Coopers kits ideas

[jkhlt1210]

No worries fella.
The recipe was similar to the first beer i made which gave me results i was really happy with.

Last bit of info i forgot, make it up to 22L. After some more thought, if you use dry malt extract, only use 1 kilo. if you use liquid, use say 1200g. You may be able to freeze the unused liquid malt extract for your next brew. I haven;t done this before, but im sure someone on this forum will know if you can or not, or its a waste of time. The recipe should give you a beer around 4.1% alc by volume from memory. If you want to up this, then grab some dextrose from your brew shop, some supermarkets sell it in the homebrew section. Big W and kmart sell it too i think, packaged up by coopers.

Reason for the reduction in malt is that i based the recipe i gave you off one of my past ones, but i had more bitterness in my brew (because i had a larger quantity of hops on hand). Because i had more bitterness (measured in IBUs) i could use more malt which gives some sweetness to your beer. If you add too much malt without enough hops you can have an unbalanced beer.
Dextrose on the other hand usually ferments out almost completely. leaving you with not much in the way of sweetness or flavour but it ups the ABV%.

Alex!!! I have just finished putting down the exact brew you gave me. I'm excited as! Can't wait to bottle it!

 

[Alex.Tas]

good to hear mate. make sure you give it a taste during the fermentation. you will need to take gravity readings in a week or so, so you should have a taste each time you sample it so you get an idea as to how its coming along!

 

[pat86]

Alex!!! I have just finished putting down the exact brew you gave me. I'm excited as! Can't wait to bottle it!

Alex!!! I have just finished putting down the exact brew you gave me. I'm excited as! Can't wait to bottle it!

Alex!!! I have just finished putting down the exact brew you gave me. I'm excited as! Can't wait to bottle it!

you are excited :beerbang:

 

[jkhlt1210]

good to hear mate. make sure you give it a taste during the fermentation. you will need to take gravity readings in a week or so, so you should have a taste each time you sample it so you get an idea as to how its coming along!

Damn right I will do that! Took a look just now it's bubbling away going crazy! Can't wait for this to be ready

 

[jkhlt1210]

Another question.... Since my fermenters are in an esky, I have to lift them out to be able to take a hydrometer reading then lift back in. Does that matter ?

 

[user 31093]

Another question.... Since my fermenters are in an esky, I have to lift them out to be able to take a hydrometer reading then lift back in. Does that matter ?

How come they're in an esky? Temp control?

Should be fine, just use starsan in the airlock instead of water as when you move it will probably suck in/out and you might get a drop in the vessel.

 

[jkhlt1210]

How come they're in an esky? Temp control?

Should be fine, just use starsan in the airlock instead of water as when you move it will probably suck in/out and you might get a drop in the vessel.

Yeah temp control. I live in Townsville and my garage is my brewery so you can imagine how hot it gets . So I have an ice bottle in with them

 

[user 31093]

Yeah temp control. I live in Townsville and my garage is my brewery so you can imagine how hot it gets . So I have an ice bottle in with them

Though of getting an old fridge and whacking a temp controller on it? Much more stable temperature and probably costs less to put together than eskies that size are to buy ;p

 

[jkhlt1210]

Though of getting an old fridge and whacking a temp controller on it? Much more stable temperature and probably costs less to put together than eskies that size are to buy ;p

70 litre esky with cardboard box over the top covered by blanket. 1x 3 litre ice bottle between fermenters change over at night. Temp stays at 20 degrees

 

[Harlz]

I got this recipe from Homebrew youtuber Tubedinoz. (coopers sexed up draught)
10L batch

1 can coopers Draught
75g crystal malt
12g Nelson Sauvin - dry hopped at start of fermentation
kit yeast

Hes recipe is slightly different as I used what I had left over from other batches.
the OG - 1.052

Its still fermenting at 20-22
Hope it turns out nice.

 

[pat86]

I got this recipe from Homebrew youtuber Tubedinoz. (coopers sexed up draught)
10L batch

1 can coopers Draught
75g crystal malt
12g Nelson Sauvin - dry hopped at start of fermentation
kit yeast

Hes recipe is slightly different as I used what I had left over from other batches.
the OG - 1.052

Its still fermenting at 20-22
Hope it turns out nice.

You should hold off the dry-hops until the major whack of fermentation has already happened, otherwise it will scrub most of the aroma. If you are fermenting for say 14 days, a dry hop between day 4 - day 7 could give you a lot more hoppy goodness than dry hopping too early

 

[jkhlt1210]

You should hold off the dry-hops until the major whack of fermentation has already happened, otherwise it will scrub most of the aroma. If you are fermenting for say 14 days, a dry hop between day 4 - day 7 could give you a lot more hoppy goodness than dry hopping too early

Good advice I'll remember that especially since I lety brews go for 14 days

 

[Harlz]

You should hold off the dry-hops until the major whack of fermentation has already happened, otherwise it will scrub most of the aroma. If you are fermenting for say 14 days, a dry hop between day 4 - day 7 could give you a lot more hoppy goodness than dry hopping too early

Thanks for this. I did dry hop from 1st day of fermentation. I am quite new to brewing and will know this for next time.
Cheers

 

[user 31093]

+1 to late dry hopping

 

[Xander]

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

Would this recipe work with the Morgan's Australian Lager instead of the Coopers Lager?

How long do you mash the grains for, and at what temperature? (sorry if this is a stupid question - I'm yet to brew my first batch!)

How did this beer turn out? What "main stream" beer could you compare this with - eg Matilda Bay, Squires etc?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Alex.Tas]

No need to mash these grains, they are what you call specialty grains, so all you need to do is steep them in hot water (around 60-70 deg) or so for about half an hour. because you aren;t actually mashing the grain, the temp isn't so important.
switching tins will be fine. wont taste exactly the same, but will be close.

 

[jkhlt1210]

No need to mash these grains, they are what you call specialty grains, so all you need to do is steep them in hot water (around 60-70 deg) or so for about half an hour. because you aren;t actually mashing the grain, the temp isn't so important.
switching tins will be fine. wont taste exactly the same, but will be close.

G'day Alex hey in a few weeks I want to attempt my first all grain brew. Any first simple recipes?? Maybe a pale ale?

 

[Alex.Tas]

Not from me sorry mate, I haven't gone that far yet. limited time/space etc excludes me from AG brewing at the moment. Soon enough i will make that jump though.
Best bet is to try the AG forum. use the search function or even better still, try the recipies section. There is a button for it just below the AHB logo in the top left hand corner of the browser window.

 

[user 31093]

Dr Smurto's Golden ale.
http://aussiehomebrewer.com/recipe/502-drsmurtos-golden-ale/

Simple recipe, most importantly a real nice beer.

What kind of AG method / equipment are you looking in to? If you need help there post in the all grain forum, great help available there.

 

[Trevandjo]

I've got a tin of coopers stout sitting around. Any ideas on how to use this as part of a partial mash Shwartzbier? Or should I just chuck it and go AG?

 

[berts]

just use it as a kit with 1 kilo of malt, beatiful

 

[Harlz]

With dry hopping should I take the hop bag out after a few days or leave it until the end of fermentation?

 

[jkhlt1210]

I want to try lord raja goombas 2 pot stove method with bucket lauter. Nice and simple and easy hopefully

 

[jkhlt1210]

Dr Smurto's Golden ale.
http://aussiehomebrewer.com/recipe/502-drsmurtos-golden-ale/

Simple recipe, most importantly a real nice beer.

What kind of AG method / equipment are you looking in to? If you need help there post in the all grain forum, great help available there.

yeah that post was for you saying I will try the 2 pot method with bucket lauter

 

[jkhlt1210]

Not from me sorry mate, I haven't gone that far yet. limited time/space etc excludes me from AG brewing at the moment. Soon enough i will make that jump though.
Best bet is to try the AG forum. use the search function or even better still, try the recipies section. There is a button for it just below the AHB logo in the top left hand corner of the browser window.

cheers mate. Have you done extract for a while? Was thinking I do some more extract before leaping into AG

 

[user 31093]

With dry hopping should I take the hop bag out after a few days or leave it until the end of fermentation?

Nah, leave it.

To be honest I wouldn't even use a bag, drop them right in to the fermenter. Doing this you'll probably want to cold crash for a few days so they drop to the bottom.

 

[user 31093]

Put this down today:

1 can coopers lager
1 can coopers real ale

Actual OG: 1.053
Predicted FG: 1.009, (don't know if it will actually go this low)
ABV: 6%
Calculated EBC: 21.2 (I think it's actually darker because the tins are old, I'd say more like 30-35)

Mini mash @ 64 degrees, approx 60% efficiency as I just did it on the stove and rinsed the grain.
1kg BB ale malt
170g carapils
100g pale crystal
100g medium crystal
100g dark crystal

Hops
20g cascade @ 20mins
10g cascade @ 5mins
1/2 whirflock tab

Yeast
1 pack US-05

 

[indica86]

Expensive way to make beer. Will be good but AG is cheaper.

 

[user 31093]

Expensive way to make beer. Will be good but AG is cheaper.

Agree.

I brew AG mate, got the kits for free hence their age, AG is way cheaper indeed, I usually come in at $1-$1.20 per litre for an AG batch depending on style etc.

But all in all, this brew costed me about $6 in grains + hops, if I were to do an AG

I also re-use yeasts, this time I didn't have any jarred US-05 on hand but ultimately it's gonna get jarred up when this brew's done so I don't really count it as a cost.

Edit: Well i guess the yeast was a cost, but $5 when I'll probably use it 5 times? Pittance!

 

[indica86]

Aah yes, the lod free can caper.

Nice one. :drinks: