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Ingredients:
- 1 x 1.7kg Thomas Coopers Pilsner Beer Kit
- 1 x 1kg Aussie Brewmakers Head & Body
- 250g Dextrose
- 1 x 12g Hersbrucker Finishing Hops teabag (steeped)
- 1 x 15g Premium European Lager Yeast
Other Ingredients:
- 200g of Dextrose if kegging with no secondary fermentation or bottle conditioning
Method:
- Clean / sterilize all equipment including fermenter, paddle, and mug (used for steeping)
- Discard yeast supplied under the beer kit tin lid and sit the beer kit tin in hot water for 10 minutes to loosen contents
- Boil 2L of water in kettle
- Steep Finishing Hops teabag in 250ml mug of boiled water for 10 minutes
- Add 1.5L of boiled water to fermenter with Head & Body (add slowly to avoid clumping) and Dextrose and stir vigorously to dissolve
- Add contents of the beer kit tin to the fermenter and stir to thoroughly dissolve
- Pour 250mls boiled water into the beer kit tin and stir to dissolve the remaining contents, then add to the fermenter
- Add Finishing Hops teabag and steeped water to the fermenter
- Add cold water to the fermenter to 22.5L and test temperature – make sure it is between 14-22 degrees before pitching yeast
- Take Hydrometer reading and pitch 15g Premium European Lager Yeast and stir gently
- When fermentation finished check with hydrometer and bottle as per normal.
N.B. If kegging, add 200g of Dextrose at step 5