged A kilo of sugar in, that got me upto to 10.5% so that should give ye something to work against :)

KevP

Re: fancying a strong/small brew

Post by KevP » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:54 am

Good ol' Benson! I'm surprised he has any taste buds left! :mrgreen: =D>

Benson_JV

Re: fancying a strong/small brew

Post by Benson_JV » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:54 am

Aye, so am i to be honest, i do quite like a strong bit of tipple :mrgreen:

KevP

Re: fancying a strong/small brew

Post by KevP » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:16 pm

Benson_JV wrote:Aye, so am i to be honest, i do quite like a strong bit of tipple :mrgreen:
Get back to yer books!! thats my money you're wasting!! :mrgreen: :wink:

Benson_JV

Re: fancying a strong/small brew

Post by Benson_JV » Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:30 pm

Was teachers fault, he hadn't given me my coursework when i was writing that :lol:

bigbob

Re: fancying a strong/small brew

Post by bigbob » Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:24 pm

well i'm still considering, got a mlestone ipa to get on tomorrow so that'll be the fv full for atleast a week so that'll give me a bit of thinking time. cheers guys

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