Paulie Walnuts
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I kegged a Coopers Real Ale about 4 weeks ago, plus 3 bottles to see how it was clearing.
Kit was made up with 1kg of brewing sugar as I didn't have any spray malt at the time, fined for 2 days with isinglass and then left for 2 weeks at room temp before moving outside. Household sugar (85g) was used for the secondary fermentation, the three bottles were clear in a day with only a small amount of yeast residue in the bottom.
The beer tastes pretty reasonable, perhaps a little lacking in body which I put down to using just brewing sugar. The only real problem I have is that the beer is pretty lifeless with only a small amount of carbonation. I think I read some while ago that this is a particular trait of the Coopers Real Ale - has anyone else made it?
I've also got a Coopers European Lager coming to the end of fermentation at the moment & hope to bottle this at the end of the week. I used 500g brewing sugar & 500g light spray malt for that one. As soon as that is done there will be a Coopers IPA going into the FV and I'm hoping that these two have a little more life in them.
Kit was made up with 1kg of brewing sugar as I didn't have any spray malt at the time, fined for 2 days with isinglass and then left for 2 weeks at room temp before moving outside. Household sugar (85g) was used for the secondary fermentation, the three bottles were clear in a day with only a small amount of yeast residue in the bottom.
The beer tastes pretty reasonable, perhaps a little lacking in body which I put down to using just brewing sugar. The only real problem I have is that the beer is pretty lifeless with only a small amount of carbonation. I think I read some while ago that this is a particular trait of the Coopers Real Ale - has anyone else made it?
I've also got a Coopers European Lager coming to the end of fermentation at the moment & hope to bottle this at the end of the week. I used 500g brewing sugar & 500g light spray malt for that one. As soon as that is done there will be a Coopers IPA going into the FV and I'm hoping that these two have a little more life in them.
I think I would either not bother with the finings or leave the bottles/keg in the warm for longer. You probably need to leave them in the warm for longer than a couple of days in any case. 
