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Is there any reason you wouldn't use something like Liquid Smoke? It's a hickory-smoked fluid that imparts a rich smokey flavour and aroma.

I personally use chlorine bleach on many surfaces around the brewery (avoid leaving it on anything metallic, particularly stainless steel for longer than a few minutes) but those surfaces never come into direct contact with beer or yeast. I use Di-San from Aldi as a sodium percarbonate cleaner...

Very old thread but for anyone searching online and wondering (like me), HH now list the following on their bottles. Hops: Galaxy, Mosaic Malt: Ale, Crystal, Chocolate 5.2%, 35IBU, 20EBC. I personally find the chocolate malt much more prevalent in the bottled version but this may be due to the...

Grand Ridge Natural Blonde. A mate got a slab from a relative and made sure I drank one just to experience how bad it was. Not sure if it was a bad batch. I tried another one last week and whilst it has settled down a bit i had a few sips and turfed it. I couldn't even talk my mate into...

Thanks mate. I saw that list on the coopers forum earlier. Any idea why they dont print the details of the yeast on the sachets? For example - on the euro lager yeast - saflager xxx

I have managed to keep the temps right down between 11-14 degrees. Took sg reading today and had a sip. Through the lingering (and subsiding) sulphur aroma it tastes like it's going to be a tasty brew which will get better over time. Really interested to see how it turns out.

I'm using the swamp cooler as well. Using a plastic tub with a few ice bottles and a some sodium met just for a bit of peace of mind about nasties. Switching bottles every two-three hours keeps the temp between 10-14 degrees with ease. Lager time boi.

Thanks a bunch for all the advice guys, really put my mind at ease. I'm bottling my first brew today so all the ice bottles will be free to keep this one between 15-18 degrees throughout the brew. I'll be sure to let you all know how it turns out. :beer:

Not sure why i made this thread in the Beginner Partials forum so I started a new thread more specific to my questions now that I have determined that I had indeed pitched the wrong one. Thanks for your help. the new thread is over here here

If that is what happens then I will be stoked. That was the initial plan anyway! Something similar to a Sparkling Ale with a bit more sweetness. :P Is the yeast likely to produce 'off' flavours for an ale? Also, will this 'ale' need the same amount of bottle conditioning as a lager...

Sorry mate, should have clarified: It's the European Lager which I believe is a true lager yeast. I bought the euro and pale tin at the same time and tossed the yeasts in the fridge rather haphazardly as I didn't note which was which then assumed the 'p' after the serial would be for the Pale...

By accident, I pitched the Coopers lager yeast into an a wort of Pale Ale kit, 1kg lme and .5 of dex on Wednesday night. I can keep this at about 16 degrees but it will inevitably rise up to about 24 as I don't have a spare fridge at this stage. The fermenter is sitting in a tub with water and...

Alright, thanks mate. I'll keep it as cold as possible. Will this brew still need the recommended 12 weeks in the bottle before drinking because of the lager yeast?

:angry: Can I just chuck the ale yeast in now? This has been brewing since Wednesday night. I don't have the facilities to ferment below 18 degrees at the moment.

I have heard that the lager kit contains a Saflager lager yeast. The international series all have the same instructions with a little p.s for the lager kit that says to ferment at lager temps. The kit also states that it is a 'true lager strain'. It just made too much sense that the packet...

Hey guys, bought the Coopers International Lager and the Pale Ale kits the other week. When i got them home I took the yeast packets out and tossed them in the fridge. Moments later I realised that I may have made a bit of a cock up in not marking which yeast came from which kit. I checked...

Thanks for the reply Cube. So priming with ordinary table sugar produces good results but I've gathered that you should never use it for the primary fermentation, correct? Can you recommend any kits around the 25 dollar mark that you mentioned? Checking out the toucan method now. Thanks!

G'day guys, Got a Coopers Micro Brew kit for Chrissy and have been reading up on brewing, daily. Once i get into a hobby I get riiight into it. All the talk of "my mate tried to make it and it was crap." makes me want to make a good homebrew all the more! :D My brother did a few batches...