Speedy Gonzales Corona Recipe Kit Instructions

This recipe is available as an Aussie Brewmakers Recipe Kit, order no. 19890

 This recipe kit is an Aussie Brewmakers Mexican Lager or as it is better known, The Speedy Gonzales Corona Clone. Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! It is a light lager and is a great session beer, normally served with a dash of lime. A very popular beer for summer or warmer months. This recipe kit is a great introduction to steeping grains and hops.

Ingredients:

• 7kg Morgan’s Canadian Light Beer Kit
• 1kg Beer improver (500g Dextrose / 500g Light Dried Malt Extract)
• 2 x 200g Dextrose
• 10g Mangrove Jack’s Craft Series M54 Californian Lager Yeast (warm ferment Lager strain)
• 12g Dr. Rudi Finishing Hops – steeped
• 150g Cracked Light Grain – steeped

Other Ingredients:

• 200g of Dextrose if kegging with no secondary fermentation

Method:

1. Clean / sterilize all equipment including fermenter, paddle and mug (used for steeping)
2. Discard Morgan’s Canadian Light Beer Kit tin yeast and sit tin in hot water for 10 minutes
3. Boil 1.25ltrs of water in kettle
4. Steep 150g Cracked Light Grain in 1L of boiling water for 15 minutes
5. Steep 12g of Dr. Rudi Finishing Hops in 250ml of boiling water for 10 minutes
6. Re-boil 2.5L of water in kettle
7. Add 1.5ltrs of boiled water to fermenter
8. Add 1kg Beer Improver and 2 x 200g Dextrose to fermenter and stir to thoroughly dissolve
9. Add Morgan’s Canadian Light Beer Kit tin to fermenter and stir thoroughly to dissolve
10. Pour 500ml of boiled water into Morgan’s Canadian Light Beer Kit tin and stir then add to fermenter
11. Add Dr. Rudi Finishing Hops bag and mug of water to fermenter
12. Strain steeped Cracked Light Grain into fermenter and rinse with 500mls boiled water (do not add grain to fermenter)
13. Add water to fermenter to 22.5 ltrs and test temperature – make sure it is between 18-20 degrees before pitching yeast
14. Take initial hydrometer reading
15. Pitch 10g Mangrove Jack’s Craft Series Californian Lager Yeast and stir gently
16. When fermentation finished check with hydrometer and bottle as per normal.

N.B. If kegging, add 200g of Dextrose at step 8