I was wondering if anybody has tried these before.
I went into my home brew shop today and noticed that besides all the usual coopers kits, and besides the international series kits, there were a range of about 4 premium coopers kits.
Apparently they've been around for about a year now, 13.50 each, so they are an extra 3 bucks.
I'm just curious to hear if they have some nice results
Coopers Premium Range
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Oliver
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I've heard very good reports.
In fact, I bought a Sparkling Ale yesterday, with a 1.5kg can of Cooper's Light Malt Extract and some Pride of Ringwood (gasp!) hops.
I intend to make it along the lines suggested in this thread about the Premium Selection, with a starter made from the yeast of a Sparkling Ale.
Cheers,
Oliver
In fact, I bought a Sparkling Ale yesterday, with a 1.5kg can of Cooper's Light Malt Extract and some Pride of Ringwood (gasp!) hops.
I intend to make it along the lines suggested in this thread about the Premium Selection, with a starter made from the yeast of a Sparkling Ale.
Cheers,
Oliver
i made a sparkling ale can and added 1.5kg light malt extract liquid, 500g dried light malt extract and 300g of dextrose (as per cooper's instructions) and used a starter from a sparkling ale longneck in addition to the packet yeast and dry hopped with 10g pride of ringwood pellets (just brought fresh frozen pellets and threw them in on top of the hot wort). turned out fantastic - will do again.
i did taste a sparkling ale from a keg once that was made with only 1.5kg light malt extract liquid and no hops or extra yeast and i must say, it really needs that extra malt. also, that lovely warm feeling you get from a high alcohol ale is nice.
-wombat
i did taste a sparkling ale from a keg once that was made with only 1.5kg light malt extract liquid and no hops or extra yeast and i must say, it really needs that extra malt. also, that lovely warm feeling you get from a high alcohol ale is nice.
-wombat
I bought a couple of cans of Coopers lager the other day from K-Mart (Cheapest source) i didn't notice until i got home, but on the bottom where the batch number, use by etc is it is named as Bavarian. may be a labelling mistkae, giving me a Bavarian in the wrong label, or may be the same, just differnet labels and prices!
Worth checking the bottom in future.
Worth checking the bottom in future.
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I've got a funny feeling that they're one and the same anyway, just that one has a lager yeast (the Bavarian Lager) and one has an ale yeast (the Lager - strange but true!).
From memory the the Canadian Blonde is the same as another cooper's (Pilsner, perhaps?), just with different yeasts.
(I was there at the tastings when they were deciding which of the various kit/yeast combos to go with.)
Oliver
From memory the the Canadian Blonde is the same as another cooper's (Pilsner, perhaps?), just with different yeasts.
(I was there at the tastings when they were deciding which of the various kit/yeast combos to go with.)
Oliver