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I've found that It takes a while to mature, but once it does it's a good one. Mine's been in the bottle since mid-December and it's only now coming into it's own. Used the tin and 500g of light DME. IMHO I still think it could use a bit more hopping, but thats just me.

Thanks, that REALLY helps me a lot! I have a buddy [oh, ok, a mate] in Brisbane who enjoys e-mailing me with your weather updates, especially after I send him photos of the mounds of snow around here!

Hi Rob! I'm a Coopers fan too. I have the Heritage Lager and the Original Lager in secondary right now, with the Real Ale to follow once it warms up a bit here in the States. Right now, we've got snow on the ground and more forecast for tonight. Great for lagering in my basement, but not good for ...

Here's one that I made a couple of years ago, it came out great. I'm sure you could leave out the limes.


115g 10L Crystal
3.3lb tin [1.5k] Coopers Light Malt Syrup
1lb [@500g] Muntons XLT DME or similar
14g Hallertau or Mt. Hood - 60 minutes
14g Hallertau or Mt. Hood - 5 minutes
5 limes
1 packet ...

I bottled this on May 8, opened one on Sunday May 18. A little early, but I just had to. Pretty good, well carbonated, but could actually use more lime.

I bulk prime when bottling 5-gallon [US] batches, and use carb drops when bottling smaller batches. I just find it easier. I've never noticed a big difference either way.

Just racked this to a secondary carboy over the past weekend.

The reason I used Mt. Hood hops is that the original called for Hallertau, and they are pretty scarce right now. Mt. Hood is described as a good substitute.

I agree, Corona is brewed pretty much to be inoffensive [ie, bland], and the ...

You can tell the difference between Bud/Miller/Coors?

They all tasted the bloody same to me the last time I was in the US.

Well, actually I can. Millers uses corn as their primary adjunct to barley and I find it generally sweeter. Bud uses rice, which to me leaves a cleaner, drier taste that I ...

OK, so I get the picture that Toohey's New is to Australia what Miller, Coors and Budweiser are to the US. I suspected that, but wanted to get honest opinions.

I found it rather unremarkable myself - not bad enough to pitch down the drain, not notable enough to buy again. THAT SAID.........it does ...

OK guys, I need your honest Aussie opinion.

I stopped at my local beer distributor today............[STOP]

In the conservative/heavily Republican state of Pennsylvania where I live here in the USA, one can purchase beer only at two places: "Beer Distrubutors" and bars [translation: pubs, locals ...

Kevnlis is on target, this is widely debated. The best answer I ever read on the topic is "CO2 is CO2 - period". For the "purists" among us, the use of DME to prime retains the "all-malt" characteristic. I've used DME, dextrose, table sugar, molassas, and honey in bottling, and dextrose and force ...

If I figure it right, since we are coming to the end of our winter, you guys are coming to the end of your summer ( ? ), but here is a summer-time light lager for those who enjoy Corona with a slice of lime on a hot day. It's a recipe that I came across several years ago, but I only made it for the ...

I made this one up today:

1 Cooper's Mexican Cerveza
1 Cooper's BE2
12g of Mt. Hood hops [5.2AA] boiled for 5 minutes in the brewing water, then added the two ingredients above
2 packets of Cooper's pilsner/lager yeast swapped out from previous brews that I used liquid yeast in.

Made this kit as ...

Chris wrote:Throw the old yeast into the boil (assuming you do one). It is great yeast nutrient.

Hmmm..........never heard of that one, but it does sound logical. Why throw it in the boil?

So, how did your brew day go?

I brewed BGM about 3 years ago, and as much as I enjoy Charlie Papazian, I won't be making BGM again. At least with the recipe in the book. The dextrose gave mine that cidery taste - maybe I didn't use a strong enough honey, I don't know. However, I might use it as a base to start from, maybe using ...

Thanks for the welcome!

You're right, it could use some more hop bitterness in there. I should admit that some of the recipe was at least partially driven by what I had on-hand when I put it together. I was aiming for a sweet/milk/cream stout, which explains the lactose of course. I suppose I ...

Hello all. I made this back in October and it is now on tap in my beer refrigerator. Hope you like it:

1 can [oops..I mean tin :oops: ] Cooper's Irish Stout
453g Dark DME
453g Lactose
115g 40L Crystal malt steeped
115g corn sugar [dextrose]
115g Malto-Dextrine powder
And..........here it comes ...

Really wish I could make it, if for no other reason than to sample your on-tap offerings, they sound great.....but I have this little distance problem.

That is a great offer to your homebrewing buddies. I hope you have good attendance. Hope to hear how it turned out!

Please don't let me give you the wrong impression on the availability of HB supplies here. I can order just about anything [except those Morgans kits :lol: ] on the Internet. But actual brewshops, where I can physically go and purchase supplies, ask questions, "hang out", hide from the wife & kids ...