by earle » Monday Sep 12, 2011 3:44 pm
A lot of people on here would argue that TED doesn't taste like beer should, but each to their own and thats the good thing about beer - there are so many kinds. Draught beer isn't really a style of beer but a method of serving it 'from the tap', its more of a marketing ploy. As a beginner and kit/extract brewer its going to be difficult to get a beer that tasted like TED for a couple of reasons
-because of their 'clean' flavour profiles lagers (which TED is) tend to show up any flaws in the brewing process, ales and darker beers are more forgiving in this aspect
- unless you go all grain you may not be able to get a dry enough beer.
If I wanted to brew something like that I would use a light kit, a little bit of malt, a chunk of dextrose which when used instead of malt gives a 'lighter' body, a good lager yeast, good temp control that allows to you maintain a constant temp of 10Cish and even lower for lagering. Do a google search on this site and aussie home brewer and you may find a recipe.
Once Jello has sampled my stone & wood clone I'll post the recipe (don't want to bias his tasting). I think its something you could do quite easily.