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  1. shaunms

    Screw Top Wine Bottles

    Hi Please advise, can I bottle my brew in used screw top wine bottles? Cheers Shaun
  2. shaunms

    Hydrometer Reading

    Hello all So last night I was making a batch of some modified Coopers Stout and I took and initial hydrometer reading filling the tube to about 3/4 with beer. I dropped the hydrometer in and got a reading of 1050. About 20 minutes later I thought I better take a new reading so that I could sure...
  3. shaunms

    Chocolate Stout

    I am a newbie to and I am brewing my first chocolaty type of stout tonight and I hope its going to be great. My indigence *Coopers Stout 1.7kg *Coopers Brew Enhancer 2 1kg *250g Chocolate Grain <http://countrybrewer.com.au/category41_1.htm> *500 dex *S-04 yeast No idea how its going to turn...
  4. shaunms

    How To Heat A Fridge

    ****reposting this question as a new topic***** Hi, I got my fridge which can hold 2 fermentors and all is now good in the world, well almost. Here's the thing, the temp in the fridge is between 15 and 16 degrees and I want to get it up to 18-20 because I use the Coopers kits with the Coopers...
  5. shaunms

    Temp Control During Fermentation - Please Help A Newbie

    Ok, I got my fridge which can hold 2 fermentors and all is now good in the world, well almost. Here's the thing, the temp in the fridge is between 15 and 16 degrees and I want to get it up to 18-20 because I use the Coopers kit with the Coopers kit yeast. Eventually I will get a fridgemate and...
  6. shaunms

    Temp Control During Fermentation - Please Help A Newbie

    Thanks everyone for you great advice and ideas. Last week I thought I had come up with a perfect solution to my problem by using a fish tank heater but unfortunately to my surprise the fish tank heater glass broke when I filled up the container with luke warm water so I had to go back to the...
  7. shaunms

    Pimping My Coopers Ginger Beer

    Hi Just my report back, Yesterday I brewed my Coopers Ginger beer, I added 1kg raw sugar, a lemon and some fresh Ginger with 400g of Golden Syrup. My OG is 1032 so lets see what happens. will keep you posted. Shaun
  8. shaunms

    Temp Control During Fermentation - Please Help A Newbie

    So during my very first brew the weather behaved its self and the temp was around 21 degrees for the entire week of fermentation, everything went swimmingly. Now winter has well and truly set in and the temp of my last batch <and 2nd ever> was between 16 to 18 degrees and I think I was lucky...
  9. shaunms

    Pimping My Coopers Ginger Beer

    Due to the great response I got from my first post I thought I would ask another question. I recently bought the Coopers Ginger Beer <because I have never drunk alcoholic Ginger Beer before> before reading the container. Once i got home and read the instructions I realised that it will only get...
  10. shaunms

    How To Make Coopers Stout Really Strong / High In Alcohol Content?

    Hi Guys Thanks for your fast response, I just want to make sure I totally understand to avoid any mistakes I may make in the process of creating the ultimate STOUT :-) 1) 2 cans Coopers Stout or 1 can Stout and 1 can Coopers Dark Ale. 2) Mix 1kg light dried malt extract, 1kg dextrose to 23...
  11. shaunms

    How To Make Coopers Stout Really Strong / High In Alcohol Content?

    Hi Guys I am new to HomeBrewing and I recently bought the Coopers MicroBrewing Kit. I have recently moved to Australia from Ireland and I am a real lover of strong stout. I would like to know if anyone has experience in pimping up the Coopers Stout kit to give in an alcohol content of...
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