Brewed this with 1kg DEX and saaz hops
and cascade bohemain yeast. after 2
days, rotten eggs!! but eventually
faded.Was darker than expected but
tassted like a fresh XXXX Bitter/Tooheys
new (two very different styles i know),
however I love it.
Boiled ingredients in a pot first and
allowed to cool,put into fermenter and
filled to 23L, added yeast at 26 deg..
brewed at 26-28 (under a cardboard
removalist box with 3 frozen coke
bottles next to it to cool it), in NTH
QLD, took 10 days. Primed half the
bottles with plain sugar, and half
coopers carbonation drops, no difference
in carbonation or taste noted.
I made this kit as per the recipe on the
website
(http://www.cascadehomebrew.com.au/brewk
its/recipes.asp)
suggested by the master craftsmen as
follows:
Full Flavoured Mahogany Porter
Flavour kit
* 1 can Chocolate Mahogany Porter
* 1.5 kg light liquid malt extract
* 0.3 kg maltodextrin (corn syrup)
* 15 gram Saaz hop pellets
OR
Winter Porter
Flavour kit
· 2 cans Chocolate Mahogany Porter (use
only one yeast sachet)
· 2 kg light liquid malt extract
· 20 gram Saaz hops
Both were wonderful, particularly the
winter warmer)
and used the yeast given with the pack.
Definantly give this a go using the
above recipes.
got this for $3 at woolies at a green
tag price cos it was dinted moved house
and forgot about it. Dug it out after 8
months and shoved it in with coopers
brew enhancer and some saaz hops, and
the pack yeast, filled to 21 litres.
After 4 days at a ridiculous 28-30C (Nth
QLD) it was good to go and bottle and
tasted well but a bit yeasty due to the
temp. after 14 days it was Nice, old
scool Ale with smooth long lasting head.
after 3 months, legendary..good kit!
give it a bash