Hello all,
I'm brewing my first beer soon. I've had good experience with Youtube so far, so I picked the recipe here.
This is the most clicked in Youtube.
Video:
Recipe: Homemade Beer
The problem is that I can not buy many of the ingredients in Germany.
I have now found an equal substitute for everything.
Except for this:
- 5 pounds (2.25 kg) pilsen light liquid malt extract
which I would replace with Brewferm liquid malt extract, medium, unhopped, 1,5 kg (3,3 pounds)
Alternatively, malt extract "Bavarian Pilsner" or Mangrove Jack's Traidtional Series Saison - 1.8 kg (4 pounds).
My questions are as follows.
- Can I replace the liquid yeast extract with Brew Ferm? That's 0.7 kg (1.5 pounds) less at first glance for me. Will I need other ingredients more?
- Can I buy more malt and make that up to 7 gallon proportionally? It does have a 6 gallon container in the recipe, but much less liquid if I am reading this correctly. That makes me wonder a bit, 3 gallon water, 4 cups water, 5 pounds liquid malt extract and the 6 gallon container is almost full.
- Is headspace relevant when brewing beer, should I fill the container a few inches apart? Such gallon containers are not available here.
- There are also malt blends in the store where I buy. They use 4.6 kg (10 pounds) of malt for 20 liters. Why is that significantly less malt in the recipe (about 1.5 kg, 3.3 pounds), plus probably the liquid malt at 2.25 kg (5 pounds) = 3.75 kg (8.3 pounds)? ( Malt Mix "Festbier" - warm fermenting - crushed, 21,53 &eur )
I mean it has 2 million clicks so it will work, but I don't really understand the deviation.
And has anyone brewed this before?
Thank you.
I'm brewing my first beer soon. I've had good experience with Youtube so far, so I picked the recipe here.
This is the most clicked in Youtube.
Video:
Recipe: Homemade Beer
The problem is that I can not buy many of the ingredients in Germany.
I have now found an equal substitute for everything.
Except for this:
- 5 pounds (2.25 kg) pilsen light liquid malt extract
which I would replace with Brewferm liquid malt extract, medium, unhopped, 1,5 kg (3,3 pounds)
Alternatively, malt extract "Bavarian Pilsner" or Mangrove Jack's Traidtional Series Saison - 1.8 kg (4 pounds).
My questions are as follows.
- Can I replace the liquid yeast extract with Brew Ferm? That's 0.7 kg (1.5 pounds) less at first glance for me. Will I need other ingredients more?
- Can I buy more malt and make that up to 7 gallon proportionally? It does have a 6 gallon container in the recipe, but much less liquid if I am reading this correctly. That makes me wonder a bit, 3 gallon water, 4 cups water, 5 pounds liquid malt extract and the 6 gallon container is almost full.
- Is headspace relevant when brewing beer, should I fill the container a few inches apart? Such gallon containers are not available here.
- There are also malt blends in the store where I buy. They use 4.6 kg (10 pounds) of malt for 20 liters. Why is that significantly less malt in the recipe (about 1.5 kg, 3.3 pounds), plus probably the liquid malt at 2.25 kg (5 pounds) = 3.75 kg (8.3 pounds)? ( Malt Mix "Festbier" - warm fermenting - crushed, 21,53 &eur )
I mean it has 2 million clicks so it will work, but I don't really understand the deviation.
And has anyone brewed this before?
Thank you.