Author Archives: Rob
Little Creatures Pale Ale All Grain
From http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3323 Recipe: Little Creatures Clone Brewer: Duane Asst Brewer: Style: American Pale Ale TYPE: All Grain Taste: (35.0) Recipe Specifications ————————– Batch Size: 15.00 L Boil Size: 13.00 L Estimated OG: 1.050 SG Estimated Color: 11.4 EBC Estimated IBU: … Continue reading
Little Creatures Pale Ale clone
From: http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=748 Morgans Stockmans Draught 1.5 kg of Morgans Extra Pale Malt Extract (Liquid) 15g of Cascade pellets & 10g Cluster pellets on heat for 15 Minutes with Malt and can of Draught. US56 Yeast. 12g of Chinook Pellets (dry … Continue reading
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (all grain)
From: http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=15532 Here’s my final cut based on info from the brewery. The crsytal 60 seems high but thats what the recipe calls for to get to 12 SRM. I may have to vary the hop additions just a bit … Continue reading
apple cider
8×2.4ltr Long Life Apple Juice 1kg Raw Sugar 500gm Dextrose 300gm LDM 200gm Lactose 1 Satchet Lalvin Champagne Yeast Bring 1 ltr water to the boil with fermentables and Lactose, add cooled Apple Juice and fermentables and pitch yeast. Don’t … Continue reading
Simple Coopers Ginger Beer
Can Coopers ginger beer 1Kg Brewing sugar 500g honey Coopers packet yeast
Sara’s wheat beer
Morgan’s Golden Saaz Pilsner 1kg HBS Wheat malt mix 12.5g Tettnang (flavour) 12.5g Cascade (flavour) Safwheat OG 1.048 FG 1.010
Pixelboy’s Wheat
My fav Wheat/Hoegaarden requires some fiddling but its easy mate… Thomas Coopers Brewmaster Selection WHEAT BEER Thomas Coopers Wheat Extract 1.5kg Rind from 2 Oranges 15gms (one pack) Corriander Seeds Method Take the rind of the Orange’s being carefull not … Continue reading
Coopers’ Sparkling Ale Clone
by Dawnell Smith For authenticity, the home brewer can purchase a few bottles of sparkling ale and harvest the yeast from the bottom. Otherwise, use a packet of Coopers Homebrew Ale Yeast. Ferment at 18° to 22° C and prime … Continue reading
simple stout
1 can Coopers Stout 1 can Coopers Dark Ale 150g Chocolate Malt 200g Rolled Oatssteep the malt and oats. Otherwise, kit and kilo method.
Rob’s Light
1.1 kg light dried malt extract 150g maltodextrin 250 g Crystal Malt, cracked, steeped 10g Golden Cluster hop pellets @ 45 minutes 15g Hersbrucker hop pellets plus 10g cracked corriander seeds @ 15 minutes 15g Hersbrucker hop pellets plus 10g … Continue reading
Paint and Wallpaper India Pale Ale
Kit: – Coopers India Pale Ale (IBU 23.5) or Coopers Pale Ale kit (IBU 19) Additional Fermentables: – 3kg Light Dry Malt Extract Additional Hops: 40g Challenger at 60 minutes 25g Goldings at 15 minutes 25g Goldings at 5 minutes … Continue reading
lethaldog’s chimay blue label
ldme 2.3kg black grain (crushed) 30g soft dark brown sugar 400g blended honey 250g bittering hops hallertau 40g bittering hops goldings 20g if you can get hold of a bottle of chimay blue label then make a starter out of … Continue reading
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Recipe supplied by:Recipe formulation using info provided by the fine folks at Sierra Nevada Brewery. Ingredients: 3 kgs Coopers Light Malt Extract 450 g Coopers Light Dry Malt Extract 225 g 60°L (160°EBC) Crystal Malt 115 g Carapils Malt 1 … Continue reading
Enter the Dragon Stout (Geoff’s #94)
1 can Cooper’s Stout 500 g light dried malt extract 1 kg dark dried malt extract 500 g Billingtons Muscovado dark unrefined sugar Yeast from Cooper’s Sparkling Ale BREWING NOTES: The brew was made using a dark unrefined sugar (as … Continue reading
Antsvb’s James Squire Amber Ale clone
Just did a side by side drink of a recent brew with a bottle of JS Amber Ale. Not exactly the same, but pretty damn close we reckon (was never intended to be the same, just realised it was close … Continue reading
Dr. Tom’s Karmeliet Tripel
1.7kg tin Black Rock Whispering Wheat 1kg tin Black Rock liquid Light Malt Extract 1.3kg deep red candi sugar (homemade) 1kg Yellow Box honey (optional) T58 belgian ale yeast pitched @ 30C Made up to 18L OG: 1102 (with the … Continue reading
Alcoholic Lemonade
http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2726Here’s my recipe that is gleaned from all of the above info: Ingredients: 3kg lemons 2kg sucrose/dextrose (might use 1kg dex, 1kg coopers brewing sugar) 1kg lactose 5g yeast nutrient Ale yeast Method:Make yeast starter out of some sucrose, the … Continue reading
Gregb’s Simple Stout
Here is a recipie for a stout that is not only easy to make, but easy to drink too. Coopers Stout Coopers Classic Old Dark Ale 150gm Choc grain steeped for half an hour. Water to 22 ltrs Yeast as … Continue reading
Dogger’s Honey Maple
Ok Folks, Baseline stuff, play as required. This was my killer recipie before I got heavily involved in grains. Anyone interested in brewing honey may want to give it a go. You can leave out the Maple Syrup and it … Continue reading
NTRabbit’s Asahi Super Dry
Coopers Lager Saflager W34/70 Dry Enzyme 500g dextrose 250g light dry malt extract 250g maltodextrin 500g rice syrup 2 weeks secondary + 2 weeks cold conditioning
Dogger Dan’s Cherry Stout
Ingredients: Anyones Reputable Stout Kit, the more reputable the better (2.7 kg min) ( I used a John Bull 4 lber because I couldn’t get my mitts on something good and it still worked out OK) 500 g Unhopped malt … Continue reading
Mountain Goat Hightail clone 1
1.7kg Coopers Real Ale tin (Pale ale if doing Mtn Goat Pale Ale) 1kg Light dry malt extract 100g Crystal malt (steeped for 20 minutes) 100g brewing sugar 25g Amarillo hops for the Pale Ale or Goldings/Fuggles for the Hightail, … Continue reading
Wassa’s Honey Porter
1 can Cascade Mahogany Porter 1kg Dark dry malt extract 500gm of Yellowbox honey 20gm Cascade hops (dry hopped)
Guinness clone 1
Can of Coopers Bitter 1kg dextrose 1 x Can of Morgans master blend chocolate malt Goldings Hop bag Licquorice extract about 10mls Safale yeast
42. Hoegaarden clone brewed (DC)
As per recipe, used bitter dried orange peel instead of fresh.
41. Kilkenny clone
Brewed on:5/5/07 2.3kg LDME 250g JW light crystal 70g JW roast barley 200g CSR Dark Brown Sugar 34g EKG for 70 mins Safale S-04
40. Dad’s light
Brewed on: 25/4/07 As per Rob’s light recipe, except I stuffed up the hops/corriander additions. Also did 100g carapils and 40g maltodextrin.Ended up with: 10g corriander & 15g hersbrucker @ 45 10g corriander & 10g perle & 15g Hersbrucker @ … Continue reading
39. Munich Dunkel
Brewd on 25/4/07 See recipe. Rehydrated Saflager W34/70, pitched @ 22 degrees, then into the brew fridge, set to 12 degrees with the probe bluetaced to the outside of the fermenter.
38. Wassa’s Honey Porter
Same as usual, but with: 250g white clover honey instead of yellow box 10g cascade @10 mins 2g northern brewer @10 mins 5g perle at 5 mins
37. Non-alcoholic GB
Coopers kit, made up to 20L, primed with 230g of LDME.
36. Honey Porter (B&F)
Brewed on: 28/3/07 Same as previous, 12.5g cascade for 5 mins or so this time, in some of the DDME.
35. Hoegaarden clone (B&F)
Brewed on: 21/3/07Made to Pixelboy’s Wheat recipe. Cooled with teatowel/fan method as has become my norm.
34. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale AE (B&F)
Brewed on: 21/3/07Brewed as per AE recipe, but with only half the LLME during the boil. 5L of water or so added to boil. Cooled wort in pot with wet teatowels and a fan, added to fermenter with cold water … Continue reading
33. Coopers Bitter
brewed on: 11/3/07 Coopers Bitter 1kg BE2 400g LDME 10g Goldings @ 5 10g Goldings @ flameout kit yeast
32. Random Dark Ale brewed
Brewed on: 7/3/071 tin Coopers Pale Ale 450g LDME 250g WDME 500g DDME 150g Crystal, steeped 50g Choc, steeped 25g Goldings @ 20 10g Goldings @ flameout 1 sachet safale S-044.5L boil, can added at flameout Cooled boil with wet … Continue reading
31. Mountain Goat Hightail clone
Brewed on: 23/2/07 Kegged on: 6/3/07
30. English Special Bitter AG
brewed on: 11/2/07 racked on: 22/2/073.8kg JW ale malt 0.26kg JW light crystal (60) 2 sachets safale s-04 20g Northern Brewer @ 60 minutes 15g EK Goldings @ 30 minutes 15g EK Goldings @ 15 minutes Rest1: 67 degrees for … Continue reading
29. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale all extract
Brewed on: 4/2/07 Racked on: 11/2/07 Kegged on: 22/2/07This is not one of my best brews technically, as I forgot the 450g of LDME and had to boil it up separately. Did about an eight litre boil, which hop schedule … Continue reading
28. Wassa’s Honey Porter
Brewed on: 14/1/07 Racked on: 18/1/07 Kegged on: 24/1/07White skin present again. Will thoroughly disinfect this fermenter before use again. This time, the infection affected the body, making it more transparent than ususal, also more bitter, due to the loss … Continue reading
27. Rob’s Mild
Brewed on: 13/1/07 Bottled/kegged on: 18/1/07, to 19L corny.1 1.5kg tin coopers light liquid malt 500g dry wheat malt 150g crystal 50g choc 5g POR (10.5%) @ 60 25g Saaz (3.4%) @ 30 15g Saaz (3.4%) @ 10 Recultured Coopers … Continue reading
26. Some kinda lager thing
Brewed on: 7/1/07 Kegged on: 18/1/07, to 12L SS keg.Coopers Lager Coopers BE1 15g Hersbrucker @ 10 300g LDME Coopers kit yeastBoiled up the LDME in 2L water, added hops for 10 mins. Added the BE1 and kit can, returned … Continue reading
25. Ris’ Coopers Pale ale
Brewed on: 24/12/06 Racked on: 30/12/06 Bottled on: 7/1/07. White skin formed on secondary, possible infection. 160g dex.Coopers Pale Ale 1kg LDME 150g Crystal 100g Carapils 12g Goldings @15
24. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale all extract
Brewed on: 23/12/06 Racked on: 30/12/06 Bottled on: 7/1/07. Half into 12L keg for force carbonation. Half into longnecks.Same as 8. Stuffed up the boil times a bit; generally a bit too long. Added irish moss too late. Also used … Continue reading
23. Rob’s light 2
Brewed on: 2/12/06 Bottled on: 18/12/06 Ingredients: 1.5kg tin light liquid malt extract 100g Carapils, cracked, steeped 250 g Crystal Malt, cracked, steeped 15g Golden Cluster hop pellets @ 45 minutes 15g Hersbrucker hop pellets plus 10g cracked corriander seeds … Continue reading
22. Apple Cider
1 blackrock cider kit 6L apple juice 2L pear juice 700g dextroseHeated the juice, dextrose and kit to 100 degrees. Then added to some cold water in the fermenter, topped to 23L. Still way too hot so cooled overnight in … Continue reading
21. Rob’s pilsener
Brewed on: 20/11/06 Racked on: 2/12/06, 25g Saaz dry hopped Bottled on: 22/12/06, 160g sucrose bulk primed1 can coopers lager 1kg BE1 250g LDME 250g Dry Wheat Malt 20g Saaz @ 15 mins 20g Saaz @ 5 mins Coopers liquid … Continue reading
20. Hoegaarden clone
Same as the previous one, except this time I let the wort boil over and burn all over the cooktop. The malt also managed to burn on the bottom of the pot. Guess that’s what I get for fixing the … Continue reading
19. Sierra Nevada all grain
Brewed on: 5/11/06 Racked on: 12/11/06 Bottled on: 18/11/06See recipe section for recipe. Used POR for bittering. Otherwise as per recipe, adjusted for the AA% in my hops vs the recipe.
18. Coopers Vintage
Brewed on: 5/11/06 Racked on: 12/11/06 Bottled on: 2/12/06See recipe section for recipe.Used 20g of Goldings. Maybe use Saaz next time?
17. Wassa’s Honey Porter
Same as number 4. This time I boiled everything up for a few minutes, then added to fermenter which was half full of cold. Once topped up, was 30 degrees, so I put in sink with ice to bring down … Continue reading
16. Little Creatures Pale Ale All Grain
Based on this recipe.OG @ 11.5 L: 1.058, then diluted to 15L, so it should be 1.044Didn’t have any Magnum, so used POR instead, adjusted for the lower AA. Also used slightly more Perle and Cascade because my AAs were … Continue reading
15. Mountain Goat Hightail
Brewed on: 8/10/06 1.7kg Coopers Real Ale tin 1kg Light dry malt extract 100g Crystal malt (steeped for 20 minutes) 75g sucrose and 25g maltodextrin 17g Fuggles steeped for 10 mins with the LME and syrup from the crystal. Yeast … Continue reading
14. Coopers Bitter
Same as number 7, this one might be for beer and freddos.Brewed on: 4/10/06 Bottled on: 21/10/06, SG: 1.012
13. Hoegaarden Clone
Based on Pixelboy’s wheat. Brewed on: 24/9/06 SG 30/9/06: 1.020 Bottled on: 6/10/06, SG: 1.018
12. Coopers Sparkling Clone
Brewed on: 10/9/06 (yeast pitched on the 11th despite no action in the starter. No problem, the Coopers yeasts are voracious!) Racked on: 17/9/06 Bottled on: 23/9/06 This is my first partial mash, derived from this recipe. The boil was … Continue reading
11. Wassa’s Honey Porter
Brewed on: 8/9/06 Racked on: 17/9/06 Bottled on: 24/9/06 OG: 1.050 FG: 1.012 See previous brew. Dry hopped with 20g Cascade into secondary instead of steeping in primary.
10. Simple Stout
Brewed on: 2/9/06 Racked on: 8/9/06 Bottled on: 10/9/06 (to make way for the Coopers Sparkling) 1 can Coopers Stout 1 can Coopers Dark Ale 250g Crystal Malt 200g Rolled Oats 10g Fuggles 90g dex and 30g of LDME for … Continue reading
9. Rob’s Light
Brewed on: 27/8/06 Bottled on: 3/8/06 Ingredients: 1.1 kg light dried malt extract 150g maltodextrin 250 g Crystal Malt, cracked, steeped 10g Golden Cluster hop pellets @ 45 minutes 15g Hersbrucker hop pellets plus 10g cracked corriander seeds @ 15 … Continue reading
8. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Brewed on: 18/8/06 Racked on: 25/8/06 Bottled on: 2/9/06 3 kgs Coopers Light Malt Extract 380 g Light Dry Malt Extract 250 g 60°L (160°EBC) Crystal Malt 115 g Carapils Malt 1 tablet Irish Moss 28 g Perle Pellet Hops … Continue reading
7. Coopers Bitter
Bog standard coopers bitter. Brewed on: 11/8/06 Racked on: 16/8/06 Bottled on: 22/8/06 Ingredients: Coopers Bitter kit Coopers Brew Enhancer 2 Cascade hop pellets, 17g at 3 mins Boiled 2 L water, added BE2, boiled for 5 mins, added cascade … Continue reading
6. Dogger’s Honey Maple
I’ve always wanted to do this one, but after Cat’s party where everyone looooved it soooo much, it got moved up in the schedule. It doesn’t even use one of the million kits that I stocked up on when they … Continue reading
5. Alcoholic Raspberry Lemonade
Well, in the hope that Clarissa might enjoy it, it’s time for an alcoholic lemonade. This one’s going to be dumped in the fermenter, then I’m going to go skiing for a week, so I hope it’ll look after itself … Continue reading
4. Wassa’s Honey Porter
I just finished putting down brew number four, so I thought that while I watch some of the Tour, I’d give you all a rundown of this baby. Tell you what, it smells damn good. It might even be ready … Continue reading
3. Cascade Heritage Lager with additional hops
I just started my third brew, a lager, in my brand-spanking new 30L fermenter. Date of brewing: 15/6/2006 Date of bottling: 26/6/2006 Ingredients: 1 1.7kg can Coopers Heritage Lager 1 1.5kg can Coopers light malt 1 25g sachet of Cluster … Continue reading
2. Cascade Pale Ale
This is a bog standard Cascade Pale Ale. Started: 9/6/2006 Bottled: 24/6/2006 Ingredients: * 1 Cascade Pale Ale * 1kg Coopers brewing sugar * Coopers carbonation drops Method: Bog standard Kit and Kilo. Numbers: Wort Volume: 20L Specific Gravity on … Continue reading
1. Cooper’s Pale Ale
This is a bog standard Coopers Pale Ale. My first brew! Started: 3/6/2006 Bottled: 9/6/2006 Ingredients: * 1 Coopers Pale Ale * 1kg dextrose * Coopers carbonation drops Method: Bog standard Kit and Kilo Numbers: Wort Volume: 21L, some of … Continue reading
