Category Archives: Brews

1kg LDME 1kg DDME Coopers stout can 25g Fuggles @ 20 minutes Kit yeast Boiled LDME in 4L water with hops for 20, added DDME then kit can.  Standard top up procedure, pitched kit yeast warm, into fridge.  Fermented warm … Continue reading →

1 can Coopers Pale Ale 1 kg Dry Wheat Malt 10g Amarillo @ 15 minutes 15g Amarillo @ 5 minutes 15g Amarillo @ 1 minute Kit yeast Boiled wheat malt in 4L water, allowed the hot break to form.  Added … Continue reading →

1 can Cascade Chocolate Mahogany Porter 1 kg DDME 15g Cascade @ 10 minutes kit yeast Boiled DDME in 4L water, added hops, boiled for 10 minutes.  Added to fermenter, topped up.  Added yeast at about 30 degrees, put in … Continue reading →

1kg LDME 1 Black Rock Nut Brown Ale tin Boiled LDME in 4L water, added tin at flameout, added to fermenter, topped to 23L, added kit yeast. Dry hopped in the keg with 15g Fuggles and 7g Cascade.

Thomas Coopers Brewmaster Selection WHEAT BEER Thomas Coopers Wheat Extract 1.5kg 15g Bitter Orange peel 15gms (one pack) Coriander Seeds boiled extract in 4L water, added coriander and orange peel, boiled for 20 minutes, added to fermenter, added tin and … Continue reading →

Partial Recipe 1 tin Morgans Royal Oak Amber Ale 1.5kg Powells Ale Malt (?) 750g JW Amber Malt 11g Fuggles @ 15 minutes kit yeast Crushed and mashed the Ale and Amber malts with 7L @ 75°C resulting in a … Continue reading →

1kg LDME 1 can Coopers GB kit yeast LDME boiled in 2L water, then added can. Tipped into fermenter half filled with tap water, topped up to 23L, pitched yeast.

1 can Coopers Stout 1 can Coopers Dark Ale 1 coconut, grated, toasted for 20 mins at 150C, added to boil @ 10 11g Goldings @ 10 2x Coopers Kit yeasts, pitched at 36C Opened, grated, toasted coconut, boiled 2 … Continue reading →

640g LDME in boil (4L) 3kg LDME @ flameout 270g JW medium crystal, cracked and steeped 19g Challenger 8.3%AA @ 60 minutes 25g Goldings @ 30 minutes 25g Goldings @ 15 minutes wYeast 1968 (ESB) yeast

5kg Yellow Box honey 1kg Orange Blossom honey 1kg White Clover honey (a bit crystalised) Lalvin 71B Yeast, stepped up twice in starters 5g wYeast nutrient 16L water (4L boiled, 10L refrigerated, 2L tap) Warmed honey in a sink of … Continue reading →

1 Can Coopers Draught 1.5kg LDME 225g JW med. crystal 115g carapils 14g perle @ 15 28g cascade @ 5 28g cascade @ 0 kit yeast Cooled pot with wet teatowels, pitched @ 25 deg, then into brew fridge.

1 Can Coopers Pale Ale 200g JW medium crystal 20g Goldings @ 15 12g Goldings @ 5 1kg LDME Used up the last of the craftbrewer Goldings…

1 can Coopers Real Ale 1 kg Coopers LDME 34g Goldings @ 10 100g Sucrose Kit yeast Forgot the crystal. Whoops. Kegged 9/1/08

1 can coopers sparkling 1.2kg LDME 300g DDME 300g Dextrose 7g Goldings @ 20 mins Kit yeast Topped to 23L Ferment 18 deg Naturally primed with 80g dex

4kg Powells Pale 140g JW Med Crystal 200g JW Amber 90g JW choc 90g JW roast barley 16 IBU Goldings 5.1% AA = 24g @ 60 1tsp Gypsum in mash Craftbrewer Swiss Lager yeast Single infusion mash @ 67C strike … Continue reading →

Coopers Bitter can 1kg LDME 15g Cascade @ 5 kit yeast as for 61.

Coopers Pale Ale can 150g JW Medium Crystal 15g Goldings @ 5 Kit yeast Yeast pitched warm and then put into brew fridge to bring temp down to 18. Naturally primed with 80g dex.

1kg Coopers brewing sugar 500g LDME 1 can coopers ginger beer kit yeast boiled up the sugars, added to fermenter with some water, added can, swirled, topped to 20L, added yeast.

Cascade Imperial Voyage Pale Ale 1kg dry wheat malt extract 15g Amarillo @ 15 minutes 15g Amarillo @ 5 minutes 19g Amarillo @ 1 minute 1056 starter 6L boil with wheat malt only, pale ale can added at flameout.

Double batch, 46L 8L boil 1.5kg deep red home made invert sugar 300g JW medium crystal 12g magnum 13.5% AA @ 60 16g Perle 7.7% AA @ 30 15g Cascade + 15g Goldings @ 15 15g Cascade + 15g Goldings … Continue reading →

Coopers Blonde 1kg LDME 400g JW Light Crystal Kit Yeast Will be racked onto 2kg of frozen strawberries.

1 x Coopers Pale Ale Kit 1kg G&G wheat malt extract 15g amarillo @ 15 15g amarillo @ 5 WYeast 1056 farmed from yeast cake from brew 54, proofed an hour or so before the brew in 1L starter plus … Continue reading →

as per recipe for first honey porter, except the hops was upped to 15g and boiled for 5 or so minutes. Forgot the kit again, stirred it in in the fermenter. Kiewa valley honey used. WYeast 1056 used.

2.5kg JW pils, 220g of which toasted at 180 degrees C for 10 mins 1.5kg LDME at end of boil 200g JW light crystal 100g JW dark crystal 300g JW light munich 50g JW choc 20g challenger @ 60 9g … Continue reading →

for beer and freddos.  Used the bitter orange peel from G&G and also corriander seeds from safeway.  Otherwise as per recipe.

Cascade Choc Mahog Porter 1k G&G DDME 25g Roast Barley 50g Carafa Special I 50g JW Choc 100g JW Dark Crystal 200g JW Light Crystal 500g Kiewa Valley Honey 20g Cascade @ 10 mins Kit Yeast

Coopers Real Ale 1kg G&G LDME 100g JW Crystal 100g sucrose 25g Goldings @ 10 mins kit yeast

1 Can Coopers Pale Ale 250g light crystal 15g Goldings @ 20 5g Goldings @ 5 US-1056 yeast washed from trub of all grain SNPA, and cultured up in 2L starter on stir plate (allowed to ferment out and sit … Continue reading →

1.5kg Coopers LLME 1.7kg LDME 11g Magnum @ 60 14g Perle @30 28g Cascade + 1/2 tab Irish Moss @ 10 56g Cascade @ 0 10L boil with LDME only, added LLME at end. Cooled using teatowel/fan method, used 10L … Continue reading →

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (all grain) Changed hopping schedule (used First Wort Hopping technique). 36g Cascade and 11g Magnum FWH @ 60 mins 14g Perle @ 30 mins 20g Cascade @ 10 mins 28g Cascade @ flameout Used 5kg JW … Continue reading →

1 can Coopers Canadian Blonde 1kg LDME 12g Saaz @ 5 mins Saflager S-23 A quick brew to keep the AG lager company in the brew fridge. Have a serious problem at the moment: all the kegs are empty! OG: … Continue reading →

5kg JW pilsener malt, cracked with my own marga 130g JW light crystal 100g Carapils 40g JW Choc 18g Northern Brewer & 33g Perle? at 60 21g of Hallertau Hersbrucker @ 30 14g saaz @ 1 minute Saflager S-189 Left … Continue reading →

1 Coopers Pale Ale Kit 1 kg LDME 250g JW light crystal 15g Goldings @ 15 mins 5g Goldings @ 5 mins Kit yeast. Farked up and forgot the kit, once it was in, total volume is 25L.

As per recipe. Bitter orange peel used instead of fresh.

As per recipe. Coopers Pale Ale kit. 2 sachets of S-04 pitched at 20 degrees, into brew fridge set at 18.

As per recipe, used bitter dried orange peel instead of fresh.

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

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 →

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.

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

Coopers kit, made up to 20L, primed with 230g of LDME.

Brewed on: 28/3/07 Same as previous, 12.5g cascade for 5 mins or so this time, in some of the DDME.

Brewed on: 21/3/07Made to Pixelboy’s Wheat recipe. Cooled with teatowel/fan method as has become my norm.

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 →

brewed on: 11/3/07 Coopers Bitter 1kg BE2 400g LDME 10g Goldings @ 5 10g Goldings @ flameout kit yeast

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 →

Brewed on: 23/2/07 Kegged on: 6/3/07

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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.

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?

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

Based on Pixelboy’s wheat. Brewed on: 24/9/06 SG 30/9/06: 1.020 Bottled on: 6/10/06, SG: 1.018

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 →

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.

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →