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picked up a slab of coopers lager last night and they've changed the packaging, which looks great. however, the beer tastes different and i don't like it so much. on further inspection, i saw the beer's alcohol content has dropped from 5% to 4.8%, so i'm assuming the recipe has been altered. does ...

i saw this beer on special at bws, it's from six star brewery (from memory)... haven't found a low carb beer i really like yet, wondering if this one is any different. it's being promoted as a full-flavour european style lager... has nayone tried this beer yet?

g'day mate, i got it from the barossa valley brewery. it's a small place in greenock (about five minutes from nuriootpa). from memory, they have around four or five beers available but i couldn't tell you if it is available in bottle shops or not.

grabbed a couple of longnecks of this brew on the weekend. it is awesome, albeit a tad expensive ($10 for a 640mL longneck). kinda like a cross between matilda bay's alpha ale and the knappstein lager. has anyone else had a chance to try it yet?

how much is this? might have to check dan's tomorrow night.

saw the mad brewers.... at $50 for nine 640mL bottles, i think i will give it a miss.

is it just me or has james squire not released any special brews for a while? i was hoping for another season of hop thief at least!

i didn't mind their pale ale, but i wasn't a big fan of anything else i tried there. nice location if nothing else.

i'd go with either Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel, James Squire Hop Thief or Duvel.

i tried some of this at the saltrams restaurant. a couple with a steak dinner went very well. doubt i would drink it on its own though.

sweet. thanks for the advice guys (as always). i'm making the jump from those plastic bottles to glass bottles this brew and have been rather lazy in purchasing a capper. hope to bottle next weekend!

i was just curious what the longest people leave their beer in secondary is? mine is getting close to a month, any chance i'll ruin it?

a bit scary down that way dr, but i checked and they don't have any yet.

i'm finding this impossible to find this year. anyone seen it out north (between the barossa and salisbury) in sa?

i'd go...

1) james squire golden ale
2) coopers sparkling ale
3) james squire amber ale
4) cascade premium lager
5) james squire india pale ale

SpillsMostOfIt wrote:if they make beer, there will be a sugar-free diet version - not made with malt that is almost indistinguishable from the Pepsi product.

hate to say it, but this appeals to me

lethaldog wrote:My tried and true recipe is:

Brewcraft Dutch Lager
#60 kit converter
Saflager yeast
Made up to 22 litres

Comes out pretty damn close to the real thing

pardon my ignorance, but what is a #60 kit converter?

this link should help you: http://www.countrybrewer.com.au/webcontent35.htm

hi jon, i just bottled my wheat beer today. i used 300g of honey and added it 10 mins before flame out.... here's my recipe, probably not the best out there but i'm sure you'll have no trouble finding honey wheat recipes in this section. was a great help for me, but anyway, here's mine...

1.7kg ...

Oliver wrote:

Pale_Ale wrote:My pick for Coopers would be the Austral on Rundle Street, it's got all Coopers beer on tap and good atmosphere.

Agreed. You can't go wrong. Plus they have keg-aged Coopers Sparkling Ale on tap. Yum!

Oliver

sometimes i feel like i'm the only person on earth who dislikes the austral