Beer kit experiment round 2!

I made a great batch of beer with my last beer beer kit experiment,  you can access that post here 

I had a great idea of how I could do another experiment. I have done this experiment twice now, using a different type of hop each time, both beers came out with a different taste, meaning this is a great way to experiment with different hops and make different styles of beer, and best of all its very simple.

Storing Spray Malt

I buy my malt in 3 kilograms bags from a reputable company in Ireland.  I usually mash some crystal malt and speciality grains so a full 3 kilogram bag per batch is not required, unless I want a strong beer.

I usually like a session strength beer and aim for 4 - 4.5% abv, so I find using 2.7kg is sufficient for a 5 gallon batch. Storing spray malt can be tricky though. You can also add a couple of hundred grams of sugar and save a bit of malt, but slightly boost the strength to compensate. You really won't notice any difference in body over 2 or 3 hundred grams of cane sugar.

If you are mashing crystal malt, you can also reduce the spay malt even more as the crystal malt adds fermentable sugars to the wort.