Just finished a keg of pale ale I made a few weeks ago, used 1 pound of wheat dme to kick up the abv, and it was great. It was done as a demonstration of how easy it is to make beer and had 4 or 5 untrained helpers. The beer came out great and pissed off some of my more proper brewing friends because of the seeming lack of “expertise”. I’ve always said that if you keep your equipment clean and don’t pick up any infections the beer will be good,even if it’s not what you expected. To quote:
“Once, a long, long time ago, God created sugar. After a time he realized he had made too much, and so, created something to take care of the excess. This thing he called yeast. After a time he realized the yeast was creating a noxious gas, that he called “CO2”, and a bubbly liquid, which he called “laughing juice”. Next he created trees to eat the noxious gas and was disturbed to find that they exuded an inert gas, which he called “oxygen”. As a solution to all the problems caused by sugar he created “MAN”, and renamed the bubbly liquid “BEER”. Those who know the truth are now happy, and fruitful of the loins. The rest are called “LIBERALS”, and they wait, impatiently, for their own solution.”
Beer is the answer. If only I could remember the question.”
This is True.
‘Cause in Genesis, O2 came after plants, and those only well after the waters and CO2 were formed. 8<)
Man, of course, came onto the bar last.
I also add wheat DME to my regular wort to kick it up. Works out just fine!