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After exploring this site over the last couple off days I have a couple off very basic questions ,,, I have only done a few brews and have had moderate success with coopers draught and larger , This site has ,,,,, well I have questions

When using a basic can brew e.g. Coopers ,, do you boil it up with a couple of ltrs of water. And if you do ,, do you ;let it cool before continuing to mix the other 20ltrs or so of cool water
Kick starting the dry yeast sachet in the kit ,,, I understand its not the best yeast in captivity but for now it will do , so how do I kick start the yeast
Bulk priming ,, 180g dextrose dissolved into 600ml of water poured into the secondary fermenter. Is this then let to cool before adding to the brew
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G"Day shadow,

Don't boil your Coopers can , this will destroy the hop flavours , and make your beer darker.

Do a search for the yeast starter on this site , or someone else will post it I am sure , Coopers yeast is really a fair yeast to use for your first brews , once you get the nack of it you can play around with others.

I'll post more for you later


Have to go to work :angry:
Nightshift :( :(
 
check out the brewers manual at www.grumpys.com.au

and howtobrew.com
 
I am about your level too. I have just put down my 5th brew. I started with Coopers larger with coopers sugar - tasted ok but very thin & fizzy, just drinkable.
Then i mucked around with a few basic kits with pretty good results. But the best ones i have done are very basic and taste 100% better than pub beer. The last one i did was a Morgans Stockmans draught with 1.5kg's of LIGHT MALT EXTRACT. (No sugar) and just primed the bottles with sugar and this was clear as abell and tasted fantastic.
I have just put down a Toohey Old style beer using Morgarns Australian Old kit with 1.5kg's of Black Rock dark malt extract with cl-80 hops. And i am asured it will be a cracker.
I am no pro but just keep it simple and you wont have too many dramas.
 
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