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My Fist Batch Very Gassy
Posted: Friday Nov 23, 2007 5:37 pm
by mmmmbeer
Gday guys, My first attempt at brewing has been bottled for 4 weeks now, I did the coopers mexican. At first taste it is very nice but when it settles in the mouth it becomes very gassy almost like soda water, when it pours has a nice head and a lot of bubbles through it from the bottom of the glass, the head remains throughout but gets a little thin. Do you think this is still immature or have i stuffed something up somewhere. Thanks guys any help will be appreciated.
Posted: Friday Nov 23, 2007 5:47 pm
by TommyH
Hi mmmmbeer
Can you give more details about your brew?
Ingredients; Temps; etc?
Posted: Friday Nov 23, 2007 6:00 pm
by mmmmbeer
Yes thanks for reply
Coopers mexican Kit
Brew enhancer 2
500gm Dextrose
2 weeks in fermenter
Around 22- 24 degres
Carb drops
Posted: Friday Nov 23, 2007 6:45 pm
by TommyH
OK A few things that might help.
Read the sticky
http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... php?t=1966
That will give you lots of tips on how to improve your brew.
Try to get away from using dextrose and use more malt.
And don't worry too much. Your brews will only get better. Better than the crap you would normally get in pubs.
Cheers
Posted: Friday Nov 23, 2007 6:47 pm
by scanman
Next time add in some hops, those mexican beers can be bland as hell.
Posted: Friday Nov 23, 2007 6:53 pm
by TommyH
scanman wrote:Next time add in some hops, those mexican beers can be bland as hell.
hmmm I think they are meant to be bland... thirst quenchers.. not really beer "
as we know it"
Posted: Friday Nov 23, 2007 7:08 pm
by 501
about ~2 years ago i did a couple of the coopers cerveza.
I found also that the bubbles were large / gassy etc.
1st with brew enhancer 2 as coopers say,
and 2nd with mostly malt + dex + hersbrucker hops.
Imo this beer don't need any extra body for the style.
My .xls notes say it was nice but nothing like corona,
and malty both times ? ( and gassy ).
Remember that they tasted OK over the beach....
Re: other comments,
Yes find I can't drink corona anymore.
Though a real watered down canadian blond Ale,
similar to Dogger's is nice in similar gastronomic
circumstances.
mmmmbeer don't worry about it,
as long as you bottled at right time it's all good,
What is Next ?
Posted: Friday Nov 23, 2007 8:33 pm
by MiniMoose
i did this as my second brew with 500g LDME 500g Dex and 20g tettnang. I too used carbed drops, and i found the same thing, that it is really fizzy.
Could it be the Carb drops, coupled with the thinness of the Mexican cerveza whcih lead to such evident fizz?
The tettnang hops worked real well the the kit though.
Posted: Saturday Nov 24, 2007 6:05 pm
by scanman
I have made a Coopers Cerveza with a Kg of dex and I think the kit needs a bit more hops flavour. Even corona has a mild hoppy after taste.
I currently have a Chairmans Cortez Cerveza in the bottles maturing a bit. This kits to me has a better taste and smell to the Coopers one. Hopefully it will come out a good lawnmower beer, which is the only reason I would make a cerveza.
Posted: Saturday Nov 24, 2007 10:01 pm
by Chris
Is the Cooper's Cerveza a lager or an ale?
I find that the 'lighter' Coopers beers (blonde, draught, lager etc) are much better as lagers than ales.
Granted, they still don't do much for me generally.
Posted: Sunday Nov 25, 2007 2:22 pm
by Tipsy
Chris wrote:Is the Cooper's Cerveza a lager or an ale?
I have a feeling that the yeast Coopers provide is an ale/lager blend.
There is a post on the Coopers forum that states what yeasts are in the kits
Posted: Sunday Nov 25, 2007 2:42 pm
by TommyH
Tipsy wrote:Chris wrote:Is the Cooper's Cerveza a lager or an ale?
I have a feeling that the yeast Coopers provide is an ale/lager blend.
There is a post on the Coopers forum that states what yeasts are in the kits
From the sticky at the top of the forum
# The International Series Australian Pale Ale and the Premium Selection Sparkling Ale, Australian Bitter, Traditional Draught and Heritage Lager come with a blend of lager and ale yeasts.
# The Original Series (Lager, Real Ale, Draught, Bitter, Stout and Dark Ale) are all ale yeasts.
# International Series Canadian Blonde is ale.
# International Series Bavarian Lager and Brewmaster Selection Pilsener are Saflager (P is stamped next to useby date).
# Brewmaster Selection Wheat Beer is a wheat beer yeast (W next to useby date).
# Brewmaster Selection Nut Brown Ale is (was, as it's now discontinued) an ale yeast (but different to the Original Series yeast).
# Brewmaster Selection India Pale Ale is an ale yeast, but I'm not sure what type.
# The Irish Stout comes with an ale yeast.
# The International Series Mexican Cerveza is an ale/lager blend