Coopers IPA kit with extras

[Bizenya]

Oh and I chose to use the US-05 for something different too Coopers yeast

 

[indica86]

not too late for dry hopping when fermenting is done.

 

[Mick0s]

not too late for dry hopping when fermenting is done.

Good to know, still I might hold off this time, and slowly increase the complexity of the brew so I can see what difference each part makes to the overall product.

 

[Cube]

Just done one with 40 grms cascade steeped. Drinking one now with 25 grms cascade steeped. Not enough. Good bitterness on the kit itself.

 

[mattymcfatty]

(thinking a Canadian Blonde, with some berries thrown in, saw the recipe on the coopers site, sounded interesting).

I saw that one aswell, sounds interesting and fun. The only thing that deterred me was the suggestion of drinking it out of champagne glasses .

Dry hopped my ipa today, smells good. Haven't taken a second reading yet as its still a bit murky around the bottom half of the fermenter. The anticipation is killing me.

 

[Bizenya]

Ha ha! Yeah murky is a good point- Murray river X10 at the moment for me.

Very little airlock movement, and SG is 1010 today- looking like cold crash in day or so. Any advice from anyone for how long? I was thinking three days and then bottle

 

[Mick0s]

Mines been in there cold crashing for the last day or two, and will likely get bottled up on Sunday.

I probably could have (and maybe should have) left it a few more days before chiling, but it had been around 1.010 for at least 2 days (and only 1.011 two days before that) so had definately stopped doing its business.

Smells and tasted pretty good though. Now its time to de-label and clean more bottles.

No dry hopping this time aruond, thats for the next IPA batch, as well as some US-05 yeast.

 

[mattymcfatty]

Waiting....waiting....waiting for my ipa to ferment! Its been sitting at 1.020 for the last 3 days with an expected fg of 1.011
Did some research and I know the temp isn't too low so I decided to give it a swirl today and plan to leave it alone until next Wednesday.
The gravity readings are getting tasty, may not need as much time in the bottle as I thought.

How's your guys beers progressing?

 

[Mick0s]

Bottling day tomorrow.

Which of course makes today... bottle WASHING day. :'(

 

[Bizenya]

Yeah fermenter at 3c now. stopped at 1010 and tasting quite nice.
In regard to bottles, I've spent a few days cleaning all of mine- new technique too. Grabbed some large plastic tubs from kmart, filled them with 24 longnecks standing up, filled with water, and put some neo pink into each bottle . Waited 24hrs, scrubbed and rinsed then dried. All put back into the clean dry tub. Plan is to get them out, a Starsan then, onto bottle tree and fill. Did 156 longnecks and 62 Grolsch bottles so have enough for up to five brews.

Neo helped get labels off too-

Got a choc oatmeal stout kit ready to go in ASAP

looking very much forward to this IPA though!

 

[mattymcfatty]

Mmmm chock oatmeal stout...I made a stout a month ago at my mates house, classic toucan. 1 coop dark, 1 coop stout, 1.5kg lme. Tasted it the other day and was expecting it to be a bit green but it was surprisingly really nice! We made it for the deep of winter but after trying it and loving it we decided to put another one on knowing it won't make winter.

 

[Mick0s]

Alright, we are now officially bottled.

52 stubbies and 6 longknecks. The wait begins, will probably give it at least 4 weeks in the bottle to mature, as it tasted very green still, and I've got about 45 odd stubbies of my last brew (A Morgan's Amber Ale) to get through.

OG of 1.044, FG of 1.010, it definately lacked any really hoppy aromas, so dry hopping is on the cards for the next run.

 

[Bizenya]

Good stuff! Especially bottling into stubbies!! I'll never go back to them! Grolsch bottles is as small volume as I go!

All bottled as well-tasted really good. Dry hop was shining thru, which is good!

All cleaned out and now the Choc Oatmeal Stout is starting / exciting time!


Will definitely try a bottle next weekend - then weekly from there!!

 

[Bizenya]

 

[nitro_fever]

I used the IPA can with 1.5kg of LDM and dry hopped instantly with 100g of Citra and US-05. So simple yet it came out pretty ok. Since then I have tried a few different hop combinations and boil combinations but nothing came out as well. Anyway I have moved on to BIAB just thought I would add my two cents for what it's worth.

 

[Bizenya]

How's your IPA @mattymcfatty? All done now?

 

[mattymcfatty]

How's your IPA @mattymcfatty? All done now?

Unfortunately its still sitting at 1.020! I stirred the yeast back in last night with a sanitised spoon and playing a game of patience -_-
Its tasting fine out of the fermenter thankfully. From now on ill be buying a good yeast and rehydrating. Hows your stout coming along?

 

[Bizenya]

Stouts going great- started a thread for it under kit and extract. - good coffee chocolate taste last night on gravity check- that s04 seems like a bit of a beast- reckon be cooked by Saturday at this rate !!

 

[Bizenya]

Spewing yours stalled- coopers yeast ? Hopefully will get it self sorted and finish in the not too distant future !

 

[mattymcfatty]

Yea totally spewing! But on the bright side ive learnt a lot over the last couple of days and my beer aint ruined yet. In the meantime my toucan stout is drinking nicely.