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I'm thinking about trying my hand at a small batch barley wine for Christmas. Something around 10-12 litres, and a good strong, malty beer. Something you'd sip from a wine glass ;) So I'm wondering if a kits a bits is allowed for barley wines: 1 x 1.7kg Coopers Real Ale 1 x 1.5kg Coopers Light...

I've been brewing a dark ale. Coopers Dark Ale kit, 1kg light dry malt, about 300gm of speciality grains, about 20gm @ 20 minutes of hops, US-04 yeast at around 18-20 degrees Well I got a bit busy and it ended up sitting in the primary fermenter for 5 weeks. I pored out a hydrometer reading and...

Hi, I'm thinking I might put on a winter honey beer. Something like: Coopers Canadian Tin .5 or 1 Kg of LDM 750gm of Honey 200-300gm of Caramunich II Probably US05 as I've got some re-cultured in the fridge. But I was thinking of giving Safale T-58 for something different. So I'm trying to...

Hi, I've been keeping my cracked specialty grain in the fridge in sealed plastic bags, in a sealed plastic container. How long should that be okay for? Weeks, months?

My beer's flat, grrrrrrr Put down a chocolate stout, fermented fine, and I thought I might put this into glass. Well I had various glass stubbies 330ml-375ml so I thought I might give this bulk priming caper a go. I figured I'd aim for 2.2 volumes of CO2, for 22 litres, that was sitting at 24C...

Hi, I've got a chocolate stout going and I used a bit (250g) of lactose to sweeten it. Pitched two packs of coopers yeast and it's run for 2 weeks at about 22 degrees. Everything looked fine, but I took a sample last night and it came in at 1.022 (OG was 1.060). Ingredients: Coopers Stout...

Okay, So I was thinking about doing a clone Coopers Pale Ale but I wasn't able to get my hands on Pride of Ringwood hops and I just don't think I'm going to get around to culturing up a coopers yeast. Slack I know, but baby mkII is right around the corner. So I need to get some more beer down...

On and off I've been mulling around in my head how to make ginger beer, lemonades and ciders sweeter. I know about and have tried using lactose but while I found lactose takes the edge off the sourness, it's just not a sugary sweetness. Maybe I'm just not using enough. I did use a kilo in a...

I was going to post this, then I thought, nah that's a stupid topic and then I thought, well if it is stupid then no one will reply, and that's cool. I've been umming and arring about putting down a something really cheap just to see how it turns out. Something like: 1.7Kg Coopers Real Ale (or...

Just wondering if anyone has actually got a PET bottle to blow. For fairly stupid reasons I managed to double bulk prime a lemonade. I haven't lost a bottle yet, and I'm actually enjoying the very high carbonation with the lemonade. Cheers, Finn.

Hi all, I want to put down a chocolate stout recipe and I want to make use of the ingredients that I have. Speaking of which, what I've got: Coopers Stout kit Coopers Dark Liquid Malt 350gm Roast Barley 60gm of East Kent Goldings 500gm of Light Dry Malt 200gm of Lactose So from reading around...

While I love Aussie Home Brewer, I've been googling around looking for other beer (specifically home brew) sites. So I was just wondering what sites, blogs and podcasts to people get into? Regularly updating ones.

Hi there, I was given a coopers cerveza kit and I was having a think about what I might do with it. I'm hoping to make it "tart and tasty", so to that end I was thinking of starting with Coopers Cerveza Kit (obviously) and 1.5 Kg Liquid Wheat Malt. What I'm wondering about is a flavour and...

Hi guys, I was about to put an order in with CraftBrewer and thought, I really should just get a tube for racking from them as well. Could someone recommend which of the tubes from http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/default.asp?CID=41 would be best for racking after initial fermentation from a...

Had a bit of an experiment the other day. I finished a bottle of homebrew and had a bit of yeast slurry at the bottom of it. I let it settle an poured out the last little bit of beer, then filled it back up with some apple juice, only half screwed the cap on and left it on the bench for a...

I've just put down a brew, Coopers Canadian Blonde with Coopers Brew Enhancer 1. I've used a Windsor Ale yeast for something a bit different. I was thinking of dry hoping with Hallertauer to liven it up a little. I've never used this hop, it was recommended to use with an English bitter, but I...

Hi there, just finished my first stout :) Coopers Stout (the regular one) 1Kg Brew Craft Dark Ale sugars 500gms Blackstrap Molasses 15gms Goldings dry hopped 3 packs of Muttons gold yeast (two were out of date) Only filled the fermenter to 18 litres and let it run for three weeks at 18-22...

Hi, I was wondering what the impact of only using Coopers LDM with a K&K. Something like Coopers Pale Ale and 1Kg of LDM? Or Even Coopers Pale and only 500gms of LDM for a mid strength? Do you need to use a bit of sugar to even things out with K&Ks? Cheers, Finn.

Hi, I figured with all the talk about people lurking and not posting, I should actually post something :) I've got a tin of Coopers Dark Malt that I had intended to use with a stout, but didn't. So with summer on the way, I thought, what can I do with it now? Is there such a thing as a dark...

Hi everyone, I'm about to try one of the new Coopers English Bitter kit (http://www.coopers.com.au/homebrew/hbrew.php?pid=1&id=2523), and on the side it says "we recommend mixing this product with 500g of Coopers Light Dry malt." I'm assuming this is meant as a replacement for any sugar? I just...