Search results

Sorry, yep, dissolving is the second step. The reason I've dropped the volume to 1.8 is due to the size limitations of my kettle :). No other reason. Didn't think it would make too much of a difference.

Thanks again for clearing things up Manticle!

This particular set of instructions were from a coopers pale ale can. That above is word for word from the instruction set that comes with the can. The next is: Top up fermenter with cold water to the 20 litre mark, mix thoroughly with plastic spoon and check temperature for ideally 21-27...

Hey guys, Just been reading through the "how to brew" by john palmer. Great book, and would recommend it to anyone starting out brewing. One thing that is touched on in the Yeast section is aeration is good, oxidation is bad. It mentions that the generally accepted cut off for hot side wort...

I see, the mix of the rehydrated yeast and the fermenting beer was more to not shock the yeast with temperature I guess ... Hopefully should turn out alright, there is definitely activity, and has dropped low enough to push the temp up to a diacetyl rest (17 degrees). Did that yesterday...

Apologies, aerated the wort inside the container with the rehydrated yeast. Then added the rehydrated yeast and aerated wort back onto the top of the fermenting wort. If this makes sense ... Hopefully shouldn't have exposed it to too much oxygen as was just adding the rehydrated yeast and the...

Sorry, wrong order on there, I aerated the wort then put the rehydrated yeast onto the top of that ... I'll test early tomorrow to see what's happening. Cheers all.

Alrighty, rehydrated another pack of saflager s-23, brought the keg up to 15 degrees, slowly added wort to the rehydrated yeast to aclimatise to the temperature of wort. Added the rehydrated yeast cream slurry to the wort and stirred it up to aerate. I'll test again tonight to see if it's...

I also added an extra 300gm of dextrose on top of the "coopers brew enhancer 1". The 1kg brew enhancer 1 has a mix of 750gm dextrose, 250gm maltodextrin. So technically it would be 1050gm of dextrose and 250gm of maltodextrin. Not sure if that makes much difference? Also the wort was made up...

At the moment the wort tastes quite sweet, needs a diacetyl rest too I think (again, first lager, so could be wrong, it's happened a few times before ;)) as I can taste some buttery tones as well ... In saying that, I've noticed the clarity is much improved (not as cloudy as I remember at least...

1.003 and 1.007? That's even lower than 1.010 I was expecting ... Have I mis-understood something here? This is my first lager, so go easy on me ... :) Basically it looks like the fermentation has stopped? More yeast? Bottle at 1.020? I wanted to at least do a diacetyl rest, not sure if I'm...

Based on that yeast calculator it also recommends 1.7 11gm packs of yeast ... Which means I'm under on what I should have pitched with according to that ... Recommendations based upon this? Do I get another yeast pack? OR just let this one go and have a 3% lager ... :(?

Apologies, Cooper's Canadian Blonde + 1kg Brew Enhancer 1 (250g maltodextrin + 750g dextrose.) + 300gm of Dextrose + water + saflager s-23 yeast. I'm assuming that is Apparent Attenuation, and looks a bit low ... Am I right in saying that? Based on the ingrediants as well, I would have...

Would appear that I have medium/soft water at a range between 124mg and 150mg from the tap.

Hey guys, I've put down a kit and kilo (with a bit more dextrose) of a cooper's canadian blonde. The yeast that got recommended to me from my LHBS was the Saflager S-23. I dry pitched the yeast (one pack) at 20 degrees, then brought down to 11 degrees for fermentation. The starting gravity...

Sweet! Cheers guys, much appreciated for the links and recommendations! Noob brewer at the moment, but very eager to learn! Cheers again!

Cheers, that makes it a bit easier. Thanks to all who replied, puts my mind at ease a bit more now. I want to get a few kits out, then start delving into extract brews. I'll eventually get to all grain, but have a lot to learn before I get there. Thanks again!

This particular brew did brew at higher temperatures than I had liked, and subsequently faster than usual. This could have contributed negatively to the brew as well msot likely. Luckily I now have a tempmate controlled fridge, so this should hopefully be better for future brews, if the lager...

Anyone got any thoughts on this? Is it a stupid question?

Hi guys, Something that I've been thinking about recently and haven't seemed to have found any specific definitive answer on here, so thought I'd create a post about it. I have done only a few brews now, however one of my last kits was the coopers pale ale. I did everything by the book (the...