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Looks kind of familiar....
This is a coopers can with T58 with a can of wheat malt and amarillo...
thanks
Dasher

Hi Elbow,
I have noticed a brew I put down last week has produced a krausen very similar to the one in your picture.
How did it turn out?
Not sure whether to waste any time/ further hops or to persist.
thanks,
dasher

Many thanks both of you,
We all learn everyday - if we want to that is!
regards,
dasher

Hi all,
often lurking....
"you'll get a better hop isomerisation / extraction efficiency by boiling the hops in a solution that has malt in it"
D'oh,
I may have read this a lot of times, I think not, but certainly this is the first time it has actually registered.
I have done a modest number of ...

I have been happily brewing away for a couple of years now, and enjoy both the resulting beer, and its cost benefits.
I have been looking at the Air Still as promoted by Brewcraft and wondered whether there was anybody out there who has one or has a comment?
thanks,
Dasher

Hi all,
I only use the brown pet bottles, and have only had one bottle bomb and it managed to do its thing in a mates truck ( he drinks it he has to carry at least some of it!).
I think what I might try is a variation on the champagne twirling thing i.e. give the bottles a bit of a spin and shake a ...

I don't reckon you can go past coopers recipe i.e can of sparkling, can of malt, 500 grams of malt (dry) and some pride of ringwood dry hopped.
tastes grouse!

dasher

Hi all,
I have been happily brewing and consuming for more than a year now.
I am also a regular camper - camper trailer landcruiser engel etc....
I have noted that my brews that appear to have a modest head when poured at home produce a much larger head when poured after being bounced around in the ...

Hello,
I have been doing a 'stella clone' or at least I think it is....
1 x can coopers heritage pilsner
1 x can coopers wheat malt
20 x saaz hops for 20 mins
20 x saaz hops for 2 minutes after flameout
dry hop at about day 7 with 40 grams of saaz
I have used two different liquid yeast both wyeast ...

and long may your chimney smoke too!!!!
dasher

And today am putting down a Morgans Golden Saaz Pilsner kit with some other stuff and find as usual the yeast packet under the cap.
'Lo and behold a sachet clearly marked 'lager' previously they had ale yeast.
Can anybody give me any idea if it is worth pitching this and what result I may expect ...

Hi all,
I have done one of these with pilsener wyeast 2278 I added around 500 grams of be2 and made it up to 23 litres. Boiled the be2 with 25 grams of saaz for 10 minutes.
OG - 1046 FG - 1008
Put down 3 April bottled 21 April.
Have just tried the first one...
Not a bad effort if I do say so myself ...

Hi all,
I have tried the Cooper's website recipe i.e....
1.7kg Premium Selection Sparkling Ale
1.5kg Thomas Coopers Light Malt Extract
500g Coopers Light Dry Malt
300g Dextrose/Sucrose
with I think a reasonable amount of success.
My only addition to it is some pride of ringwood hops after about ...

Hi All,
have had a couple of goes with the dry enzyme powder and with the experience from the first brew and some ideas from this forum got the message loud and clear that you had to wait until the final gravity is 1000.
No explosions as I used pet bottles but pretty exciting when you opened the ...

I rinse them thoroughly after emptying - three times - last rinse I leave 25 mm of water in bottom - then I put the cap on and store upright until I am ready to wash and bottle again.
have fun,
dasher.

I started with a Coopers kit also.
I was told to but 500grams of ldme and add it.
Wasn't unpalatable let me tell you.
dasher

Hi Chris,
I just like the satisfying crunch of opening a new twistie.
I have on occassion washed and reused but the presentation wasn't quite there.
cheers,
dasher

Hello all,
I haven't been at this all that long but given advice from various parties have adopted the following method.
1. rinse thoroughly after emptying.
2. soak in wash trough with hot water and very very generous slug of non perfumed whiteking.
3. rinse with clean water that has been used to ...

fermenter lager brew sugar 30 bottles etc.....

I am reusing them but I shout them new bottle tops each time.
Very happy with result - I clean them with water that is lukewarm also.
Dasher