Coopers Abbey Blonde

[welly2]

Just got the Coopers Recipe of the Month emailed to me:

http://store.coopers.com.au/abbey-blonde.html

I do like a Belgian blonde from time to time and so have ordered the recipe pack. Does anyone have any thoughts on this recipe? Does it look pretty legit?

The actual recipe can be found at http://store.coopers.com.au/recipes/index/view/id/79/

Haven't tried the Coopers recipe kits before so I'm happy to give it a go! It should be beer whatever it ends up tasting like.

 

[maaark]

It looks like a good recipe, the two yeasts are what will give it the x-factor I reckon.

I've brewed a fair few Coopers recipes and they always make a good beer.

 

[welly2]

I've not seen recipes that use more than one type of yeast. Is this a thing? Perhaps for Belgian style beers?

 

[abe max]

I ran it through the spreadsheet and at 23 lts, like they recommend, it looks light on

 

[fishingbrad]

I ran it through the spreadsheet and at 23 lts, like they recommend, it looks light on

Agreed. I'm putting this down tonight with 500g of dex @ 22lts. this will be my first 2 yeast batch.

 

[indica86]

I've not seen recipes that use more than one type of yeast. Is this a thing? Perhaps for Belgian style beers?

There are several available liquid yeasts that are blends.

Several Coopers kits have blended yeasts.
Australian Pale Ale
Mexican Cerveza
Australian Bitter
Heritage Lage
Sparkling Ale
Traditional Draught

 

[toolio666]

I ran it through the spreadsheet and at 23 lts, like they recommend, it looks light on

To me, I'd drop it to 20L and add a full kilo of Light DME... 6.7% in bottles & still a bit high FG (1.021) but that could be that I can't add a second yeast on IanH's spreadsheet.

Oh well, sold out anyway.

 

[shacked]

For reference, I've made these two:

http://www.esbrewing.com.au/belgian-tripel-style-recipe-pack.html
http://www.esbrewing.com.au/abbey-red-ale-style-recipe-pack.html

Maybe a candi sugar addition (500g or so) might be a good idea.

 

[welly2]

Agreed. I'm putting this down tonight with 500g of dex @ 22lts. this will be my first 2 yeast batch.

How did you get on? What was the OG?