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Has anyone used a coffee plunger for steeping hops.. and then only use the liquad for dry hopping

Can you bottle cidar early and not add priming sugar.. say at 1.010 or less to get a sweater cidar.. and will it still carb up enough... i have PET bottles

Im been making APA with ibu ranging from 30 to 38 ibu and wanting to lower ibu down to 20 to 28 by either less boiling time or less bittering hops... i would like everyone's suggestions thanks

Just need to confirm if you can do a extract brew in a 30min boil instead of a 60min as i have found this recipe that boils the exract for 30min before adding hops for the last 30min and additional hops at flame out.. it seems to me that the first 30mins a waste off time

Just tried to harvest my first coopers commercial yeast only worry i have is do i have enough room in the flask or will it bubble out

This is my first yeast harvest ...ive skimmed the foam off the top of wort over 2 days and was wondering if this is all yeast or only the very thin line on top and is this enough for my next brew ...TIA.

What are the pros and cons of ball lock and pin lock kegs...and who prefer wich one

Does any one have tips on making dry hopping aroma hops lasting longer in my bottles.... as i leave my bottles to condition for 12 weeks and i always sample one or two at 3 weeks were the hops are very aromatic but by 12 weeks all that aroma is light or not there..tia

Has anyone ever realised they under primed there 740ml bottles ....and then reopened them and added more sugar and recapped to get more bubbles after one month off conditioning

I've made a couple of batches of beer with yeast other then under the lid... First I used a US-05 witch I rehydrated..and it finished at 1.016 .. This my recipe coopers Mexican cerza can, 1.5kg liquid wheat malt, 50g galaxy.. Made up to 23 ltr.. OG 1.050 .... Next brew was ..coopers pale ale...

Just got a OG 1.058 and was wondering if the 11g Nottingham ale yeast be enough to do the job. .. 23ltr batch Coopers APA can Coopers en1 1.5kg liquid wheat malt

Were does everyone stand with cold break do you leave it in the wort or take it out

I used safale us 05 for my first time but I opened the fermenter fridge and there is a strong ginger. Beer smell but tastes OK I also used cascade hops in coopers pale ale has anyone had this smell before worried about an infection

Can I use a lager yeast in a pale ale so I can brew in my fridge in the winter at lower temps and do I just Cary on like I was brewing with ale yeast or do I have to condition my bottles longer

After sum suggestions on a good lager kit and hop combinations as coopers pale ale kit are quite good but not very morish

I did a 10min boil with 20grams of galaxy in my coopers APA today and I left the hop tea bags in the fv is that OK or should I have taken them out I'm hearing everyone having grassy after taste from galaxy if left to long in fv

If I use two cans do I use both the yeast and do u need fermentable

I wash my vat out with bleach after every use but normally senatise straight away and put another brew in....is the smell left from the last brew... is that normal or should I try and clean it until the smell is gone

I was given 2 cans of coopers larger that is out of date one is from november 2013 and the other is from march 2014 could they be OK or just through away

I've been brewing since June and I have about 10 brews under my belt but I'm disappointed in carbonation I use coopers drops I've been adding 2 drops to 740ml as directed my question is has anyone tried 3 drops