mildly bitter brew

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sunday Sep 25, 2005 1:56 pm

wanted a mildly bitter beer (not a big hop head and she hates the bitter stuff) so i was looking for a easy to make, malty, not very bitter brew. may be an ale?? any suggestions appreciated.

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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sunday Sep 25, 2005 5:57 pm

Try this one mate. 1 can of Coopers Heritage Pale Ale , 1 kg dry dark malt, 250gr dextrose, use yeast that comes with the can and ferment at around 20deg.
A low bitter dark ale.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Sunday Sep 25, 2005 7:48 pm

I agree with the last poster, but you could also try a wheat beer or a blonde. Coopers Canadian Blonde is pretty good, as is Wals.

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » Monday Sep 26, 2005 8:52 am

Your answering your own post Guest!
Talking with yourself is the first sign of madness

I'd agree with the Heritage Pale Ale and if you didn't want it so dark it works really well with 1kg liquid light malt and 150 g Maltodextrin.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Monday Sep 26, 2005 3:21 pm

cheers lads, i think ill give that coopers heratage pale ale a go. seems the ticket. as an aside, what is maltodextrin??

thanks for the help

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NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Monday Sep 26, 2005 3:28 pm

Heritage Pale Ale?

There's a Heritage Lager, and an Australian Pale Ale, which one did you mean?

Also, maltodextrin is dried corn syrup, used to improve the head and mouthfeel without altering the flavour.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Monday Sep 26, 2005 3:30 pm

It's a non-fermentable sugar that adds body to your beer. It helps get a better head. Used in large quantities (more than 400g/23L), it can give a sharp bitterness to beer (but not a hoppy bitterness). Yanks call is corn syrup.

Tony

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Monday Sep 26, 2005 6:57 pm

NTRabbit wrote:Heritage Pale Ale?

There's a Heritage Lager, and an Australian Pale Ale, which one did you mean?

Also, maltodextrin is dried corn syrup, used to improve the head and mouthfeel without altering the flavour.

Ok , there is the cheap can thats Coopers Pale Ale , about $9.50, and in the Heritage Range [$13] there is a pale ale called Australian pale ale.
So its the more expensive one , and just use a bit of Dex , not Malto, to lighten it a bit and retain a good OG as the kit says to use 1.5kg of liquid malt and a bit of dex. All depends on how much alcohol you want to end up with.

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Monday Sep 26, 2005 8:06 pm

Anonymous wrote: Ok , there is the cheap can thats Coopers Pale Ale , about $9.50, and in the Heritage Range [$13] there is a pale ale called Australian pale ale.

No, you are wrong. There is only one can in the Coopers range with Heritage on it, and thats the Premium Selection Heritage Lager. There is only one Pale Ale in the entire Coopers range, and thats the International Series Australian Pale Ale. Now, the Premium Selection range also contains the Australian Bitter, the Traditional Draught and the Sparkling Ale - which one of those are you mistakenly calling the Australian Pale Ale?

Post by **Oliver** » Monday Sep 26, 2005 11:00 pm

To settle this, I had a look at the Cooper's site.

Check out http://www.coopers.com.au/homebrew/ and you'll see that there's the Premium Selection Heritage Lager and the International Series Australian Pale Ale.

No Heritage Pale Ale to be had, sorry

Oliver

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Tuesday Sep 27, 2005 5:53 am

Oliver wrote:To settle this, I had a look at the Cooper's site.

Check out http://www.coopers.com.au/homebrew/ and you'll see that there's the Premium Selection Heritage Lager and the International Series Australian Pale Ale.

No Heritage Pale Ale to be had, sorry

Oliver

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silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » Tuesday Sep 27, 2005 8:11 am

My mistake. I ment to say the original Pale Ale not Heritage Pale Ale . Doh!