A few of my favourites from back when I was a kit brewer. Brewed a wet hopped 2 can IPA recently (2 tins of Coopers Lager and 1kg of wet hops dumped in at flameout), has taken a while for it to balance itself but is drinking quite nicely at the moment.
Not sure how accurate the specs are, a lot of back of the envelope calculations and assumptions based on boil gravitiy etc. They tasted good though, will be brewing the American Brown Ale again soon. Time poor and sick of buying beer.
Golden Ale
1 x tin Coopers Lager (1.7kg)
1 x tin Coopers Wheat Malt (1.5kg - note this is actually 50/50 barley/wheat)
250g Medium crystal
15g of Amarillo @ 15, 5 and 0.
Yeast - US05
Top up to 21L for OG 1.048, IBU ~ 30. ABV ~ 4.6%
Little Creatures Pale Ale
1 x tin Coopers Lager (1.7kg)
1 x tin Coopers Light Malt Extract (1.5kg)
250g Light crystal
15 g Chinook @ 15 mins
15 g Cascade @ 15 mins
10g each of cascade and Chinook, dry hopped
Yeast - US05
Top up to 20L for OG 1.048, IBU ~30, IBU ~4.7%
English IPA
2 x tins Coopers Lager (2 x 1.7kg)
1kg LDME (LDME = light dry malt extract)
250g Medium English crystal
20g Challenger @ 10
30g Challenger @ 0
Yeast – US05 (not an english yeast but if you want to branch out and try a liquid yeast, this will take it from good to awesome - WY1460 West Yorkshire being my personal favourite)
Top up to 23L for OG 1.061, IBU ~50, ABV ~5.9%
American Brown Ale
1 x tin Coopers Sparkling Ale (1.7kg)
1 x tin Coopers Wheat Malt (1.5kg)
250g Dark crystal
250g Pale chocolate malt
50g Columbus @ 0
30g Columbus dry hopped
Yeast – US05
Top up to 20L for OG 1.049, IBU ~35, ABV ~4.7%
Little Creatures Rogers (light/mid strength hoppy beer)
1 x tin Coopers Lager (1.7kg)
500g LDME
250g Medium crystal
250g Pale chocolate malt
20g Cascade @ 0
20g Amarillo @ 0
Yeast – Windsor
Top up to 20L for OG 1.036, IBU ~25, ABV ~3.4%
4 Shades of Stout (a kit version of Warrens' great AG recipe)
1 x tin Coopers Lager (1.7kg)
1 x tin Coopers Light Malt Extract (1.5kg)
250g Dark english crystal
250g Carafa Special II (or III)
250g Chocolate malt
250g Roasted Barley
20g of styrian goldings or EKG @ 15 and 0.
Yeast - Windsor
Top up to 20L for OG 1.055, IBU ~ 35, ABV ~ 5.0%
Prince of Darkness (Dark Ale / Brown Porter)
1 x tin Coopers Lager (1.7kg)
1.0 kg LDME
150g Medium crystal
150g Dark crystal
200g Pale chocolate malt
25g Fuggles at 25 and 5 mins.
Yeast - Windsor
Top up to 20L for OG 1.048, IBU ~33, ABV ~4.8%
Chocolate Porter
1 x tin Coopers Lager (1.7kg)
1 kg LDME
450g Chocolate Malt
50g Roasted Barley (or black malt)
30g Fuggles at 25
20g Fuggles at 0
Yeast – Windsor
Top up to 18L for OG 1.050, IBU ~33, ABV ~4.4%
Hobgoblin (English Old Ale)
1 x tin Coopers Lager (1.7kg)
1 x tin Coopers Light Malt Extract (1.5kg)
500g LDME
250g Dark English crystal
100g Chocolate malt
50g Roast Barley
15g Fuggles @10
15g Styrian Goldings @ 10
15g Fuggles @ 0
15g Styrian Goldings @ 0
Yeast – Windsor
Top up to 23L for OG 1.050, IBU ~35, ABV ~5.0%