So my friend brought me a “Bock” canned LME kit from New Zealand that contains 2 things: a packet of yeast and a 4 lb can of hopped liquid malt. It was a gift so I want to make sure I use it and the beer tastes good. The recipe makes 23 liters (6.08 gallons) and calls for an additional 1 kg of “liquid brewing sugar or sugar.” I’d like to make it a 5 gallon recipe so it will fit in my fermenters. I’ve got extra IPA ingredients - LME, DME, hops, & grains. I was thinking about just doing a regular IPA extract brew - steep some grains, add canned malt & about 1 lb more of LME, maybe throw in a few extra hops (or dry hop later). Call it a “Bock IPA”? Any suggestions? Anyone ever used one of these canned kits before??
you could just add the canned stuff to 2 gallons of water, add the sugar, boil 15 minutes. chill, top of and add fresh yeast. it’ll be more of a dopplebock at 5 gallons but it’ll be okay. If you use US-05 and ferment really cool (around 58f tops) it’ll even be pretty clean like a lager.
Thanks for the input. I ended up steeping some grains from a Stout kit, adding some Golden Light DME to the Bock LME, and “dry hopping” with some local roasted coffee beans. Turned out to be an excellent coffee stout - well better than anything we get out here on a tiny island in the pacific. I don’t think you could buy ANY stout anywhere out here even if you wanted to…