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Multigrain Lager

Made this one some time ago, will check and update the details according to the book at home.

1 can Cooper's Bavarian Lager (now deceased)

500g dextrose

500g light DME

500g dry wheat extract

kit yeast (apparently a saflager)

tasted very suspect for about 6 months, so allowed to be neglected in a dusty cornerof uner-the-house

at about 18 months of age, has suddenly turned into a really nice crisp lager.not perfect - head dissipates quickly, not much aroma - but certainly very quaffable.

When in doubt, leave it alone for 6 months

Old Rummy

this was an attempt to emulate the James Squire Rum Rebellion Porter, a porter aged in old rum barrels.

Toohey's Dark Ale kit

1 kg light DME

don't think I added any extra hops

1 bag of rum infused oak chips, boiled about 10 minutes, added to primary.

kit yeast.

tasted well weird for about 18 months in the bottle, the suddenly became a very smooth dark ale with vanilla-y tones, perhaps a little bland.

next time, I'd consider 1) using plain oak chips soaked in rum (or bourbon), and adding to late primary or racking for a secondary, AND putting in a weighted bag; 2) beefing up the hops a bit, prob just some more bittering. don't see any problem with sticking with Toohey's dark tin 

OK, been a while.

The Cascade GHL got ditched, either oxidised or infected, can't remember which now.

More recent brews have been:

The Leap Year Stout (started on 29/2/2008)

1 can Cooper's stout

1 can Cooper's Irish stout

23 L

easy peasy

The result: bitter as buggery. Think I'll wait a while yet for this one, see if the hops settle a bit

Double Porter

Recipe filched from the Cascade homebrew website

2 cans cascade Porter

 2 kgs light DME

20 g Saaz pellets boiled for 2 mins

a roughly 12% monster that you could drink all day, you just could never drive anywhere

Its winter, so gotta get some lagers/pilses down soon