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does any one have good coopers real ale recipe that they would share.going to put down a real ale this weekend

The real ale makes a good base for a Fat Yak clone.

Recipe: 102 Fat Yak
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: Extract
Steep grain in 1L of 70C water in thermos for 1 hour, sparge with 2L 70C water.
Hop boil ~340g DME in 3L liquor

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.045 SG
Estimated Color: 21.4 EBC
Estimated IBU: 52.9 IBU

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
1.50 kg Light Dry Extract (15.8 EBC) Dry Extract 45.45 %
1.70 kg Coopers Kit Real Ale (37.8 EBC) Extract 51.52 %
0.10 kg Crystal Malt - 60L (100.0 EBC) Grain 3.03 %
15.00 gm Nelson Sauvin [11.50 %] (10 min)Hops 6.9 IBU
15.00 gm Cascade [7.80 %] (10 min) Hops 4.7 IBU
10.00 gm Nelson Sauvin [11.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
5.00 gm Nelson Sauvin [11.50 %] (0 min) Hops -

I've done this one, and if you don't mind the slightly decreased ABV, I reckon it's a good match for fat yak. It started out pretty much as a "cleaning out the cupboard" ale.

Coopers Real Ale
500g LDME
1kg Coopers BE2
250g Weyermann Caramunich Type 2 steeped
16g Cascade @ 10 min
12g Nelson Sauvin @ 5 min
US-05

Make to 28l.