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G'day all

My 2c on the lager vs ale.

I was once offered the advice "brew lagers in the winter to drink in summer and ales in summer to drink in winter" a lesson from the good old days before heat packs and refrigerators!

That way it is generally easier to keep temps down for lager yeasts and ...

Thanks again for the advice

Sampled the stout for the first time on the weekend and it has turned out very well - close to the best I have tasted thanks Paleman!

Despite several possibilities of something infecting the brew or it not working - it all turned out fine in the end. So to fellow ...

G'day all

Until stumbling across this forum I have only ever done kit & kilo (the only variance has been adding brew enhancers/ honey) and a dozen or so of my mates have no complaints drinking it whenever they come around.

Now I am starting to add hops and different yeasts - tried a Redback clone ...

As I have so far stuck to kits and not ventured into adding hops or experimenting too much, my favourite brew so far is a little boring:

Coopers Pilsener
500g Light Dry Malt
500g Dextrose
kit yeast

OG 1036, FG 1006, 4.4%

Kept in shed at around 15* for 3 weeks. Bottle primed, left for 3 months ...

Thanks heaps everyone

It has settled down to a normal temperature now but not bubbling away as I would have expected. Will leave a few days and see how it goes. Will employ the relax and drink beer approach as it has worked before!

Was keeping it in the kitchen to keep it warm as Canberra winter ...

Following on from tip 3) "never use kit yeast" - does that go for all the Coopers range including the Pilsener? I notice in another topic that the Pilsener kit has a saflager yeast included - is that better than the yeast provided in the standard original series?

I am fairly ignorant of the yeasts ...

G'day all

I rushed into brewing last night - simple Coopers stout and by the time it came to pitching yeast, I had accidentaly let temp get above 30*.

After stuffing around trying to cool it I vaguely remembered reading that its better to pitch it anyway to avoid infections. Came home from work ...