Coopers kits ideas

[jkhlt1210]

G'day guys I'm doing kits just looking for some ideas. I've got a coopers original draught and coopers original lager. Going to put both down at same time. Any simple recipes ideas for both? How much DME or BE etc and hop ideas for both. All advice welcome

 

[damoninja]

G'day guys I'm doing kits just looking for some ideas. I've got a coopers original draught and coopers original lager. Going to put both down at same time. Any simple recipes ideas for both? How much DME or BE etc and hop ideas for both. All advice welcome

With those two kits you could almost do whatever you wanted, provided you have access to other ingredients...

What styles are you looking for?

 

[Dan Dan]

Have a look on the coopers website. They have a bunch of recipes on there, easy enough for the beginner. If you sign up for the emails, they will send you the recipe of the month. This months looks pretty good in fact.

 

[jkhlt1210]

With those two kits you could almost do whatever you wanted, provided you have access to other ingredients...

What styles are you looking for?

Anything really I want to experiment with hops but not sure which ones

 

[damoninja]

If you haven't already download the kit / extract spreadsheet.

If you're after something easy basic that you can't go wrong with and it's your first time using hops/grains, here's a nice recipe that won't be very intrusive


Style: American pale ale
Final volume: 18 litres
Original gravity: 1.051
Final gravity: 1.013
Est alcohol: 5.4% (bottled)

Extracts:
1 x Coopers Lager
1kg light dry malt extract

Grains:
150g dark Crystal
If you can't get a dark one, any crystal malt is fine, dark will just add a little colour.

Hops:
15g Amarillo @ 20mins
10g Amarillo @ 5mins

Yeast:
US-05 or Nottingham yeast

 

[jkhlt1210]

Awesome! That looks great thanks heaps! Any ideas on the Draught can????

 

[yum beer]

Add to the draught

1kg LDM
300 gm dextrose
15 gm cluster @ 5 minutes

 

[wereprawn]

If you have access to the ingredients you could try this one. I made it a few months ago and it turned out very nice.

1 can coopers draught.

1 can liquid wheat malt extract.

100 g crystal 60

100 g victory.

20 g EKG @ 15 MIN

1 PKT BRY-97

ferm @ 20 deg.

Not made to any particular style. Just something that I threw together with the ingredients I had at the time. But definitely one I will brew again.

 

[damoninja]

I did this recipe with an IPA kit a while ago so I'm kinda guessing what went in to it based on the flavour it came out with, using the draft will provide the bitterness so I've adjusted...

For some reason, the recipe had amarillo in it which i thought was a bit out of place in an english style, but worked beautifully so who really cares.



Style: Dark english red ale
Final volume: 20L
OG: 1.055
FG: 1.014 (safale S04 might flop out at 1.020)
Est alcohol: 5 - 5.8%


Extracts:
1 x Coopers draught
1.7kg Black Rock liquid amber malt extract (if you can't get black rock, another amber will do)

Grains:
150g Chocolate malt
200g Medium-Dark crystal (crystal 60 or higher will do OK)

Hops:
25g amarillo @ 30mins
15g Fuggles @ 10mins

Yeast:
1 pack safale S04

 

[jkhlt1210]

Thank you guys for your ideas. Very helpful and I will give them a go! Can't wait to try them

 

[jkhlt1210]

Ok people all I could get hop wise was 2 packs of Cascade, 1 pack Ckuster and 1 pack Fuggles. All are 12grams each so any more suggestions for these hops with my tin of Coopers Lager and tin of Coopers Draught? Which ones with which brew?

 

[Rod]

If you haven't already download the kit / extract spreadsheet.

If you're after something easy basic that you can't go wrong with and it's your first time using hops/grains, here's a nice recipe that won't be very intrusive


Style: American pale ale
Final volume: 18 litres
Original gravity: 1.051
Final gravity: 1.013
Est alcohol: 5.4% (bottled)

Extracts:
1 x Coopers Lager
1kg light dry malt extract

Grains:
150g dark Crystal
If you can't get a dark one, any crystal malt is fine, dark will just add a little colour.

Hops:
15g Amarillo @ 20mins
10g Amarillo @ 5mins

Yeast:
US-05 or Nottingham yeast

similar recipe

i can of coopers english bitter
1kg light dry malt
150 light crystal
no more hops
cooper yeast

 

[jkhlt1210]

Which ones for buttering and which for finishing?

 

[jkhlt1210]

My reply didn't go through. I was able to get 2 packs of cascade and 1 each of Fuggles and cluster. So which ones for both brews for finishing and buttering ?

 

[jkhlt1210]

All packs are 12grams

 

[Alex.Tas]

try this:
coopers draught
1.5kg of liquid malt extract, or say 1200g of dry malt extract
boil 12g of cluster for 25 min
boil 12g of cascade for 15 min

ferment with US05 yeast if you can get it, or use the kit yeast if you cant.
after its been fermenting for 5 days or so, add your second pack of cascade straight into the fermenter. if its in one of those teabag things, tear it open and add the pellets inside straight into the fermenter.

brew till its done. bottle/keg

Love life now that you have good beer on hand.

 

[damoninja]

Which ones for buttering and which for finishing?

As a general rule I don't put butter in my beer


In your case, the kits should provide enough bitterness. I wouldn't bother doing a 60 minute boil for bittering.


All your hops are great for late additions (eg 20, 10, 5, 0 minutes...), if you wanted to add bitterness you would add some bittering hops at 60 minutes.

Most hops are "suitable" for bittering... The higher the alpha acid and the longer the boil, the more bitterness obtained!
The spreadsheet will help you work this out, even the 20 and 10 minute additions will add a little bit of bitterness but not nearly as much.

 

[jaypes]

If you haven't already download the kit / extract spreadsheet.

If you're after something easy basic that you can't go wrong with and it's your first time using hops/grains, here's a nice recipe that won't be very intrusive


Style: American pale ale
Final volume: 18 litres
Original gravity: 1.051
Final gravity: 1.013
Est alcohol: 5.4% (bottled)

Extracts:
1 x Coopers Lager
1kg light dry malt extract

Grains:
150g dark Crystal
If you can't get a dark one, any crystal malt is fine, dark will just add a little colour.

Hops:
15g Amarillo @ 20mins
10g Amarillo @ 5mins

Yeast:
US-05 or Nottingham yeast

mmmmmm

Amarillo

 

[damoninja]

mmmmmm

Amarillo

People have said to me using amarillo is boring and uncreative, but screw them - I love these hops

 

[damoninja]

I actually got given some old coopers kits, I have on hand:

1 Lager
1 Real ale
2 Draught
2 Stout

I'm generally brewing all grain, but I'm thinking of doing three toucans with these.

I think I'll do the first recipe I mentioned with the lager and real ale kits.