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Hi, i am redoing the coopers nut brown and golen ale recipes, my all time favourites. Just realised i bought dark crystal malt as oppised to the lighter variety. My nut brown 10 days in bottle is more bitter than i remember from the previous batch, so wondering if dark malt is the cause and i...

Hi, ive been hit by 5 brews in a row that arent obviously infected to look at but seem to have a bittery after taste which gets worse with age. Drinkeable, but not nice. They also seem a bit fizzy, there is head, but more gassy than lacey. No bottle bombs yet. I have temp control. My coopers...

Hi, i have some 2 year old uncracked crystal grain. Ok to use? Its been sealed in a bag, but dont want to risk ruining a brew.

Hi, Finished ferment and frozen solid during cold crash. From what ive read think i might do following. Thaw Add small amount of yeast Stir lightly Leave a few hpurs Bottle Is this a good approach?

Hi, got a bench top bottle capper for Christmas. I'm nervous about how high above the bottle I should set the machine. Eg if its too low and I pull the lever all the way down, will it smash the bottle. I am assuming the lever needs to pull all the way down?

Hi, My brew is ready to bottle, finished 3 days ago. I wont have time to bottle tonight pre vacation so will have to wait 2 weeks. Its in a fridge at 18 degrees. Am i better to 1) leave at 18 degs for the next 2 weeks or 2) cold crash. Thanks.

Hi, looking to put down a refreshing easy drinking summer ale. I have 25gs of galaxy and amarillo, some BE2 and also the brewcraft equivalent and access to a Big W to grab a coopers tin. Any suggestions? Was thinking - Coopers APA - Brewcraft brew booster - 15gs amarillo, 15gs galaxy @15 -...

Hi, Just got a fridge and have a temperature controller hooked up. The controller shows 13.5 whereas the fermenter plastic strip says 16. I have the temp sensor sitting next to the fermenter (not stuck to it). Would i expect this much difference? or is the sticky perhaps wrong (i've had it for...

hi, Finally got a temp controller fridge so looking to do my first proper lager. I have the coopers euro kit and also 500gs LDME and packet of BE2. Was hoping to make something refreshing for summer, not too heavy. A couple of questions. 1) is the LDME and BE2 an ok combination for this? or...

Hi, Finished fermenting a golden ale. The temp in Melbourne tonight is 3 to 6 degrees. Is it worth putting in the shed for the next few days to cold crash?

Hi, I put down a Canadian blonde with dry hopped Amarillo a while back, likes the result so looking to do something similar. I have A kit of Canadian blonde Be2 and another 250 grams of dme 25 grams saaz hops, 15 grams cascade, 25 pride of Ringwood Saf 05 250gms of carapils. I'm doing carapils...

i am drinking another batch of home brew. for a while I have been wondering why the carbonation from my reused stubbies are better than my pet tallies. I have come to the conclusion that its a volume thing ie a tallie is 740 mls a stubbie is 330 to 350. 1 drop goes further in a stubbie than 2...

Hi, I put the following down 18 days ago. Coopers lager tin Coopers be1 250gms coopers ldme 10 cascade hops boiled for 15, 5 grams thrown in at the end of the boil, hops not strained therefore boil put into fermented with hop residue Safale s05 yeast Original gravity 1043 For the first week...

I have read in a few places that if you squeeze the air out of a PET botlle after filling and before putting the cap on that you will get better carbonation. Is this an old wives tale? Also, thinking of pimping up a Coopers Lager with the following - am I on the right track? 1 Coopers Lager 1...

Hi, I have a left over can of Coopers light LME, amarillo finishing hops, carapils and saf05 yeast. I only have access to a BIG W near me at the moment and hoping to put a bew down tonight. Any ideas? I am looking at something along the lines of a classic Aussie bitter / premium lager etc. To...

Still a newbie, bottling another batch tomorrow. Do people go o,verboard with cleanliness? I can understand being anal with the fermenter as you can lose a whole batch with infection. With bottles I'm happy to lose the odd bottle if it means avoiding the whole rigmarole some go through to get...

i havent put a down a brew since November, basically the last time it wasnt hot. I dont have temperature control and am looking ahead to melbourn'es forecast with a 30 and 34 on Monday / Tuesday. I can put the brew inside but can still expect an ambient temperature of 26 inside. I could try the...

Hi, Just wondering what people's opinions are on the best value online sites for home brew purchases. On face value, the cheapest and most reasonable I have been able to find is http://discounthomebrewwarehouse.com.au/ although that was until I realised the shipping cost adds almost 50% to the...

Hi, I have put through 5 brews now. The first 4 basically used Coopers kits (ale/lager/draught/pale ale) with a BE or Coopers malt addition (and golden syrup added in another). The last brew ingredients I got down at my LHBS which consisted of a mangrove jacks classic bitter, a brewcraft beer...

I bottled 4 coopers batches in October/November using pet bottles and carb drops. The first lager batch took ages to carbonate but now is plenty fizzy with a great head. The pale ale, real ale, and Irish amber ale recipes all carbonated nicely in the first month and were great drinking up till...