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bobbioli · Post by **bobbioli** » Wednesday Sep 28, 2005 8:16 am

The coopers pils was darn good, as was the stout. Black rock dry not to good, black rock lager better. but both are new. the rest I've been brewing you fellas prob don't get so no coment. Also would like to know what yas put in with coopers pils.ie. not dextrose

GTI86 · Post by **GTI86** » Wednesday Sep 28, 2005 9:20 pm

Found the esb kits to be the best just add water kits nut brown and pilsner
both excelent gold rush mabbots ale and the coppers canadian blonde and
all the brewmaster kits are great only had bad brews from a wander draught and homebrand the wander was undrinkable possibley due to poor sanitation

Wassa · Post by **Wassa** » Thursday Sep 29, 2005 9:35 am

I'd have to disagree Kipper. I have brewed several Cascade kits, albeit Golden Harvest and Mahogany Porter (with Dark Malt and honey to beef it up) and have found them to be AOK. The Golden Harvest is an excellent Lager with lots of hops coming thru and ideal for a hot summers day.

Also, I have brewed several Tooheys Lager and Dark Ales and found them to be great kits.

For a truly excellent bitter lager you just can't go past Country Brewers Wal's Lager.....it's exceptional!

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Thursday Sep 29, 2005 10:12 am

I have not found much favour with the drys either, it doesn't seem to matter whos.

I think if you have to beef up the kit with malt and honey it must say a bit about from a Kand K stance.

Dogger

Post by **Oliver** » Thursday Sep 29, 2005 11:18 am

All this talk about Wal's Lager has got me wanting to try one.

Does anyone know if Country Brewer kits are available in shops, or are they just available online - http://www.countrybrewer.com.au

Oliver

protein_man · Post by **protein_man** » Thursday Sep 29, 2005 11:58 am

I've tried many different brew kits, but have found the morgans range to be my favourite, especially the blue mountain lager with a brew blend of maltodextrin/dextrose and the canadian light lager with maltodextrin/dextrose and dry hopped with 12g of super alpha hops, mmmmm good stuff!

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Thursday Sep 29, 2005 12:02 pm

Oliver,

The Wals kits are available in the Country Brewer shops, if there is one nearby. I think at this stage they are only in NSW (Sydney Metro and Bathurst) They may be interested in a Melbourne franchise...

Cheers,
Greg

Post by **Oliver** » Thursday Sep 29, 2005 12:24 pm

gregb wrote:I think at this stage they are only in NSW ... They may be interested in a Melbourne franchise ...

Hmmm. Interesting thought. Don't know what 'er indoors would think about me owning a homebrew shop though

Oliver

Wassa · Post by **Wassa** » Thursday Sep 29, 2005 12:57 pm

Oliver,

As far as I know The Country Brewer only has shops in Sydney Metro and Bathurst. They have a mail order service if you want to order that way.

I can thoroughly recommend the Wal's Lager. It is a lovely crisp lager with lots of hops coming through. I make it with 1kg of LMDE and a hallertau tea bag, bulk prime to bottle and leave for 3 months, cool and drink it. It's exquisite.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Tuesday Oct 04, 2005 4:51 pm

Wassa,
Anything special you do to the Dark Ale? May give it a go with a yeast starter from a bottle of Coopers Dark Ale.
Cheers,
Jay.

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Tuesday Oct 04, 2005 7:39 pm

Oliver wrote:
gregb wrote:I think at this stage they are only in NSW ... They may be interested in a Melbourne franchise ...
Hmmm. Interesting thought. Don't know what 'er indoors would think about me owning a homebrew shop though

Oliver

Would bring a new twist to drinking away the profits

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Tuesday Oct 04, 2005 8:14 pm

Nah, write off on tax as Research and Development

Cheers,
Greg

tyrone · Post by **tyrone** » Monday Oct 10, 2005 8:19 am

does that mean a visit to a brewery is a self educational expense?

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Sunday Oct 23, 2005 6:22 pm

Just another plug for the Wals Pilsner. Just sampled another batch that I did and, even if I did brew it about ten degrees celcius above lager brew temps, it really is an outstanding kit.

Cheers,
Greg.

Bruiser · Post by **Bruiser** » Monday Oct 24, 2005 9:22 am

I've just cracked the Wal's bitter. Nice for a bitter, and should definately improve with some more time in the bottle. I didn't add anything to it the first time so I could see how they stacked up. Has definately got me wanting to try the rest of the range. Just picked up the Wal's Wheat (which I'm gonna add some Carawheat and Hersbrucker to) and I've got the Wal's Draught in the primary at the mo with some Cluster. For those who haven't tried them before, when you open the cans there is still some hops sitting in the can. Took me a few moments to realise what it was...

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » Monday Oct 24, 2005 1:55 pm

I'll have to try the Wals soon.
The best pilsner I've don't so far was with the ESB - that had the same chunky hops in the can.
mmmm hops mmmm

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