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The advice on this thread is good. Basically the second can stands in for sugar or added malt (as compared to original instructions). I tried a toucan using Coopers Stout + Coopers Bitter. Lets just say it was a much too bitter. Quite weird. Next time I'll add a "weaker" can as the second one.

These flies can breed in the sink drain trap where I dump the old stuff? How does one eradicate them? Dump some bleach into the drain? Sanitizer? I have PVC pipes...

Thanks, I'm going to study that thread and try things a bit differently next time. Live and learn.

As a postscript, I thought I'd drop a note about how this batch turned out... Yup. Very, very bitter. I'm a bit dissapointed but glad I tried it out nonetheless. The final beer has been bottled for a about three weeks and the mouthfeel from the toucan seems much better than my previous kits...

A recent batch of beer I made has puzzled me. The beer was primed with more dextrose in an attempt to up the carbonation a bit. The earliest bottles I drank were very carbonated and poured a nice fuffy head in the glass. They were almost like champagne or soda pop... a steady stream of bottles...

For your first can just follow the kit instructions and see what you get. On your second can try switching from sugar to dry malt extract and dextrose. That way you have a basis for comparing how the elements work together. It's more important to learn the basic process when you are first...

I had considered trying that but was confused about why these cans are larger in size. That is what I should instead do with my next Coopers Stout. Thanks for that idea...

Thanks for the comments. The consensus seem to be that it will be very bitter. I've just racked this from the primary at day 15 and the SG is 1.012 at 19C from an original reading of about 1.042. I've lost a bit of volume from the forthy start and will let people know how it turns out. I think...

It'd be interesting to post the same question on a AA board and see what happens. My wife is pretty good about the beer set-up I have. I never have more that one batch on the go at a time because it clutters up too much of the house. She'll have the odd beer and I know I have a good one if she...

I've been making the Coopers kits for close to a year and slowly moved from using sugar to adding DME instead and finally have tried my first toucan. Any ideas what this combo will be like? I found that I needed to pour both cans into a large pot and added some water and heat to improve the...

bconnery: to follow up to your response, Would it be safe to start the Coopers Bitter and add one of the Masterblends? Most of my Coopers kits ask for about 800g to 1000g of extra something (sugar, LDME, dextrose, etc) but (to cite your example) the Dark Crystal is like adding another 1450g of...

I'm a rather new brewer and have only six kits under my belt. All are Coopers. So I've become accustomed to adding 300g dextrose and 500 LDME to most things. I'm wanting to branch out a little and I'm looking for ideas for tinkering with this basic Coopers Bitter kit. The Coopers website has a...

If you are trying to get something that resembles a Corona i'd suggest adding lemon to your beer after you pour it. I've recently tried this same kit and used 500g of Spagnols American Gold Dry Light DME and 400g dextrose. OG was 1.035 at 22C and I used the Coopers yeast supplied with the kit...

eteo, I have brewed a limited number of Coopers kits: a Stout; a Dark Ale; and their IPA. The first two probably have used an identical yeast (they shared, more or less, identical directions). However, my IPA instructions say that this kit uses a Pilsner style yeast. With that in mind, if you...

Stupid question: how did you navigate to that page? I can't seem to find the submit review feature for some other kits I've made.

I'm new to this stuff too and had the same problem (but I use sugar for priming). I mix the sugar into the whole batch before bottling but found that my bottles would fizz or bubble over as I filled them. I'd had to let them settle a bit, top them off a bit more, then cap. Are you using a tap...

Thank you both for the information!

Boy, there sure seems to be alot of interest in this particular kit on this thread. Can anyone tell me what the heck the brew enhancer actually is? I've looked at some Coopers kits in my grocery store (in Canada) and I haven't come across them and several kits of theirs ask for it. Drews idea...

Many thanks guys. Cheers!

I am new to brewing (and this board) and have made a Coopers Stout and Coopers Dark Ale. These first two kits seemed straight forward, I followed the kit instructions to the letter, and used nothing but household sugar. The kits are now bottled and are a few weeks old and seem to have turned out...