"Product bitterness x 1.7 / Brew volume = Total bitterness before fermentation
As an example, if a brew is made with Mexican Cerveza up to a volume of 23 litres:
270 x 1.7 / 23 = 20 IBU"
https://www.coopers.com.au/coopers-forum/topic/7186/
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"Product bitterness x 1.7 / Brew volume = Total bitterness before fermentation
As an example, if a brew is made with Mexican Cerveza up to a volume of 23 litres:
270 x 1.7 / 23 = 20 IBU"
https://www.coopers.com.au/coopers-forum/topic/7186/
Tony1951
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HarrowBrewer
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How does this sound for a partial mash recipe to make up to twenty litres with the kit can?
2 kg Maris Otter
150g Pale Wheat
30g Black Malt
20g Chocolate Malt
Mashed for an hour at 66.7c in 7 litres, batch sparked with 8 litres of water at 80c.
60 Minute boil
10g Of Challenger at boil
5g of Fuggles at boil.
6g of Challenger at 5 minutes
6g of Fuggles at 5 minutes.
2 kg Maris Otter
150g Pale Wheat
30g Black Malt
20g Chocolate Malt
Mashed for an hour at 66.7c in 7 litres, batch sparked with 8 litres of water at 80c.
60 Minute boil
10g Of Challenger at boil
5g of Fuggles at boil.
6g of Challenger at 5 minutes
6g of Fuggles at 5 minutes.
Looks OK. What you trying to do with the black and choc? Do you know what IBUs the 60 min hops will add?
I would use more 5 min hops too, I think. But it's a personal taste thing. You might just want a bit of extra hoppiness.
I would use more 5 min hops too, I think. But it's a personal taste thing. You might just want a bit of extra hoppiness.
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I think the 60 minute hops should give about 8 IBUs. I could bump up the late additions to 10g each. The darker malts are for a bit of colour and flavour, I've used this as a 10 litre ag recipe and it came out well, but I'm not sure how much darkness and flavour the coopers kit will add.
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All done. I got 1050, so I'm pleased with that, nice bitterness and colour, might dry hop with some fuggles after a couple of weeks.
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coopers kits are almost always really good budget beers, clear, full flavoured (when used with beer enhancer or spray malt) and great carbonation. I brewed this with 20g of East Kent Goldings as a dry hop and after a few weeks I have a real pub pint, great head, great flavour and very smooth. Recommended!
Totally agree - you can even go a step further with a partial mash, as HarrowBrewer has done.
Last year I started to pimp (never liked that word!) the lighter Coopers kits with Cascade hops. I tried Blonde and the AuPA and the results were promising but not outstanding.
I decided that the Blonde was too light for my taste but to try the AuPA again although it is a little light for my taste. So looking for another one to try I bought a Real Ale in the Tesco sale to have a go at that, since it seemed a bit darker.
What I did
- Kit can and yeast
- 250g Pale Malt, 100g Crystal, and 100g Torrified Wheat 60min mash in about 1.5 litres water
- Drain and sparge to make up to about 3 litres and boil 60 mins
- Last 10 mins 15g cascade in a bag
Why Torrified Wheat? - because I bought some cheap and wanted to see how it worked in to relation head retention.
I estimated that the kit can had about 42 IBUs and wanted to up that a bit, hence the Cascade in at the end, to add some more bitterness plus hopefully some flavour and aroma.
Made up to 22 litres, OG 1.045.
Dry hopped at day 7 for following five days with 15g Cascade and 20g of remaining hops (Simcoe, Centennial and Chinook) from a Youngs AIPA kit I didn't use.
FG 1.011, and put into a PB.
Results - I have been really impressed with this and will definitely be doing it again. It is very hoppy, it has a good aroma, and has a good lasting creamy head when served from the PB. And I was drinking it young at about 2 weeks from putting in the PB which I don't usually do.
I have used the same recipe from this except it's all Cascade on another AuPA which I bottled on Friday but the taster didn't seem as promising but maybe it's too early to tell on that.
I decided that the Blonde was too light for my taste but to try the AuPA again although it is a little light for my taste. So looking for another one to try I bought a Real Ale in the Tesco sale to have a go at that, since it seemed a bit darker.
What I did
- Kit can and yeast
- 250g Pale Malt, 100g Crystal, and 100g Torrified Wheat 60min mash in about 1.5 litres water
- Drain and sparge to make up to about 3 litres and boil 60 mins
- Last 10 mins 15g cascade in a bag
Why Torrified Wheat? - because I bought some cheap and wanted to see how it worked in to relation head retention.
I estimated that the kit can had about 42 IBUs and wanted to up that a bit, hence the Cascade in at the end, to add some more bitterness plus hopefully some flavour and aroma.
Made up to 22 litres, OG 1.045.
Dry hopped at day 7 for following five days with 15g Cascade and 20g of remaining hops (Simcoe, Centennial and Chinook) from a Youngs AIPA kit I didn't use.
FG 1.011, and put into a PB.
Results - I have been really impressed with this and will definitely be doing it again. It is very hoppy, it has a good aroma, and has a good lasting creamy head when served from the PB. And I was drinking it young at about 2 weeks from putting in the PB which I don't usually do.
I have used the same recipe from this except it's all Cascade on another AuPA which I bottled on Friday but the taster didn't seem as promising but maybe it's too early to tell on that.
Just started 'sampling' another one of these. Just as good as the last one if not better.
This time same extras as above except the last 10 minutes of the boil had 10g Cascade added. Racked off to a secondary FV after 8 days and then dry hopped with 25 g Cascade and 25g Centennial. Three days on the hops in the warm then three days in the cool (my unheated garage), before going into the PB
This will now become my Coopers kit of choice over the AuPa, the English Bitter, the IPA, and certainly the Canadian Blonde.
But it's very hoppy :thumb:
This time same extras as above except the last 10 minutes of the boil had 10g Cascade added. Racked off to a secondary FV after 8 days and then dry hopped with 25 g Cascade and 25g Centennial. Three days on the hops in the warm then three days in the cool (my unheated garage), before going into the PB
This will now become my Coopers kit of choice over the AuPa, the English Bitter, the IPA, and certainly the Canadian Blonde.
But it's very hoppy :thumb:
All I can say is that what I have have done with the two Real Ales has worked out fine for me, and I will be definitely be doing the second version again.
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