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I've never brewed one of these, but I suspect there's not much in there for the yeast to feed on. I'd suggest you need to feed your yeast with some yeast nutrient for it to get going. Others may have better ideas.

Drinking from a batch of Belgian Pale Ale, very nice. Finished off off the last of a batch of Pilsner where I made some major muckups during the brewing process. Bottled a batch of Best Bitter today.

Welcome to the Forum. My brother has a horse stud and training farm near Cambridge ! Nice part of the world.

The title will tell you it's Geelong !

Welcome. Mosaic is one of my go to hops. Others that will work really well in an US style IPA is Cascade, Citra, SImcoe and others like it.

Welcome figment. I know Saratoga well, my wedding's best man grew up there! Extract brewing is still brewing real beer, just that others have done the recipe formulation. Having said that, I endorse Hangover 68. Doing all the steps yourself gives you more choice and freedom in brewing beer just...

Welcome back. Enjoy your resurrected brewing journey.

http://www.brewman.com.au/web/index.asp Steve is in Brandy Hill, works from a facility at his property. Took over MHB's business. Was my supplier for years when I lived in Corlette, before moving to Brisbane. although I still get stuff from him via delivery. Highly recommended.

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Seems to be something that's not uncommon, because dropping your temp down to 13ºC at pitching isn't that easy, unless you've got good really refrigeration. The thinking is that the yeast will go into growth phase at the initial temperature, and then ferment cleanly at the lower temperature...

Sure, why not? Go for it. At the start of fermentation, there's no alcohol yet. If you have enough yeast, I'm sure the Coopers yeast will easily manage to ferment to 5.6% ABV.

As far as I know Cooper's use the same yeast in all their beers.

Pale Ale is preferred simply because the Pale Ale is a lower ABV than the Sparkling Ale. It is thought this will give you a less stressed yeast, and thus a healthier yeast to cultivate.

There are some recipes on Brewman's website, but you need to join to get access. They're pretty simple recipes. For the Pale Ale it is all Ale malt, Super Pride hops to about 26 IBU, and cultured Cooper's yeast, and a reasonably high calcium content is recommended. This is one of MHB's recipes...

Welcome to AHB. Enjoy your brewing journey.

Welcome to AHB. Nice set up you have there.

Well done John. Enjoy your retirement. Been retired myself now for 17 years. Haven't missed work for a single day. I always advise people that before retiring they need to work out what activities will replace work for them. Sitting in front of the goggle box all and every day watching Nilflix...

Has been covered before, see here: https://aussiehomebrewer.com/threads/frozen-fermented-beer.94813/#post-1449601

No. Just let it get back up to temperature.

You're on track, certainly. Enjoy the beer once it's bottled or kegged and carbonated.