What have you brewed this year?

OldEvan · Post by **OldEvan** » Wednesday Aug 30, 2006 7:41 pm

I started homebrewing around May this year and have made:

19.5L Coopers Lager (kit + kilo)
19L Coopers Alcoholic Ginger Beer (kit, kilo and ground ginger)
16L Coopers Non Alcoholic Ginger beer (kit only)
14.75L Brigalow Cider (kit, kilo and juice)
20.5L Coopers Dark Ale (kit and specialty sugar/malt mix)

Also have "considered" making:

2.25L Citris Vodka
2.25L Scotch Whiskey
1.125L Blueberry Schnapps
1.125L Butterscotch Schnapps

Of all this, I have about 3/4 or more sitting in my shed...I enjoy making more than drinking

Haven't heard of the 300L per year law, but I had heard you could only store 500L per person at a time (ie. family of 4 can store 2000L even if not all 18)

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Friday Sep 01, 2006 6:06 pm

only a n00b so not many done yet...

1. Brewcraft Premium Kilkenny kit
2. "Sock remover" 2 cans of Coopers Bitter + 1kg LDME in 24l
3. Tooheys Lager + 500gm LDME 200gm Dex
4. Coopers "Irish Bitter" kilkenny clone - with slightly less fermentables

really need to get another one on soon - very few of the first 3 brews left

Boonie · Post by **Boonie** » Friday Sep 01, 2006 6:46 pm

Ash wrote:only a n00b so not many done yet...

1. Brewcraft Premium Kilkenny kit
2. "Sock remover" 2 cans of Coopers Bitter + 1kg LDME in 24l
3. Tooheys Lager + 500gm LDME 200gm Dex
4. Coopers "Irish Bitter" kilkenny clone - with slightly less fermentables

really need to get another one on soon - very few of the first 3 brews left

Noob, Boon backwards. You must be Irish.

Looking at the beers you've made, 50% Irish beers

, to be sure to be sure

Boonie

Anzac Cookies · Post by **Anzac Cookies** » Friday Sep 01, 2006 6:50 pm

Boonie wrote:
Ash wrote:only a n00b so not many done yet...

1. Brewcraft Premium Kilkenny kit
2. "Sock remover" 2 cans of Coopers Bitter + 1kg LDME in 24l
3. Tooheys Lager + 500gm LDME 200gm Dex
4. Coopers "Irish Bitter" kilkenny clone - with slightly less fermentables

really need to get another one on soon - very few of the first 3 brews left
Noob, Boon backwards. You must be Irish.

Looking at the beers you've made, 50% Irish beers , to be sure to be sure

Boonie

LOL, nice one Boonie

blandy · Post by **blandy** » Friday Sep 01, 2006 7:26 pm

I like the idea of the "sock remover"

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Friday Sep 01, 2006 8:11 pm

Ash wrote:only a n00b so not many done yet...

1. Brewcraft Premium Kilkenny kit
2. "Sock remover" 2 cans of Coopers Bitter + 1kg LDME in 24l
3. Tooheys Lager + 500gm LDME 200gm Dex
4. Coopers "Irish Bitter" kilkenny clone - with slightly less fermentables

really need to get another one on soon - very few of the first 3 brews left

Ill take a stab and say that you like your bitters

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Friday Sep 01, 2006 9:46 pm

yeah, for sure.

a lot of people on here thought I was nuts doing a two can brew with the coopers bitters - it's ended up one of my best (imo), though not many of my friends liked it, too harsh for them.

not actually irish, just a fan of kilkenny

OldBugman · Post by **OldBugman** » Friday Sep 01, 2006 10:06 pm

zook37 wrote:
rwh wrote:
zook37 wrote:And about 2000 empty tallies
Whoa mumma. Where'd you get them all from?
Lets just say I have some borderline alcoholic friends that are only too happy to donate their empties in return for some home brew samples. Here is my collection:

2,000 Tallies and your mates couldnt even remove the labels for yah

Matt Wilbur · Post by **Matt Wilbur** » Sunday Sep 03, 2006 9:48 pm

I have made:

Cascade Golden Harvest with malt and SafLager yeast. Tastes fantastic after 3 weeks. Seriously one of the best beers I've tasted. Will continue using malt. Perfectly carbonated.

Alcoholic lemonade, which tastes ok after 3 weeks. I used the recipe from this site but used 1kg of lactose. It is still very dry though.

Also made a ginger beer which is nice but only a tad over 3% which is disappointing.

Tonight I put on a coopers mexican cerveza and a wheat beer using a brewcraft kit booster. Both are bubbling after only a few hours.

poges · Post by **poges** » Wednesday Sep 06, 2006 10:41 pm

1. Cascade Choc Mohogany Porter (disaster)
2. Tooheys Special Lager with Muscadova Sugar (not great)
3. Brigalow Apple Cider (some primed with Leatherwood honey that turned out a treat)
4. Coopers Stout (Morgans dark crystal malt, leatherwood honey, cocoa powder and corn syrup and absolutely fantastic)
5. Coopers Bavarian Lager (burly style - BE2 plus 500g DLME and very tasty)
6. Coopers Honey Draught (750ml yellowbox plus 250 dex - my quaffing brew at the moment...yum)
7. Cascade Spicy Ghost (mid strength with Cascade hops too young still)
8. Cascade Golden Harvest Lager (BE2 and Ringwood hops... only a month old and needing a lot more time )
9. Homemade Lemonade (disaster #2)
10. Coopers Mexican (BE2 and Cascade hops underway for three days)

Coming up in Oct: another cider and stout.

zook37 · Post by **zook37** » Thursday Sep 07, 2006 4:02 pm

OldBugman wrote: 2,000 Tallies and your mates couldnt even remove the labels for yah

Yeah, I like to use clean skin bottles, So I remove the labels as I brew. It would take a month i reckon to do them all in one hit.

shane_vor · Post by **shane_vor** » Thursday Sep 07, 2006 4:12 pm

I only dug the fermenters back out in june after a stint drinking the commercial stuff and getting rid of the kegs!

Seventeen brews since then mostly Country Brewer Lagers and Pilseners and ESB Fresh Wort kits, lager, plisener, IPA and APA. (It's winter so I thought i might run through a Pilsener phase!)

When it warms up I'll run through some ales and stouts to put away for winter.

At present I've slowed down to brewing two per fortnight.

Still seeking bottles though...bloody elusive things the free ones are!

beerman · Post by **beerman** » Saturday Sep 23, 2006 4:18 pm

Hi all

I have only been brewing for about 5 months now and so far I have made:

Cooper's "Lager" (technically an ale) that came with starter kit
Cooper's Pale Ale
Cooper's Bavarian Lager
Cooper's Mexican Cerveza
Cooper's Pilsener with 12g Saaz finishing hops
Lowenbrau clone

I have an apple cider in the fermenter at the moment.

By the way, thanks for this site and all the tips from fellow brewers. I have picked up a lot of useful hints

Boonie · Post by **Boonie** » Saturday Sep 23, 2006 5:28 pm

beerman wrote:Hi all

I have only been brewing for about 5 months now and so far I have made:

Cooper's "Lager" (technically an ale) that came with starter kit
Cooper's Pale Ale
Cooper's Bavarian Lager
Cooper's Mexican Cerveza
Cooper's Pilsener with 12g Saaz finishing hops
Lowenbrau clone

I have an apple cider in the fermenter at the moment.

By the way, thanks for this site and all the tips from fellow brewers. I have picked up a lot of useful hints

What has been your favourite?

OldBugman · Post by **OldBugman** » Sunday Sep 24, 2006 9:03 am

My Home Brew Wiki

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Sunday Sep 24, 2006 9:07 am

You don't want to know

Dogger

chris. · Post by **chris.** » Sunday Sep 24, 2006 10:34 am

Grumpys London Pride Clone
2x APA's
Brewferm Belgian Triple
2x Pale Ale's
2x Ordinary Bitter's
2x Mild's
Jamil's Choc Hazelnut Porter
Jamil's APA
Alt
Steam
Blonde Ale
2x ESB IPA fresh worts
2x ESB Pilsner fresh worts
ESB Amber Ale fresh wort
ESB Aust Pale Ale fresh wort
American Amber
Timothy taylor clone
All Nelson Sauvin IPA
Pliny the Elder clone
& yesterday I put down a Glacier Summer Ale.

The Proud Anselmo · Sunday Sep 24, 2006 12:42 pm

Im a bit of a noob too, so this site is excellent for research. Thanks guys!
Mostly been kit+kilos so far:

Coopers Draught

Coopers Ginger Beer

Coopers Canadian Blonde

Coopers Pale Ale

Coopers Mexican Ceversa

Country Brewers Wheat Beer (two-can)

Still in bottles:
Coopers Ginger Beer high alc
Coopers Draught extra malt

I really gotta diversify, but I've only been at this for just under 4 months so its a mission to keep up with demand!

ACTbrewer · Post by **ACTbrewer** » Sunday Sep 24, 2006 3:52 pm

chris. wrote:e
2x ESB IPA fresh worts

This was my first ESB fresh wort and I was very underwhelmed. It tastes a bit watery and bland for my palete, how did you find it Chris?

MrDave · Post by **MrDave** » Sunday Sep 24, 2006 5:25 pm

Since starting brewing in June we've knocked out the following:

'Double Trouble' - Two cans of Cooper's Real Ale and nothing else. It worked but could really use some hopping for aroma.
MSB Deep Roast Ale - fabulous. If you enjoy their Porters you'll enjoy that kit.
Cooper's Stout - turned out alright but some dry hopping would probably give it a bit more oomph and excitement.
'Killer Bees' - the GF is a Beez Neez fan but wheat doesn't agree with her. This is a Cooper's Canadian Blonde with lots of Tassie clover honey, some Perle, Tettnanger and Hallertau and a bit of steeped Carapils. Should have mashed it, but the starch gives a cloudiness that wheat would have imparted, so its all good. Only been in the bottle a week.
'The Thing Known As Tree Beer' - a Grumpy's Superior English Brown Ale with some oak chips which was probably a mistake. Not holding out much hope for this one, but in 6 months time it might be a cracker. Still in secondary. To be bottled next week.
Brewferm Oud Vlaams Broun - a Belgian brown Ale. Still in fermenter. Looks like it'll be a winter warmer at 7+ percent.