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by WardM
Monday Jun 08, 2009 4:20 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Adding extra bittering hops to can kits
Replies: 10
Views: 7513

Adding extra bittering hops to can kits

My understanding is that the manufacturers of typical "can and a kilo" kits have set the hop bitterness to be about right in 23 litres if only neutral sugars - cane or dextrose - are added to the base kit. Or, in the case of Cooper's higher series, the hop bitterness is meant to be right if the ...
by WardM
Monday Jun 08, 2009 1:59 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Brewing impurities versus distilling
Replies: 4
Views: 6938

Brewing impurities versus distilling

I've been looking at home distilling, and doing a bit of reading ... getting rid of the foreshots, collecting the middle, and going only a little way into the tailings to get some desirable flavours, but not too far ... but home brewing is still my real game. My question is - aren't the same ...
by WardM
Monday Jun 08, 2009 1:43 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: New coopers pack
Replies: 8
Views: 5482

Re: New coopers pack

Yeah, I emailed Coopers about this, they've now sorted it out with Coles. The English Bitter is now the same price as other cans in the International range - around $13.79.