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Ok so we are 5 or so weeks on and i tried another beer the other day. It is still bad, not so much a hoppy flavour but the beer taste incredibly Woody. Think ill have to ditch it. Is this something else that has went wrong other than leaving hops in too long.

Dont know if thats a good or bad thing

Update. I had to isolate for near a week due to my son getting co-vid and my PCR test going missing. This meant i couldnt go to my Dads house where my homebrew stuff is. On the plus side the extra week has seen the beer clear pretty well, on a par with previous brews brews. Now the bad bit. My...

OK, another 4 or 5 days in the barrel. I wonder how long its safe to leave in the barrel. Would 12 days be ok. I normally bottle after 7 or 8

Ok so i made this brew on Monday. I steeped the crystal malt grains in 65 degrees for 20 mins then drained of the liquid using a sieve. Then i brought to the boil to kill any germs then added this (about3L)liquid to the brew barrel(22L). Fermentation went well 1044- 1010 in 4 days. Now the only...

OK so i should steep in 2L of water then remove grains , boil liquid to kill germs then add to my wort . Sounds like a plan. Going to dry hop as well. Will report back with my results.

Have you found a significant difference in the taste.

Any specific Temperature. Thinking about 60 deg .

So i have been brewing on and off for several years. Beers/Lagers have always been drinkable but just too much on the bitter side for me. Have heard using Crystal malt will give more sweetness to the brew and balance it out. Question is at what stage should i add it to the Coopers Kit. Will...

Im thinking of making a special lager/ale/beer in time for the new year, I will be off work right through new year for the first time in 4 years :drunk: . Any tips on using honey instead of sugar , i have a coopers australian lager lying about i could use. Im thinking 800g of honey and 250g of...

Would you recommend hydrating yeast if you were making a normal Lager kit like coopers australian lager

2 for what size of bottle. I used 1 spoon of sugar for a 500ml bottle.

I had done a Mexican Cerveza and an Australia Lager both coopers. They had both turned out as described above. However i had put a bottle of the Australian Lager in my fridge 4 days ago and i am sitting here drinking it just now as i type. It is a lot better, there is life to it and there is...

I thought i would try another stab at Homebrewing so i opted for a Coopers Mexican Lager. Followed the procedure to the letter. It was stored in the fermenting barrel fo 7 days and the temp was at an optimum 21degrees as we were having a heat wave. I used Coopers brew enhancer 2 as recommended...

Thanks for that. Did use 1kg coopers dextrose when mixing up in the bin at first then just white sugar at bottling stage. I have a bag of coopers carbonation drops so i will use them next time. Im trying the coopers mexican cerveza kit next. Sean you said you left your brew in the fermenting...

Hello, Firstly im new to this Homebrewing lark, i always fancied giving it a go when they used to have Homebrew kits in Boots. Never got round to it until my bro in law suggested we try it. We went for the coopers European style Lager and got a starter kit with it. We seemed to get...