Beer guidance

[pvt_ak]

Folks - having dabbled with TC and WOW I'm
looking to dip my toe into the beer world - although only talking simple kit brew for now.

I've been looking at a Coopers lager but I've seen some hints and tips on how to improve - e.g. Use a lager yeast, substitute half the sugar for malt extract.

What's the key hints and tips if I should set one off this weekend ?


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[engineer]

Thats an interesting brew.
It make it with 0.5kg brew enhancer in place of sugar and it comes out more like an ale than a lager.
I actually prefer the taste to a typical lager and have made the kit a few times.
I have only bottled this one to date (not kegged) and leave it for a month before drinking.
Its consistently good, must make a note to try their "real ale" at some point.

 

[sdt7618]

Thats an interesting brew.
It make it with 0.5kg brew enhancer in place of sugar and it comes out more like an ale than a lager.
I actually prefer the taste to a typical lager and have made the kit a few times.
I have only bottled this one to date (not kegged) and leave it for a month before drinking.
Its consistently good, must make a note to try their "real ale" at some point.

The real ale is nice. do the same as the lager, and give it at least a month. was the first kit I ever did.

As for the lager kit, unless you have somewhere to keep the temp constant at about 13-14 stick with the supplied yeast. if you do the euro lager kit it comes with a lager yeast anyway.

 

[pvt_ak]

Sounds like your saying just stick to the kit items then and don't don anything different ?


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[Rockuronium]

Is this the Coopers Mexican Cerveza type?. I dropped the volume from 23L to 17L to increase the ABV. Rocket fuel!


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[BeerisGOD]

Sounds like your saying just stick to the kit items then and don't don anything different ?


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like 7618 suggests, why not try the real ale, you can experiment a bit more.

i try to mimic a premium kit (two 1.5kg cans) with a one can, so get ur hands on 1kg of spray malt (light/medium), 500g of table sugar will do and see how you get on. this will make a total of 3kg of fermentables.

but i can see you want to get the best out of the kit, so maybe order at the same time (unless you ahve a hbs near you) some specialty grains. 100g of crystal and 100g of chocolate. you can cold steep these the day before in a litre of water and boil on brew day, adding to ur wort.
follow the craigtube vids on you tube, or the Dino ones on 'improving a kit' and youl soon be getting more satisfying sups!:thumb:

 

[BeerisGOD]

Is this the Coopers Mexican Cerveza type?. I dropped the volume from 23L to 17L to increase the ABV. Rocket fuel!


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blimey that must av been a mind blower:mrgreen:

 

[wfr42]

Folks - having dabbled with TC and WOW I'm
looking to dip my toe into the beer world - although only talking simple kit brew for now.

I've been looking at a Coopers lager but I've seen some hints and tips on how to improve - e.g. Use a lager yeast, substitute half the sugar for malt extract.

What's the key hints and tips if I should set one off this weekend ?


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From your post I'm assuming you're a lager drinker. If so my experience can't help you.

If not try one of the young's craft kits - the Ipa has a thread that is still very much alive as it is a great kit beer and comes with everything you need. I did it twice and am tempted to do it again to compare my ag brews against it - i'll be happy with a draw.

I was quite disappointed with the cooper stout (initially and because I didn't tweak it at all) but with a kg of dme it was almost as much as a festival or youngs craft kit. (my PB alos played silly buggers with me when I was trying to carb it....)

If you are dabbling in beer kits, IMHO I would buy a two can kit such as a festival (which I haven't tired) or a youngs craft kit (half of my kit experience) which come with all you need and produce great pints without the need to tweak*.
*obviously that's part of the fun but if you want something you can mix, ferment and forget then a two can is the way to go (for me).

Enjoy what ever you brew

 

[pvt_ak]

Ale is my preference mate and intend to do ale. I like lager but it was more for having in stock at chrimbo the lager as I have lager drinking family and friends.


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