Little Creatures Bright Ale

[ozcah]

Hi,

I've been reading a few recipes for making this beer and I would like to bounce this off you all before I put something down. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

It's a Kit version, I'm not at the extract stage yet.

So I was thinking:

Cooper Lager Kit
1kg LDME
0.5kg Wheat Malt Extract
15g B-Saaz @ 20 minutes
15g Cascade @ 20 minutes
10g B-Saaz @ 0 minutes
10g Cascade @ 0 minutes
American Ale yeast

I have some caramunich malt as well, I was thinking maybe 100g steeped beforehand. I'm not sure if it's a good susbsitute for carapils which many comments have suggested which is why I lowered the amount of this I would use.

Now, here's a question, it's been a while and I'm a little out of practice.
With the hops at 0 minutes. Do you leave them in there for a while - that is let the wort sit (not boil) for 10 minutes or so? Or just leave them in when putting it all into the fermenter?

Lastly, is it worth dry hopping? Maybe 5g of both B-Saaz and Cascade?

I wasn't looking to add hops for bittering, I was thinking the kit would be bitter enough.

Yes I do have a lot of malt in there, but I don't mind a little more oomph in my beer, so I am happy to up the hops a little to compensate.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hoping to put something like this down on the weekend.

Catchya
Osc

[drsmurto]

G'day osc

Stick with what you have this time and if you want to do it again use the caramunich, up to 200g.

As for the 0 min addition of hops i would let them steep for ~5-10 mins after you switch the heat off. You can then either strain them out before adding them to the fermenter or not. Pellets will sink to the bottom, plugs and flowers will float to the top. I would double the 0 min additions and dont dry hop. You can always dry hop next time.

B Saaz is a very nice hop which i have only recently used.

Cheers
DrSmurto

[ozcah]

Thanks Dr Smurto.

I'll take the advice on teh 0 minute hop addition and double it and leave for 5-10 minutes and see how it goes.

Much appreciated.

Catchya
Osc