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Good point. The yeast in good old Coopers Sparkling Ale is pretty darn old

I've read a few articles about beer recovered from a 220 year old shipwreck and they were able to culture yeast from it. There's been a James Squire beer created from it and I think another craft brewery created a porter from it (name escapes me). Does anyone know if this yeast is available to...

Thanks, reckon this will do the trick: 3 kg Coopers light malt extract 400g wheat malt 400g rolled oats (from the pantry) 200g crystal malt hops: 20g Citra @20 min 20g Amarillo @15 min 20 Citra @10 min 20 Amarillo @5 min 40g Citria steep 40g Amarillo steep 40g Citra dry hop safale S04 yeast...

I'm looking to brew this extract recipe I converted from an all grain one and I'm just not sure it will work. I'll be doing as a stove top with a grain bag. 1.5 kg Coopers light malt extract 1.5 kg Coopers wheat malt extract 200g crystal malt 400g rolled oats (from the pantry) 200g dextrose (to...

I did a tour of my local one in Kilburn, SA. I was basically sick of cleaning and putting all the stuff away and the thought of doing it all in a commercial kitchen seemed appealing. The guy did go to great to trash home brewing (which seemed a little unnecessary).... I guess the whole...

If you can find a supermarket that still stocks kits - Coopers Pale kit - 1 kg coopers light dry malt maybe grab some extra hops from a homebrew store. Cascade, galaxy or Citra Follow this recipe...

Been look into the same thing today. In my inventory i have: 0.75 Kg Black malt 0.50 Kg Choc malt 0.50 Kg Light crystal almost a kilo of dextrose (generally just used for bulk priming) 11 g Centennial 7 g Chinook 10 g Citra 50 g Fuggles US05 yeast I was thinking of grabbing 2 cans of Coopers...

I've got a Mangrove Jacks Cider kit going at the moment for the Minister for War and Domestic Affairs. Just wondering how much I priming sugar should I use? I usually bulk prime my beers because all my bottles are 330 ml instead of 375 ml. Would carb drops do the trick for cider though?

Yeah i'd throw in 500g of dry malt extract

Think I read somewhere the big supermarkets were stopping stocking home brew stuff as it cannibalises there bottle-shop sales.

I did this recipe a while ago and it turned out ripper. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7iqgerF748 1 coopers pale can 1 pack coopers brew enhancer 2 1 pack coopers dry light malt 15 g centennial/10 g cascade @ 15 minutes 15 g centennial/10 g cascade @ 1 minute 15 g centennial/10 g cascade dry...

I've found since I've been bulk priming I get that surprised "this tastes exactly like Little Creatures" look from people.

Just tried it and the metallic flavour is distinctly less now than when i tried it a week ago, so I think i will bottle it anyway. I bulk prime so i'll be siphoning off into another vat before bottling which hopefully will leave a bit of nastiness behind. Frustrating as i can taste a good bear...

I've got an IPA going that I was looking forward to. However when I've tried it, it tastes like metal... Which isn't as awesome as it sounds. Any chance this will fix itself with time?

It was the soft pack type.. Had some ingredients left over from my last brew, so I added: 120 g medium crystal 20 g Cascade 10 g Centennial