Coopers Lager Kit - Page 2

NewbieMan5000 · 12-12-2011, 04:14 AM

yea i figured it out. Human error..

The top of the fermenter I guess wasnt screwed tight enough. Not used to these things, now I know.

Thanks

**samc** · 12-12-2011, 06:29 AM

From my days of Coopers I seem to recall that boiling is not what you do. Just thought I'd throw that out for you. The one time I did try to boil and play around with it turned out to be a wreck. I also remember the lid being a pain to get on straight and screwed down all the way.

**unionrdr** · 12-12-2011, 01:31 PM

I use the tube the hydrometer comes in for testing. And pre-hopped LME should never be boiled. You boil away the hop profile first. I use 3lb bags of plain DME with my cooper's cans,& some extra hops. Half the DME at the beginning of the boil,then the remainder of the DME & the cooper's can at the end. Stir till completely dissolved.
60F is a little cool for cooper's ale yeast the specified range is 62F-72F.