To get it closer, ask John what exactly is in the can but you can also steep some Gladfields Light Malt and Gladfields Toffee Malt when you make the brew. This will give you more of a clone to the SC.
Cheers Aidan, I've just started playing around with cold steeping! Did Caramalt and Golden O with a Pale Ale - the taste tests out of the fermenter were great so looking forward to the bottle test in a few weeks.
My current brew is my first attempt at a hop tea additive. I was disappointed by the impact of 100g of dry hops into the cold fermenter was getting so I went looking for other options. I boiled 4l of water, turned the flame off, added the hop sock and then tried to cool as fast asap. Really hoping to a hop bunch on top of the malt extract
@@fergusmcrae7155 I generally have a noticable impact from hops. There are other factors that might be affecting the hop profile in your brew. I had some really good feedback recently about the impact of oxigenation on hop profile. I've stopped short of fermenting under pressure and have found a way to go from pitching yeast to the point of bottling without exposing the brew to oxygen - will see how this goes. One thing I have been keen to try is what you have done, which was adding hops to a boil using malt extract. Keen to hear how that goes.
That was really good.
To get it closer, ask John what exactly is in the can but you can also steep some Gladfields Light Malt and Gladfields Toffee Malt when you make the brew. This will give you more of a clone to the SC.
Cheers Aidan, I've just started playing around with cold steeping! Did Caramalt and Golden O with a Pale Ale - the taste tests out of the fermenter were great so looking forward to the bottle test in a few weeks.
Have you tried making a hop tea to boost your hop profile in the extract brewing process?
I haven't. By Hop tea I assume you mean steeping the hops in boiled water for say 10-minutes? Something that you advocate?
My current brew is my first attempt at a hop tea additive. I was disappointed by the impact of 100g of dry hops into the cold fermenter was getting so I went looking for other options. I boiled 4l of water, turned the flame off, added the hop sock and then tried to cool as fast asap. Really hoping to a hop bunch on top of the malt extract
@@fergusmcrae7155 I generally have a noticable impact from hops. There are other factors that might be affecting the hop profile in your brew. I had some really good feedback recently about the impact of oxigenation on hop profile. I've stopped short of fermenting under pressure and have found a way to go from pitching yeast to the point of bottling without exposing the brew to oxygen - will see how this goes.
One thing I have been keen to try is what you have done, which was adding hops to a boil using malt extract. Keen to hear how that goes.