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Hi, I brewed the following last weekend: 1 Coopers wheat beer kit 4 lbs wheat malt 0.5oz Hallertauer 15 mins 0.5oz Hallertauer 2 mins cooled to 22 degrees pitched Wyeast 3068. OG 1060 Temperature is now 17 to 18 degrees and it is fermenting away nicely. After fermentation is complete, I...

Hi, I have done a few Coopers IPA kits and I have liked the taste. I want to try my hand at steeping and would like to know what specialty grains I could use to improve the flavour of this IPA. I also intend to use Safale 04 yeast instead of the kit yeast. Also, 1kg of dried malt extract...

Hi guys, I am currently into my second week fermenting the above. Have kept temperatures constant in by placing the fermenter in a refrigerator to about 10 degrees C. I think fermentation should be complete soon because I measured the FG a couple of days ago and the reading was about 1010. I...

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Hi friends, I intend to go into partial mash brewing soon and I have a basic thermometer question. I have a dial thermometer 5 inch (meat thermometer). How do I use it to constantly monitor the temperature of the wort? Is there a clip of some sort that clips to the edge of the boiler or...

Hi, I am thinking of doing a Coopers wheat kit but modified to a German type of weizen beer if possible. Does anyone know a recipe? I am thinking of a style along the lines of a German heavier type beer and not as light as Hoegarten. Thanks in advance

Hi, I am thinking of getting a 2nd fridge to ferment and store beer. I will be controlling the temperature to 20 degrees C with a temperature controller. However, I am uncertain what to do with the freezer compartment above. Seems a bit of a wasted space because temperatures are too cold for...

Hi, I have the kit yeast from a Coopers IPA and Bitter (not Australian Bitter) because I changed the yeast (used Safale for those brews) and will be doing a Coopers Dark ale soon. Just wondering if I can use the kit yeasts from the IPA and the bitter are the same as that for the dark ale? Thanks

Hi, I did a search and I know there is a lot of debate about plastic and glass carboys for secondary fermentation. I managed to obtain a 5 gallon plastic water cooler container and thought of using that as a carboy. Has anyone done that before? How did it turn out? Thanks

Hi, my second brew. In both my first and second, I did not see any bubbling but I know that fermentation did take place (because of SG readings and alcohol in the beer). On my second brew the when I moved the fermentor for bottling the air lock water got sucked back into the fermentor. I...

Hi friends, I am new to brewing. I have just bottled my first batch which I brewed in a wine cooler. During the primary fermentation process I noticed that the temperature of the wine cooler (from the digital readout) and the temperature strip on the fermenter was often very different (eg...

Hi, first time brew Coopers Blonde. I am close to the end of primary fermentation, having begun 8 days ago on 9/9/06. OG was 1040. Current SG 1010. When I poured the beer into the hydrometer container just now, the beer was carbonated and had quite a good head. I thought this only...

Hi friends, My first time home brew! I placed my Coopers canadian blonde wort into my wine cooler for primary fermentation. The maximum temperature of the wine cooler is 18 degrees celsius. I pitched the yeast at 32 degrees. Over the 2days, the temperature reading on the strip dropped...