True Blue Bitter - Australian Ale Fresh³ Recipe (KB04609)
Utilises KL18777 Lager Fresh³ Fresh Wort Kit
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Utilises KL18777 Lager Fresh³ Fresh Wort Kit
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This Fresh3 [Fresh Cubed] Fresh Wort Kit pays homage to the True Blue Aussie Spirit. A simple draught that gets the job done rain or shine. We could go on and on about the premium malts and the water profile balance to craft a truly smashable beer, but my guess is that you are the type of operator who says bugger that! Give me a Handle/Schooner/Pint or screw it a Jug for one and make sure it's bloody cold.
To get this puppy humming away nice and clean try and keep the fermenting temperature between 20°C and 24°C. This recipe uses a Kveik strain (Voss), meaning you can ferment right up to 40°C if you have no temperature control.
Ideally, the temperature of the wort should be at pitching temp before adding the yeast. If the liquid is too hot then sit the fermenter in an ice bath or fermentation fridge until the temperature of the liquid has cooled down to below the target pitching temperature.
20°c
Ensure that the lid remains on the fermenter as much as possible and the thermometer is sanitised prior to each measurement to avoid contamination of your beer. Add the entire contents of the yeast sachets to your fermenter by gently sprinkling the yeast across the top of the wort.
This step is the most important to get great tasting finished beer. Half fill your airlock or blow-off jar with no-rinse sanitiser at the correct dilution.
Raising the temperature at the end of fermentation is known as a diacetyl rest, and is important to ensure full attenuation and to allow the yeast to clean up the off flavours that can be produced as a result of fermentation.
1.048-1.013 Until FG Stabilises
Day 0-7
20°c to 40°C!
Try to maintain the fermentation within the yeasts ideal temperature range until fermentation is nearly complete, at which stage the fermenter can be moved somewhere warmer for the diacetyl rest.
16°C
21°C
Once fermentation is done, it is time to transfer your fnished beer! Ideally, cold crashing -1°C for 3 days will give the best results before transferring. To determine that fermentation has finished, check the gravity over three consecutive days. If it is stable across three consecutive days then fermentation is done and the beer can be safely transferred to your bottles, cans or keg. Do not transfer until fermentation is complete.
During the packaging process the most important rule is to keep air (well Oxygen) out of the beer. Check out the links for best practice of how to do this depending on method used.
Clean and sanitise all brewing equipment that will come into contact with your beer (including fermenter, fermenter lid, mixing paddle/spoon, thermometer, air lock etc.) with a quality no-rinse sanitiser, such as .
Unscrew the cap and sanitise the neck of your Fresh Wort Kit to prevent any wild yeast or bacteria which may be on the bag itself from being transferred into your brew. is ideal for this.
Use the schedule below as your target temperatures throughout fermention (follow SG Steps over Time Steps if possible, a is a great way to make this easy).
The absolute best way to ensure you get consistently great beer is to get a small cheap/free fridge from Gumtree and make a fermentation chamber paired with a and controlled by a or buy a ready to go Note that if you are using a pressure capable fermenter you will get the best results at around 2-5psi. Allow pressure to build up with a spunding valve 24 hours after pitching. Using too much pressure with Lager yeasts can lead to stalling.
Bottling your beer: Use KegLand Amber Glass Bottles with Swing/Flip Top Lids (KL20947) or KegLand Amber PET Bottles with Screw Caps (KL19866 or KL19859). Please refer to our detailed beginners guide for bottling from a fermenter .
Kegging: We would suggest, carbonating and dispensing at 10-12 psi at 2°C for best results. Refer to our detailed beginners guide for kegging from a fermenter .
Canning: To transfer your finished beer into cans we would suggest kegging and carbonating at 11psi at 2°C then transferring to cans. Refer to our detailed beginners guide for canning .
