Coopers IPA kit with extras

[Bizenya]

How's it going Matty? Must be good by now? Had a longneck the other day- good, not amazing but good. Give it a bit more time and see if it improves- 2 weeks in the bottle today so need to expect it to be a bit young.,

 

[Bizenya]

Right

Verdict (2 weeks old)
Very drinkable. Bitter, malty but I would have liked a bit more hop flavor. But it's given me a stable base to work with. Now I have IanH spreadsheet I have the ability to tinker more.

I'm thinking galaxy rather than goldings in boil, plus some late chinook - then dry hop with cascade but amp it up to double.

Also drop some Dex (500 down to 250) then up the LDMD from 500g to 1000.

But it is a great beer! And only teo weeks old. Very very happy with my first brew in 7 years!!

 

[mattymcfatty]

Hey,
Managed to bottle mine last week. The whole process sucked for me I have to say!!
Never got lower than 1020 even after I did the fast ferment test and swirl and what not. I primed with dextrose using a priming measurer that got wet pretty much straight away, sugar went everywhere lol (need a funnel) hops got stuck in the bottling wand so took ages to fill each bottle and had to wash out wand after every fill. I got so frustrated that I ended up tipping the last 2litres or so. Its only my second batch so still a lot to learn but hopefully the beer tastes good

 

[Mick0s]

Hehe, sounds like a Murphy's Law brew there mate. I feel for you.

Mines been bottled for about 4 or 5 weeks now, and I had a bottle a few days ago (and brought some into work today to share in the arvo) and im actually really impressed with it.

I think its the first brew I've made that doesn't immedaitely taste like a homebrew. Saying that, its not a gold medal wnining beer by any standards, but it tastes pretty solid. If I picked it up anywhere, i'd probably think its just a normal fairly hoppy commercial beer.

This temp controlling thing is awesome.

I only put hops in for the 15 minute boil, so its definately lacking the aroma that dry hopping would have provided, and I'll be using some US-05 yeast instead of the included stuff next time. But I'm loving the flavour that the Citra hops have given this, and wll definately be playing aruond with some more verieties soon, jsu have to decide what to pick up.

 

[mattymcfatty]

Haha yes! Screw you Murphy! And your ridiculous theorys
Glad to hear your beer turned out well. Ill be cracking my first on Tuesday night, will post how it goes.

 

[Bizenya]

Looking forward to hearing how it ended up.

I'm classing mine more as a bitter- needs more malt and hops flavor but the bitterness is good with a great flavor

Overall very happy with it- as I can attain by the fact I've drunk half of it now and have no intention of waiting long with the rest!!

 

[mattymcfatty]

Fellas,
Im loving this brew!
Not only was it a nightmare from the beginning, but it has refused to effing carbonate....AT ALL!! tastes pretty good for beer cordial I will say thinking ill leave it for a week or two and if nothing changes im gonna look into transfering to a mates keg and force carb.

 

[Bizenya]

When did you bottle it? Mine took about three weeks to start to pretend to be carbonated, but now ( what 6 weeks) it's full of carbonation and holds an awesome head! I think it was slower to carb up due to cooler weather we were having. Will post a photo maybe tomorrow.

You used the coopers yeast yeah? Probably the same issue I had with the cooler conditions.

At least it taste good!!

 

[mattymcfatty]

I tasted it 2 weeks on the dot so yea like you say it could still carb up yet.
I did use the kit yeast which I would be skeptical about using again. Moving on I decided to do an extract wheat beer next with the munich yeast. Fun times. Glad yours is drinking nicely bizenya. Hows the stout going down?

 

[Bizenya]

Stout is awesome. Highly recommend that kit!

Have also just got the finishing touched on a coopers ol brown dog kit with wyeast 1272 yeast rather than the bry-97. Liquid yeast is now my friend.

Going to try extract only IPA this weekend. Modeled off torpedo/tower 10

Good to be busy!!

 

[Bizenya]

Tonight's glass- even better again

Hoping yours carbs up!!

 

[Cube]

Tonight's glass- even better again

Hoping yours carbs up!! ImageUploadedByAussie Home Brewer1400232941.895781.jpg

Try decanting the beer into another jug fully to get it off the spent yeast. That is unless you like cloudy and yeasty beer.

 

[Bizenya]

Try decanting the beer into another jug fully to get it off the spent yeast. That is unless you like cloudy and yeasty beer.

I'm sort of programmed for cloudy beer being a south Aussie. I tip and roll my largers still