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Hey guys, As the title suggests, its my first year harvest and im having a bit of trouble working out when to pick my hops. Ive actually already had a small harvest, it was a few months ago. I'm "fairly certain" these were ripe to pick. But it seems its happening again. I have another...

Hey guys, Had a couple of questions about my cascade hop plant. I think maybe its having a slow start? this is a photo of it today. Its picked up alot of growth over the last week (maybe due to warm weather in melbourne), but i have seen hop plants that are much larger at this stage of the...

Hi guys, brewing my 4th brew, ran into something i havent seen before. I dry hopped my brew on wednesday (3 days ago). Lifted the lid, dropped them in (from the opened packet), closed the lid. Lid was off for like...10 seconds max. Checked the brew this morning and there are white spots on...

Hi guys, Hope this is the right section to post my question. Basic question but cant seem to find an answer. I have the new coopers fv / tap. The tap im using is this one: http://store.coopers.com.au/coopers-diy-beer-snap-tap.html I've got my 3rd brew on. When I was cleaning the tap (after...

Hey guys, Brewing this: http://www.coopers.com.au/#/diy-beer/beer-recipes/ale/detail/abbey-blonde/ This is my third brew. Followed the recipe essentially to the letter. Had a boil over (lesson 1: don't use a 5 litre pot when it asks for 8 :) ) Lost some hops / wort in the process, but was...

Hey guys, Bought a cascade plant from Diggers Club, really healthy looking plant, very happy. This is totally off season from what I read and am wondering what you guys would recommend as far as planting it now? I was thinking maybe putting it in a larger pot and keeping it shelted from the hot...

Hey guys, My ginger beer brew is progressing and the next leg of the journey is coming to hand. I will probably look at bottling in a weeks time, giving total ferment time 1 1/2 - 2 weeks approximately. Scoured the internet cant seem to find an answer regarding cold crashing a ginger beer...

Hey guys, New to brewing but am enjoying the hobby (obsessed one might say). Decided I wanted to make a ginger beer for my wife / mum and ahh...myself (I love the stuff) so bought some ingredients. So far this is what I have: 1 x Coopers Ginger Beer Can 1kg Organic Raw sugar 500g Dark...

Hey guys, its me again :D I bottled my first brew the other day, the one i have been asking so many questions about. I made a noob mistake, to filter out the hop leaves from the directly dumped dry hop pellets, I put a muslin bag over the bottling wand. In hind sight I should have just cut a...

Hey guys, Picked up a bargain today at kmart, the coopers diy beer kit for $44 on clearance. (kmart eastland Ringwood vic for those playing at home. Only had 3 left so maybe sold out by now). Anyway, I was wondering if its possible to use the FV as a secondary? I've heard you have to keep...

Hey guys, Finally put down my first brew, the coopers lager can with 1kg of Dry Malt Extract, instead of the BE1 that came with the coopers DIY beer kit, as recommended. I got a OG of around 1.045 when I first started the brew, somewhere between 1.04 and 1.05, looked to me like it was in the...

Hey guys, So im still waiting on the temp controller to show up before I can start my first brew...hoping not too much longer im getting impatient! I've been going through a few things in my head so im relatively prepared when I make my first batch and was thinking of a possible problem. I...

Hi guys, First post new brewer. I ordered the coopers beer kit and the abbey blonde kit as well for my first 2 brews, I have been researching a bit and by the sound of it the standard coopers lager that comes with the kit could use a little flavour boost. As excited as I am about making my...