Customising a 2 can kit

[Beer Belly]

I've got a MUNTONS GOLD HIGHLAND HEAVY 2 can kit and I was thinking of adding 500g Dark Spray Malt and 500g of Pale Spray Malt and maybe 250g brewers sugar, I want to get a strong beer around the 9 - 10% mark. Will this be achieved adding the extra malt? Im using Nottingham Ale Yeast.

[Garth]

it'll probably add the alcohol you want, but it'll also make it taste quite sweet as you aren't adding any more bitterness to balance. Scottish ales like 80/- are quite sweet and malty, I haven't done this kit but it could be similar before you start adding extra fermentables.

I suppose the Nottingham yeast might give a bit more of a dry taste.

[jonnyhop]

It says on the danstar website that "Nottingham is a great choice for creation of higher-alcohol specialty beers"

http://www.danstaryeast.com/nottingham.html

However 2 can kits do get stuck fermentations now and then. Even allowing for this you should still achieve a high ABV. I think that what you have planned will achieve a high alcohol beverage though it may not taste great, to much alcohol without enough body. Give it a whirl and see, what can you lose?

[Beer Belly]

Will the spray dry malt not add body?

[dedken]

If you're using that quantity of fermentables you might want to pitch more than one packet of yeast. You could always do a hop boil to add bitterness.

[jonnyhop]

Will the spray dry malt not add body?

It will add a bit, but I don't think enough for a high alcohol beer. This is purely speculative though.

[micromaniac]

I've got a MUNTONS GOLD HIGHLAND HEAVY 2 can kit and I was thinking of adding 500g Dark Spray Malt and 500g of Pale Spray Malt and maybe 250g brewers sugar, I want to get a strong beer around the 9 - 10% mark. Will this be achieved adding the extra malt? Im using Nottingham Ale Yeast.

just split a two can kit to make two seperate brews, done the spray malt thingy and gulose but did a hop tea boil 30mins,25g fuggles 25g northern brewer plus 30g dry hop in keg.transfered to keg last night it smelt and tasted well hoppy.will be making up seconed tin with a new variant

[potatoes]

Just a thought, you could use windsor yeast instead. This will leave a bit more flavour as it doesn't ferment all the malt. Problem with this is that you wouldn't get all ABV you want....

[Beer Belly]

right, thanks for the input folks. I'm going to boil up some hops and chuck it in with the rest and see what happens.