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  1. TheBigD

    Morgans Queenslander lager

    Well the fresh beer went into the keg and has been carbed up, first impressions aren't real good its drinkable and I'll polish it off without a problem but its below par for drinking fresh, Interested to see if the bottles condition and improve with a month or two. I dare say I wont be doing...
  2. TheBigD

    Morgan’s Lager with Maple syrup

    looks the goods! can you taste the maple? I did a whitebox honey lager(ale) a while ago and the bottles I had after the keg went were exceptional, the honey flavour was even more pronounced than the fresh brew in the keg
  3. TheBigD

    Bigger Batches

    Well my keg blew a week ago and it was pretty good, I was sad to see it blow so now I've just started on the tallies and I must say it has improved further with time in the bottle, bitterness and hop flavour has mellowed. I think its up there with best brews I've ever done. I've just...
  4. TheBigD

    Morgans Queenslander lager

    Maybe if you lived on the surface of the sun lol.
  5. TheBigD

    Morgans Queenslander lager

    Every time I go to my local HBS I eye off the Morgans Queenslander range but end up taking home a coopers premium can as I always have good results. Well finally I took a chance and purchase a nice fresh Morgans Qld lager can with Nov 2022exp. Now there isn't much info or reviews around the net...
  6. TheBigD

    First Brew: Mangrove Jack's Blonde Lager

    Boiling the goop is a waist of time IMO First get yourself some starsan and google how to use it to sanitise Rehydrate the tin yeast in 125ml water at 21C ( I just mix tap water and hot water from the kettle but some will tell you to cool boiled water) Just mix as per to the instructions the...
  7. TheBigD

    Bigger Batches

    I just kegged and bottled mine ended up with a full keg and 10 tallies. I had a middie after force carbing the keg and I think Im on to a winner, its a little under carbed ATM but I'll give it a week to carb up properly and clear and it should lose the carbonic bite and smooth out as it clears...
  8. TheBigD

    Coopers Stout

    My Irish stout is very nice at this young age in the keg cant see it lasting much more than another week lol, Im going to sit the bottles for around 3 months and see how they develop. Ill probably do the original stout/dark ale toucan for my next dark beer but it'll be some time off as I like to...
  9. TheBigD

    Colour change

    I've noticed this too, I think as the sediment drops out and clears it can take on a more golden appearance, the same has happened with my Mexican cerveza I'm drinking right now it was bearly yellow after kegging now after three week its crystal clear and golden
  10. TheBigD

    Bigger Batches

    Wow it sure will looking forward to your tastings! I just put mine down today however I tweaked it a little. 2 cans of Coopers APA 1 box of BE3 20grams of cascade 20grams Chinook both in a hop tea for 15 mins both kit yeasts rehydrated all put into my coopers FV with collar fitted filled to 27...
  11. TheBigD

    Coopers Stout

    Well I brewed mine over the school holidays whilst I was over seas so it had two weeks to ferment out, I use the coopers collar just in case it was a explosive ferment, I've since removed the collar and cold crashed for 7 days so hopefully I'll keg it on Saturday or Sunday, It tastes very nice...
  12. TheBigD

    Morgan’s Lager with Maple syrup

    I would have thought coopers Canadian blonde would have been more appropriate lol , make sure you update with tasting
  13. TheBigD

    Cooper's Light Liquid Malt Low OG

    This is why I don't bother with OG readings with kits, well that and I'm lazy
  14. TheBigD

    Bigger Batches

    My calcs come from using IanH's spread sheet so I don't know what the difference is maybe the priming sugar but I'm not to fussed about exacts anyway as long as its in 4-5.5% range im usually happy
  15. TheBigD

    Guide To Keg Forced Carbonation.

    I cold crash my batches and keg at 4 degrees or less then I take them to my kegerator where my gas is and purge the air out. I disconnect any other kegs, bump up the pressure to about 20psi and rock them standing up right so you can hear the gas mixing in for about two minutes or so and then...
  16. TheBigD

    Bigger Batches

    I've been tossing up the idea of a 30l brew as I keg and bottle I usually get 5 tallies after I fill a keg and would like to stock up a few more for when the kegs blow. I think a 2 x Coopers APA plus DME to 5% ABV and C Hop tea made to 30L would be ideal another I was thinking about 2 x...
  17. TheBigD

    Can you experiment with different Coopers enhancer kits?

    Agreed the Mex Cerveza is bland AF, I forced carbed a keg of it yesterday that was simply the tin , BE2 and about 300g of dex just to see what its like. It would make great summer beer for your mega swill mates to smash and Im sure i wont have an issue getting through the keg myself but I...
  18. TheBigD

    Coopers Stout

    using a mix of dry fermentables of around 2kg added with the tin in 23l will generally get you to around 6% every time, say 1.5kg LDM and 500g of dex is a good mix. I never do OG readings either(lazy brewer) only FG readings and on a occasion I've been known to give them a miss too but only...
  19. TheBigD

    First extract brew recipe (American Pale Ale) - Advice for improvements?

    for an American Pal ale you had you could do 25 grams from 60mins( bitterness) 10 grams at 30min( bitterness & flavour) and 10grams at 15mins (slight bitterness, Flavour & aroma) and a 25 gram dry hop on day 5 of fermentation. Not sure where it would come out IBU wise but it would end up nice...
  20. TheBigD

    First extract brew recipe (American Pale Ale) - Advice for improvements?

    A 60 minute boil will only give bitterness and very little if any flavour, you need extra additions at 30mins and 15 mins or there abouts for any hop flavour/aroma or you could have just done a 30min boil with the 45g which would have been better, also a dry hop during fermentation wouldn't go...
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