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Hi guys

I am planning to get a Coopers Australian Pale Ale going this weekend, I have the tin and a bag of Coopers BE2 to use. I want to add a few extras to it to spice it up a bit, so far I'm thinking 100g of Crystal grain steeped at 70c, 10g of Cascade at 10mins till flameout, and dry-hop with 15g. I was going to use Amarillo but my local didn't have any.

Would this work ok, or would I be better off using something else or leaving out all together?

Sounds excellent. The cascade adds some real spicy floral character. If you'd prefer a more fruity finish, try some Goldings.

Actually I have some Goldings left over from the last Stout I did I think, would you use it as a flavour or aroma hop?

Either would be fine.

Or both

Can you have too much EKG in an ale?

I might try flavouring with the Goldings and dry-hopping with both

Thanks for the advice

Well I have this on the go now, I couldn't find my air-lock so I've gone the glad wrap method this time. I ended up steeping about 100g of crystal, and put in about 15g each of cascade and goldings, half 10 minutes before flame out and half dry hopped.

Although I went to rehydrate the coopers yeast and it did pretty much nothing, no foam or bubbles or any sort of action at all. So rather than risk extra lag-time getting going I used a random packet of Safale US-05 I had in the fridge, so hopefully that will turn out ok