coopers australian pale ale

[Hatchet Juggla]

I'v searched a fair bit for a great recipe for this, but am left a little wanting.

i got a cooper's australian pale ale from bi-lo today, just becouse really. what exacly should i buy from my home brew shop tomorrow? i'm going in to get a bench capper, i figured some good hops, a decent yeast and some great fermentables for this can will fit on the shopping list.

this is my second brew, so i dont want to mess it up. it has to taste at least as good as my 1st. (morgan's pilsner kit+kilo of dex)
however, I am an experimental kind of guy, so if you want me to try something a little bit crazy out, if it sounds good to me i might give it a whirl. throw in your suggestions!

many thanks in advance!

[lethaldog]

try this,

Black rock pale ale
500g glucose/dextrose
500g normal white sugar (trust me )
50g carapils grain (crushed)
pride of ringwood hops 12g (5 min simmer)
Yeast starter made from the bottle that you just bought ( if you dont know how to do this then do a search as it has come up plenty of times)
final volume 21 litres

Enjoy!

[Hatchet Juggla]

hmmm... perhaps i wasnt clear....

i bought a pale ale home brew kit... but i can try that next if you think its that great

[lethaldog]

Just to add i didnt read the part about the can, i thought you meant a bottle of pale ale, try this can with the other ingredients i gave you less the can i recommended, and if you cant get a starter going then just grab a safale yeast and pitch that

[Hatchet Juggla]

awesome! thanks for the tips. i'll put this on tommorow at around 3.30, if anyone wants to talk me out of it and into something else, theres your deadline.

[DonMI6]

I just bottled my first Coopers PA yesterday, done as per instructions with a 1kg bag of BE2 & the kit yeast.

Gotta say, straight out of the fermenter it smelt & tasted sensational and I'm gonna do another tonight using a can of Morgans Caramalt.

[Ash]

I just bottled my first Coopers PA yesterday, done as per instructions with a 1kg bag of BE2 & the kit yeast.

Gotta say, straight out of the fermenter it smelt & tasted sensational and I'm gonna do another tonight using a can of Morgans Caramalt.

I've got the same brew down with about a week on it.

Everyone here seems to love to say all these additives are needed to "improve" the brew (bloody beer snobs you lot are ), but I reckon go for the baseline K&K as Coopers specify (can of CPA + BE2), then improve it to your own taste next time if you aren't satisfied.

I'm a bit scared about lethaldog suggesting we trust him about the white sugar though!

[lethaldog]

I just bottled my first Coopers PA yesterday, done as per instructions with a 1kg bag of BE2 & the kit yeast.

Gotta say, straight out of the fermenter it smelt & tasted sensational and I'm gonna do another tonight using a can of Morgans Caramalt.

I've got the same brew down with about a week on it.

Everyone here seems to love to say all these additives are needed to "improve" the brew (bloody beer snobs you lot are ), but I reckon go for the baseline K&K as Coopers specify (can of CPA + BE2), then improve it to your own taste next time if you aren't satisfied.

I'm a bit scared about lethaldog suggesting we trust him about the white sugar though!

Some recipes need a hint of the flavour that sugar will give, but its up to you if you want to try it or not As for the additives compare a brew without to a brew with and i think you will be pleasantly surprised

[Ash]

oh I know there's lots of improvements to be made - but if you go customising the recipe straight off the bat how do you know where the baseline is?

[Boonie]

oh I know there's lots of improvements to be made - but if you go customising the recipe straight off the bat how do you know where the baseline is?

Do what I did, rack half with hops added and bottle the other half......you really do then get a "taste test" of the same beer

[melbourne man]

how did the brew with white sugar turn out hatchet juggla and lethal?

[lethaldog]

Its fine if you use it in correct amounts for the right brew, some brews need that certain flavour that sucrose provides but in saying that i wouldnt recommend using it all the time, just for brews/recipes that require it.

The recipe i gave needs it and tastes fantastic

[melbourne man]

if i bought a 6 pack of coopers pale ale and just poured all the dregs into the fermenter would that be enough yeast or would i be better off with the kit yeast?

wouldn't some malt go well in this recipe? did you boil everything and what do i do with the grains?

[lethaldog]

Use the dregs to make a starter, then it would be enough and no u wouldnt need the kit yeast

[derfly]

I've just put together a starter using dregs of 3 CPA longies and 100g of LDME boiled in about half a litre of water.

This will eventually (tomorrow?) go into a blackrock IPA.

I'll let you know how it goes.

[lethaldog]

hope you didnt boil the dregs

[melbourne man]

i can't be bothered with the dregs becasue i have no malt or pale ales. i will get some safale s04 or just 2 packs of the coopers yeasts.

[rwh]

This will eventually (tomorrow?) go into a blackrock IPA.

I find you need about 48 hours to get high krausen.

[melbourne man]

i think i will add to my can of coopers APA
150g crystal grain
1kg of LDME minus what i need for bulk priming (180g)
goldings hop pellets 12g boiled for 5 mins
SAFale-S04 yeast

will this be too sweet? i have 12g of cascade and 12g left over of goldings should i boil them up to make it a bit more bitter?

also what % will it be, about 4.7?

[timmy]

I put down a Coopers Aust. Pale with just a kilo of BE2 and the kit yeast as my third brew. I thought it was pretty good after a week in the bottle. My only criticism is lack of head retention, but this might improve with age. Next time I'll probably use some carapils to fix this.

I also found the bottle dregs to be pretty firm and not easy to move, so you can pretty much pour off all of the bear nice and clearly.