Yeah. One question:
Why this????
Why?
can coopers lager
1/2 can homebrand lager
1kg amber dry malt
juice of 2 oranges
goldings teabag in boil for 30 mins
steeped 100g crystal grain
boiled the whole thing for bout an hour,pitched recultured coopers pale ale yeast at bout 25C,had it in the primary for 10 days at 18 to 20C,tasted it yesterday and its coming along very nicely indeed,kinda like a coopers sparkling but a bit fruitier.was going to leave it in the primary for a few more days then cc for a week (holiday 2 perth) pull it out and dry hop with cascade for a week or 2 then bottle.
just thought i'd post on how this turned out.it been in bottles for about 6 weeks now and turned out really nice,somewhere between a coopers sparkling and a tooheys old i suppose.cant taste any of the orange in there tho it was quite bitter up until about a month in bottles.i didnt end up using the cascade, dry hopped with amarillo at 11 days,fining with gelatine and bottled .best brew yet.
just bottled a cpa/canadian blonde toucan i did with couple of caps styrian goldings(no scales,approx 15g)at 10 mins and 100g of steeped pale crystal,then dry hopped with cascade teabag at 11 days,bottled at 15 days,very fruity smelling,tasted a bit like a little creatures PA. used wlp001 yeast.
cant wait til its done,smells fantastic!
Did a toucan of coopers lager with us-05. Tastes disgusting after 4 weeks, I think it might be infected.
Can you describe the taste. Also the recipe you used would be good, you know the ingredients you used. It will help to find the culprit...
Cheers
Chappo
Looking at doing my first toucan over the weekend.
Any idea how bitter it will be at the end?
Cheers
(Yes, replying to an old post, but it looks like the right thread ...)Ok, I kegged my very first toucan on Sunday and tasted it last night, now I was not expecting big things, it was a bit of a "throw in what I have lying around" sort of brew.
Fermented in primary for 6 weeks cause I forgot about it, transferred to cube and kept at 4oC for 9 weeks cause baby came along and I had no time to do anything!.......... but oh my god this is a top drop, can't wait to get home to have some more tonight!
2 X Tooheys Classic Dark Ale (1 in boil for 60min, the other added at 5 min)
500g dark brown sugar
30g Perle @ 30 min
15g Cascade @ 5 min
S-04
Cheers
DK
(Yes, replying to an old post, but it looks like the right thread ...)
Two comments:
First, I've tried something like this but without the extra hops and (BIG MISTAKE) using the kit yeast: blah. Lacked flavour, and didn't attenuate well. Then I added to the problems choosing low-ish carbonation, and the result was ... blah. Good news: it certainly wasn't too bitter. Pity it was thin and lacking in flavour. :angry: (I am working my way through it mixing it with an unexceptional pale ale, as "black and tan". Live and learn.)
Second: As I (unfortunately? -- they were on clearance) have two more of these cans, I'll give 'em another whirl, this time with additional hops (maybe only Cascade, as I have no Perle currently) and perhaps with LDME instead of brown sugar ... I have both, so that decision can wait. Comments welcome of course!
I will CERTAINLY not use the kit yeast and will use something better; either S-04 or perhaps Nottingham, as I have some Nottingham close to its use-by date and it's supposed to work at a bit lower temperature than S-04, which would be useful at this time of year.
Thanks -- wonder if DK used Cascade 'cos it was available, or as a specific choice? I shall use fuggles or goldings, and see about sourcing some choc malt.I reckon steep 200g choc malt and add to the next kit. It should lift it up a bit. And replace the cascade with fuggles or goldings.
I've made a couple of Coopers Lager toucans earlier on in my career and found they were a nice drop and certainly not too bitter.
Im interested in trying this Toucan from Coopers website but the Bavarian Lager kit has been discontinued. Which kit would be a good substitute? Has anyone tried this Bok?
Light German Bok:
2 X 1.7kg Coopers Bavarian Lager
2 X 500g Coopers Light Dry Malt
Nothing else!
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