Brew day - back in Aus... Coopers "family secret" amber ale

[jackgym]

Sounds good Pete, glad it turned out well. Yes it looks quite dark. I've got one in the fermenter now, just the kit can + 1 kg dry malt and it's pretty dark too.

The Family Secret is a nice beer that doesn't need any extra hops. Just the kit can and malt, and I used US-05 yeast this time instead of the yeast on the can. Brewers say it's the best ale yeast plus it's 11g as against the kit yeast, 7g, which seems a bit underdone in quantity. Either way you won't be disappointed in the beer.

 

[Gigantorus]

[SIZE=12pt]Peekaboo, Yeah the Family Secret can did look quite dark when I emptied it out. The colour doesn't really worry me. The brew is quite tasty - the grapefruit does give it a little extra sweetness which is nice - I'll be drinking more of that this weekend as well. Am bottling my first partial-mash pale ale brew on Saturday. Have my fingers crossed it turns out nice. Am quietly working my way to all grain - but will be doing a few partial-mashes first.[/SIZE]


[SIZE=12pt]Jackgym, My first time using the FS can. But I did use a packet of Falconers Flight Hops (90grams), which was a flame-out addition. It's all made it a nice fruity brew, which I don't mind. Even SWMBO doesn't mind this brew - she doesn't like that many of my creations. I used much the same as you regarding yeasts - 1 x US-05 plus 1 x can yeast - I stirred in the can yeast and then sprinkled the US-05 on the wort surface and all came out nicely. Though there have been reports that some of the Coopers can yeasts haven't been that good on the new cans. Maybe you got one of those?[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Cheers,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]Pete[/SIZE]

 

[peekaboo_jones]

Gday Pete, how's your Amber ale turning out?

Mine is ready and tastes really good. I bottled half stock, (FS can and 1kg light dry malt and made to 21L) then and half with liquid hop shots from hop dealz Australia. Haven't had those yet, this weekend maybe.
Early bottles (2x prior to cold crashing) taste great. And yes very dark!

 

[Gigantorus]

Yeah the FS is quite dark. But the flavour seems quite acceptable.

Yours looks real good, Nick.

Cheers,
Pete

 

[Aussie Mick]

I had my last bottle of FS last night. I had been saving it. It was almost 5 months old, and I have to say it had developed into a very, VERY nice beer indeed.

I brewed 1 can FS, 1 kg LDM and US-05 yeast. Very simple. The early bottles were okay, but this last one was blinding. I don't know if I would have the patience to brew and wait 5 months to start drinking this again, so I am sticking to hoppy pale ale type beers for now. I will perhaps brew one in the middle of year as a Christmas present to myself.