After 9 years would you or wouldn't you?

[Cheshire Cat]

Wow High Littleton. My best friends lived there around that time. I worked at Paulton.
He had a house between Keynsham & Saltford.
Turned into a hotel. Stayed there on my wedding night.

Ha, ha was going to say I've had a few pints in The Star.

I worked for Bristol Commercial Vehicles in Brislington.

 

[Pirate_Pete]

I worked for Bristol Commercial Vehicles in Brislington.

Even wower.
I bought my first house in Brislington.
My grandparents had a flat above a bank not far from the old tram depot.
I remember looking out the window and seeing half built buses with just chasis's being driven.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I was Quality Superintendent for the chassis build and my guys drove the chassis to Lowestoft where the bodies were fitted.

 

[Random Badger]

Random Badger is going log on.
Think I wonder if anyone has replied.
Then he or she will think WTF has happened to my thread.

I asked the forum whether to brew an old beer kit and a clear direction quickly emerged:

• Yes, brew it.
• No, don't brew it.
• Make it into a stout.
• Never brew a Coopers kit.
• Most Australian beer is poor.
• Bath is nice.

 

[BarnBrian]

Is that K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M?

Horace Bachelor no less.

 

[Maxonian]

Into my possession has come a rare vintage example of a Coopers Australian lager kit, only a mere 9 years past the sell by date.

Does malt extract actually go off in the can? It looks in good condition - is it worth the effort to take a chance on brewing it, or would I be courting certain death? Or worse, producing a poor beer?

I’d say it’s worth a punt. I made a stout with a two tins of out of date Coopers, one Pilsner and one Dark Ale. They were both two years past their use by date. I ditched the yeast that came with them and used my own and some of my own hops. The finished beer was by far the best stout that I’ve made.

 

[An Ankoù]

Even wower.
I bought my first house in Brislington.
My grandparents had a flat above a bank not far from the old tram depot.
I remember looking out the window and seeing half built buses with just chasis's being driven.

There were a lot of low bridges around there? Is that it?

 

[Tommo 2]

I would shelve it for the apocalypse. Next to the tins of carnation milk and peaches. However, I think that Coopers tastes like dish water anyway. Toohey’s old was ok. Sort of reminded me of Theakstons’ old Peculiar. Though that is probably doing a major disservice to Old Peculiar.
As for Vicky Bitter. No thanks..
If these beers mean nothing to you. Then take this one thing away from my midnight ramblings. The commercial beer in Australia is garbage. In my Opinion....
Sorry if this causes offence to any Australian members of the forum. I really wanted to find something tasty. Maybe some recommendations?? Don’t say Fosters..

Guessing you’ve never tried a ditches stout then mate

 

[Tommo 2]

I’d say it’s worth a punt. I made a stout with a two tins of out of date Coopers, one Pilsner and one Dark Ale. They were both two years past their use by date. I ditched the yeast that came with them and used my own and some of my own hops. The finished beer was by far the best stout that I’ve made.

So that’s an imperial stout then

 

[Maxonian]

So that’s an imperial stout then

No, it was a 28 litre batch. I mashed in 2kg of Maris Otter, 250g of melanoidin and a few other bits and bobs like Cara Munich III, Special W, chocolate rye and then added the extract tins. It finished up 6.2%.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I asked the forum whether to brew an old beer kit and a clear direction quickly emerged:

• Yes, brew it.
• No, don't brew it.
• Make it into a stout.
• Never brew a Coopers kit.
• Most Australian beer is poor.
• Bath is nice.

You'll get used to it when you've posted a few more threads.

Oh and a shower is better!

 

[Tommo 2]

No, it was a 28 litre batch. I mashed in 2kg of Maris Otter, 250g of melanoidin and a few other bits and bobs like Cara Munich III, Special W, chocolate rye and then added the extract tins. It finished up 6.2%.

Sounds good , ain’t brewing awesome , sometimes you just never know what you’ll get from some of the concoctions we put together

 

[crescent city Mike]

Pirate_Pete is absolutely right; that 9 year old kit is nothing more than a display item of curiosity at this point. If you keep it much longer, you may notice it start to swell. I had one I'd forgotten about in a box in the garage. It exploded and soaked through the box and attached everything to the floor.
What you think of Cooper's is irrelevant; the malt is no longer viable for making beer.

 

[Victor Churchill]

Do you remember Horace Bachelor on Radio Luxembourg. I lived in High Littleton from 1978-83.

As immortalised by Viv Stanshall and the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. God bless 'em. "That's Keynsham. K..E..Y..N..S..H..A..M"

 

[Pirate_Pete]

Brewing a nine year old coopers

Well someone brewed one. I don't have time to watch it now, or the later tasting one.
But it is a dark ale, not a lager.