Mr.Everready
Well-Known Member
My first ever brew was a Coopers Aussie lager. It was made with 500g light spray malt and 500g brewing sugar. 1040-1008 iirc. Primed with 7/8g in litre bottles.
I had my first taste 3 weeks ago after about 10 days in the bottle, it had slight apple/pear taste/aroma and had a slight bitter aftertaste. I had another last week after a further 2 weeks in the garage, the aroma and bitterness had declined slightly.
So I left in another week, the bitterness and apple taste is now almost gone but I'm quite dissapointed with the overall flavour. I can only describe it as ( guess here ! ) tasting like supermarket value lager. It looks the part in the glass, not too much of a head but you wouldn't complain if a pub pint looked like it.
This being my first brew I didn't know what to expect but I was expecting better than this. Going by the reviews of this Coopers kit I must have done something wrong somewhere, any ideas what I could have done wrong ?
I had my first taste 3 weeks ago after about 10 days in the bottle, it had slight apple/pear taste/aroma and had a slight bitter aftertaste. I had another last week after a further 2 weeks in the garage, the aroma and bitterness had declined slightly.
So I left in another week, the bitterness and apple taste is now almost gone but I'm quite dissapointed with the overall flavour. I can only describe it as ( guess here ! ) tasting like supermarket value lager. It looks the part in the glass, not too much of a head but you wouldn't complain if a pub pint looked like it.
This being my first brew I didn't know what to expect but I was expecting better than this. Going by the reviews of this Coopers kit I must have done something wrong somewhere, any ideas what I could have done wrong ?