Anyone ever use coopers corona kit as the basis for somethin
Anyone ever use coopers corona kit as the basis for somethin
Having trouble getting liquid malt quickly where I live so thought about using a kit and treating it just like liqid malt. Thought coopers corona would be a good place to start. Has anyone ever tried this.
No reason why you can't do this. The Coopers Mexican Cerveza is a very light coloured beer, and the hop bitterness level is at the low level of the scale. Have a look at the Coopers website, and look up Beercans in the Homebrew page. They give IBU levels which make no sense to me as they are all in the 300 to 400+ range, but it is the comparison you are after. The Cerveza is quoted as 300, which seems to be the lowest of them all.
The kit cans are really the same as an unhopped liquid malt extract can, but with some hops added.
You could certainly use the can as a base to make many styles of beer you want, especially if you want to use some specialty grains and add some extra hops.
Have a look through the recipe section for inspiration for a brew.
The kit cans are really the same as an unhopped liquid malt extract can, but with some hops added.
You could certainly use the can as a base to make many styles of beer you want, especially if you want to use some specialty grains and add some extra hops.
Have a look through the recipe section for inspiration for a brew.
This seems to be the IBU for the undiluted can. Apparently you divide by you final volume and multiply by 1.25 (I have no idea why 1.25 but it works).
So the Cerveza would be 300/23 x 1.25 = 16.3IBU in 23L
If you are going to add the cerveza kit to another kit, this is a significant amount of bitterness to be adding but you could use it as the base for an all extract taking the bitterness into account in your hop schedule.
Have you tried your supermarket for malt extract, near the golden syrup I think. Others here have used it and reckon its fine.
So the Cerveza would be 300/23 x 1.25 = 16.3IBU in 23L
If you are going to add the cerveza kit to another kit, this is a significant amount of bitterness to be adding but you could use it as the base for an all extract taking the bitterness into account in your hop schedule.
Have you tried your supermarket for malt extract, near the golden syrup I think. Others here have used it and reckon its fine.
Have a look in the soft drink aisle. That's usually where the home brew is and you should find home brew cans, Coopers brewing sugar (avoid), Coopers Brew Emhancer 1 and Coopers Brew Enhancer 2. If it is a good supermarket they also sell Coopers Pale Malt Extract in powder form.....This is what you want tol use or one of the Brew Enhacers.
I usually stick to all malt brews but I think Coopers recommend Brew Enhacer 1 for this kit.
If you can't get any of these options just get plain Dextrose (Glucose) and use that......it alleviates the cidery taste.
Hope this helps.
Wassa
I usually stick to all malt brews but I think Coopers recommend Brew Enhacer 1 for this kit.
If you can't get any of these options just get plain Dextrose (Glucose) and use that......it alleviates the cidery taste.
Hope this helps.
Wassa
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