Entered some Aussie Pales in the ESB comp and got a couple of gongs - much appreciated. Got scoresheets back yesterday and the criticism from all the judges was "lack of maltiness". I used domestic malt, actually the last of my JW Ale, plus a smallish proportion of wheat malt. I would imagine that's very similar to what Coopers uses.
The common wisdom is to mash at low 60s for this style and I wonder if this could account for the low malt notes.
Just ordered a sack of UK Simpsons Maris Otter and wondering about using it in a comp Australian Pale Ale I'll be brewing next week, with perhaps half a kilo of wheat malt. Anyone use UK base malt for Coopers style clones? I'll suck it and see anyway.
The common wisdom is to mash at low 60s for this style and I wonder if this could account for the low malt notes.
Just ordered a sack of UK Simpsons Maris Otter and wondering about using it in a comp Australian Pale Ale I'll be brewing next week, with perhaps half a kilo of wheat malt. Anyone use UK base malt for Coopers style clones? I'll suck it and see anyway.