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Thanks stewy. I dont have any dark crystal at hand unfortunately. I am thinking of revising to something like this, more like a porter: 1.7Kg Dark ale 300g chocolate grain 250g medium crystal grain 1kg light dry malt S 04 or Nottingham Made to 21 litres

Hi all, Not sure whether this should be posted here or in the kits/extracts forum. It has been a long time between brews and I'm interested in fellow brewers thoughts on the following dark/brown ale. Something not too bitter but full of flavour for the cold nights ahead. Recipe: 1 Coopers...

Hey All, Im after a decent recipe, k&k or extract, for a light lager... any style is fine. Cheers!

Hi All, Im looking for a boags draught style recipe to fill a keg for xmas. Wondering if anyone has a recipe (kit, extract or partial) because i can't find one anywhere. Cheers!

Tony, Am very keen to do an extract version, so am wondering how much malt to use? Or if you could possibly post an extract version of the recipe that would be great! cheers

Hi All, I am very soon to acquire a brewing fridge and consequently a fridgemate, so am keen to get involved in lagers. Would love some advice on this extract recipe: 1.5kg LLME (Coopers) 500g LDME 100g DWheatME 250g Carapils PoR bittered to 24 Ibus at 60 mins 10g Hallertau MF at 20 mins s-23...

I tasted success with Coopers Mexican Cervesa kit, 100g LDME, 600g BE1, 12g Galena (steeped 20 mins) and s-189 fermented cold. A cheaper alternative to the brewcraft recipe, tastes a treat and very close to corona. Soon im going to try it with US-05 (as i dont have a brew fridge) to see how it...

thanks for all replies, have duly changed the temp on the fridge and am waiting for it to defrost. Will definately give it a stir later on

Hi All, After buying a kegging set up on monday i finally kegged my first batch! However after putting it in the fridge overnight, i checked it this morning and the beer is well and truly frozen! So after an inspection i purged with co2, released any residual pressure, and left the keg a warm...

G'day I've just purchased a basic keg system - including a 19L 2nd hand postmix keg, and this is probably a fairly silly question but basically i have no idea how to open the lid of the damn thing! The instructions i got with the keg dont go into this. I've released the pressure from the keg...

A quick question, if i may, re racking proceedure before kegging. I also have recently got a key set up and need to rack a beer while its waiting to get into the keg. My proceedure so far is 1. After ferment place finings in brew, leave for a day 2. Sanitise and sterilise 20L racking vessel...

Hi All, Just about to make an order of grain to craftbrewer and am unsure about whether to get mixed or unmixed grains? What does this mean? Milled grain is cracked grain? (which i want) My recipe is an extract LC bright ale based on Tony's recipe (cheers!), any advice on it would be great...

Hi All. I have been brewing very basic extracts for a while, generally with malt extracts rather than adding grains, which i now plan to do. My housemates and i are grabbing a keg setup very soon, so i'm going to put down a basic 'australian' ale, modelled on a coopers pale style recipe, and...

I've also done boonies recipe from homebrewandbeer.com, and its a cracker. The aroma added by the dry addition of chinook is fantastic, it is definately worth it! Also, IMO this recipe needs the extra malt in order to balance the hoppiness (unless you're a hophead! :P )

I did the brewcraft LCPA clone about 18 months ago now. At the time i was a very inexperienced homebrewer (about my third or fourth brew) and to me it was the best brew i had done and still very memorable. Similar to LCPA but definately different (hence why they say in the style of), i remember...

Made this one is March/April, at the time was pretty excited about it. Used simply kit and yeast supplied - s-04, fermented at about 20-24 for about 3 weeks. Is an average drop imo - very drinkable, nice hersbrucker aroma (correct me if i'm wrong) but needs something more - your addition of...

Hi all Im looking to do a 12L extract japanese lager and need a bit of advice. The current recipe is: 500g LDME 300g Rice Malt 300g Dexrose 100g Maltodextrin Bittered with Galena to about 20-23 IBUs Saaz and Hersbrucker for flavour and aroma w34/70 How does this reciepe look? Also im unsure...

Hey all Im putting down a coopers pilsner today (kit, 500g ldme, 350dex, 150wheatmalt, s-189), and really want it to have that spicy and floral saaz flavour and aroma. Any suggestions on how much saaz to add, how long to boil for? Im not a true hophead, so i dont want it crazily hoppy... but i...

I've got a can of coopers pilsner and am wondering what to do with it. I'm wanting a lightish sessionable lager. Current recipe is: Coopers Pilsner kit 500g LDME 500g brew enhancer 1 12g Hersbrucker (20 mins) 5g steeped for 20 mins OR 12g Saaz (20 mins) 5g steeped for 20 mins I also have s-189...

Did this one about 6 weeks ago. Recipe: kit, BE2, 12g saaz at 15mins and 15g b saaz steeped 20mins and kit yeast. So far it still needs a bit of time in the bottle, still quite green, but i can imagine it being great in another 6 weeks or so