'battle Of The Toucans'

[mwd]

Coles shelf IPA. Noticed Coles have their homebrand bitter and lager kits back on the shelves.

1 x Coopers Pale Ale
1 x Coopers Draught
1Kg BE 2
500g raw sugar

40g Simcoe 20g Galaxy @ 20mins. US05

23Litres or thereabouts.

 

[menoetes]

Finally cracked open a bottle of my Toucan (which I have affectionately named 'Backpacker's Extra Pale Ale'), that was the;

1 x can of Coopers Australian Pale Ale
1 x can of Coopers Canadian Blonde
1x Sachet of US05 yeast

It tastes good, it's clear and light gold in colour. It is quite bitter for certain but not over-powering. It came out at around 3.8% alcohol which is fine with me too. If I do it again I'll add some finishing hops and maybe even steep some grains to make it a truly fine drop. But for the very little work and expense it represents this is a lovely beer.

All in all, I gotta say that I am impressed by toucan brewing. I think I'll definitely be doing in again in the future.

 

[Tahoose]

Just put down a toucan last night

2 x homebrand draught

ended up putting this on the yeast cake from the last brew, (esb traditional bitter) yeast - s04

got another one on the go aswell which is a 2 x coopers Canadian Blonde + 300g of sugar + 2 x kit yeasts, plan for that is to leave in the primary for 3 weeks bottle and forget for 3 weeks then see how we go.

Think I'll be moving to FWK's / moving to AG just about as soon a I can convince my mate/brew partner...

Loving the brewing,and haven't even cracked a bottle of beer yet!

 

[mwd]

Coles shelf IPA. Noticed Coles have their homebrand bitter and lager kits back on the shelves.

1 x Coopers Pale Ale
1 x Coopers Draught
1Kg BE 2
500g raw sugar

40g Simcoe 20g Galaxy @ 20mins. US05

23Litres or thereabouts.

Tasting really good from the hydrometer sample the hops are shining through the yeastiness.
Just wondering what other people are getting for FG on toucans. I only brew toucans and most have ended up at around 1.020
They don't taste sweet and the hydrometer reads 1.000 in water. Is it only me or is this common with the 2can

 

[bmarshall]

My first toucan was with added 1kg brew booster.
OG 1058 FG 1016, 23l.

 

[eungaibitter1]

Done plenty of kk and extract but never tried a toucan. I've got these at hand, 1x Coopers real ale, 1x Coopers select sparkling ale. Probably 500gm Ldme and some fuggles pellet, bout 30gms. Kit yeasts. Ferment at about 20-22 degrees, haven't got fridge but current brews temp even.

 

[menoetes]

Tropical, do you have any idea at the alcoholic level in your beer? I'd be interested, my straight toucan (with no added sugar & topped up to 25lt) came to around 3.8% which I figure to be about 1.1 standard drinks per 350ml. I imagine yours with the brew enhancer 2 and 1/2 kilo of sugar would be far stronger.

As to gravities; my toucan with no added sugar and made up to 25lts started at 1039 and ended at 1010. I'm no pro but your FG seems a bit high to me, do you use one or two yeast packs?

 

[mwd]

I don't worry about the ABV but at a rough guess would be 6-7. My toucans are mainly sourced from Coles as it is quite a hike to the LHBS. I never bother taking the OG of the brew everything goes in the bucket topped up to about 23L. Yeast was a hybrid recycled from the previous brew with US05 and a packet of kit yeast. The beer is not sweet but the FG does seem a bit high maybe it is the Matodextrin in the brew enhancer.

Next toucan will be the Coopers supplied Saison kit from their website. Might have to add some BE to enhance the ABV a bit.

 

[menoetes]

Yeast was a hybrid recycled from the previous brew with US05 and a packet of kit yeast. The beer is not sweet but the FG does seem a bit high maybe it is the Matodextrin in the brew enhancer.

Ah, that makes sense. I thought your yeast might have been slacking off early due to your high OG but two yeasts shouldn't have that trouble. I think you're probably right about the maltodextrin.

 

[Tahoose]

Now the real wait begins.... Bottled my first Toucan yesterday

I'm definatley sold on Ianh's spreadsheet now, all of the reading ect were right on the money.

2 x Coopers Candian Blonde
2 x Kit Yeast
300g Sugar
OG 1.052
FG 1.012
IBU 45.6

Bulk Primed with 200g Sugar for an AVB of 5.5%

 

[Walshy McSkeptic]

First Toucan was:

Muntons yorkshire bitter
+
Morgans Pale malt
+
Fuggles tea
+
Styrian tea
+
East Kent Goldings tea
+
Styrian Dry
+
WLP005



Delicious.....

 

[mwd]

found this Trican Russian Imperial stout recipe on the Cooper's website looks like a real headbanger.

http://www.coopers.com.au/the-brewers-guild/how-to-brew/strong/russian-imperial-stout

 

[sticksy]

does anyone have an IPA toucan recipie for a new brewer?

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[mwd]

Coopers IPA Can
Coopers Draught Can
1 kg Be2 or 1kg LDME
300g Crystal malt steeped @65C for 30-50 mins

30g Styrian Goldings @30 mins boiled in liquor from steeped grains.

IPAs should be quite high ABV and 'Bitter'

Steeping grains is dead easy if you can boil a kettle you can steep grain.

Or try post #601 tastes excellent but is a bit light on bitterness.

 

[sticksy]

Steeping grains is dead easy if you can boil a kettle you can steep grain.


do I just get the grains and the bag thing and basically make a tea with it and put the tea in?

after the foam subsides for flavouring hops right?

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[mwd]

Steeping Grains http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/23880-steeping-grain/

Most of the bitterness comes from the cans but boil the hops in the steepings from the grain for 30mins or less if you want less bitterness.

 

[Forever Wort]

I picked up a can of Tooheys Lager on special for $8. Grabbed a Coles Lager to go with it for another $8. Toucanning them at 26l, no adjuncts, 20g Perle at 40mins, 20g at 20mins. Aiming for 48 IBUs, a light 7-8ish EBC and 4.5% ABV.

Naming it the Wales St Pale Ale.

 

[eungaibitter1]

First toucan racked to secondary.
1 coopers real ale
1 Coopers select sparkling ale
500g LDME
2 Fuggles tea
Both kit yeasts

This tasted and smelled alright out of the primary. Looking forward tasting it in a month or so out the bottle.

 

[Tahoose]

So tried my 2 x Candian Blonde brew last night and it wasn't too bad, probably needs a little bit moire time in the bottle as it still tastes a touch like LME but overall not too bad.

The Home Brand Draught Toucan tasted pretty good out of the fermenter so we will probably bottle that this week and see how it goes...

 

[eungaibitter1]

Home brand toucan put down last night
2 Home brand Lager
500g LDME
200g Crystal
2 Amarillo tea
2 Coopers kit yeast

 

[menoetes]

Any suggestions on finishing hops for a toucan brew?

I was thinking of doing 2x Coopers Australian Pale ale and no toucan needs bittering hops, but I can't settle on a finishing and dry hop. My reading on bitters leads me to look into East Kent Goldings (which I have) but cluster and hallertau (I also have) seem to be used a bit as well, something else that I was considering was Galaxy (I have as well)? Maybe to sweeten the end aroma?

Any advice or shared experiences welcomed and appreciated.

 

[mwd]

My choice would be Galaxy about 30g boiled for 20mins for an American IPA style with passion fruit. I quite like Galaxy though and bitter beers. Dry hop Galaxy 20g but not too long about 5 days before bottling should be O.K. I have dryhopped that amount of Galaxy without grassiness but got bugger all aroma.

 

[Stinger]

I did a toucan coopers pale ale and dry hopped with Cascades - was good but I also used yeast harvested from the coopers pale ale sediment out of 6 stubbies - stepped it up once and pitched and it turned out really good.

Galaxy is really good, especially for those unreal aromas but don't use too much - a little goes a long way. you can chuck it straight into the fermenter with your extract and hot water and enjoy the smells coming off the airlock through fermentation.

 

[Forever Wort]

Gonna put down 1x Coopers Lager and 1x Coopers European Lager with T38 and 500g DME at 26l this weekend. Can't wait.

 

[menoetes]

thanks for the advice guys, I'm making a Pacific ale before I make the Toucan and that uses a fair amount of galaxy but I will definitely consider using it for the toucan brew.

 

[RobboMC]

have you tried Amarillo - truly awesome flavours IMHO

 

[menoetes]

Never brewed with Amarillo before actually, that's a good idea, I should give it a shot.

 

[mwd]

Christmas heavy Stout 'Trican'. I was intrigued by the Coopers recipe http://www.coopers.com.au/the-brewers-guild/how-to-brew/strong/russian-imperial-stout so did a recipe based roughly around this.

1 x Muntons Irish Style Dublin Stout
1 x Morgans Dark Ale
1 x Coles Homebrand Lager
500g BE2
30g Pioneer @20mins

Belle Saison yeast recovered from the Coopers Saison recipe kit.

Just made it up waiting till it cools before pitching expecting a volcano when fermentation starts.

 

[Braumoasta]

Christmas heavy Stout 'Trican'. I was intrigued by the Coopers recipe http://www.coopers.com.au/the-brewers-guild/how-to-brew/strong/russian-imperial-stout so did a recipe based roughly around this.

1 x Muntons Irish Style Dublin Stout
1 x Morgans Dark Ale
1 x Coles Homebrand Lager
500g BE2
30g Pioneer @20mins

Belle Saison yeast recovered from the Coopers Saison recipe kit.

Just made it up waiting till it cools before pitching expecting a volcano when fermentation starts.

Did you make it up to 20L like the Coopers recipe?

I'll be interested to see what it gets down to with the Belle Saison yeast, should be a interesting one.

 

[mwd]

No it was 23L the coopers saison kit wheat and pale ale toucan got down to 1.004 see what happens with this. I might even take an OG if I remember when it cools off, bloody slow in a wine fridge.