Recent content by billd75

Now there is something I was wondering actually, so it's good you mentioned that. Thank you! So, as I suspected, there may be nothing wrong with the beer, per say (which there doesn't seem to be, taste wise or belly wise), but it could be the strain of yeast? I did notice that this Cooper's kit...

I find this post VERY interesting and I've had the EXACT same problem recently. There are a few comments on my post as well that helped me figure out possible causes, although this post is adding even more potential causes, like possible contamination etc.. which I also suspected. If you want to...

Another update and I thought this was worth mentioning. When it's been in the fridge for a few days, it has far less headache potential, for sure. I put some in early yesterday and drank a couple after going fishing the next evening. They were well chilled and I drank them on a full stomach this...

Well, thank's all! That explains a lot actually and the notion tends to be unanimous. Although the yeast was pitched a proper temp. within it's range, it did get warm during fermentation, yup. We went though an unusual (for Canada) hot spell, during the end of August and into September, when...

I figure the best place to ask this is here, cause I always get awesome answers on this site, from you helpful folks. I have a weird problem, that I don't even know if it's a beer problem, but I suspect it is. I brewed a Cooper's "Preacher's Hefe Wheat" kit, that I added some dried sweet...

So, it's official. I just heard that Tom Petty has passed. :(

Yeah, that sounds about right. I was longer than 15 hours out on this Preacher's Hefe Wheat though. Usually Cooper's Ale yeast starts out that fast, in my previous experience though, yes. This time I was more than 24 hours out from pitching the yeast. Almost two days in and a little action, but...

Ooooo, that Mandarina Bavaria sounds good. I love the taste of Mandarin Oranges. :ban:

I found this post by accident and never realized that different types of hops, can add these "fruity" type flavours. Fascinating, cause I didn't think this was a thing. I always thought hops was more general in it's character, but no, certainly not. The variety of flavour it can add, is...

Time will indeed sort it out. Very correct and experience has taught me this. I got fooled by a Pilsner kit like that once. It included Nottingham yeast, by Danstar and although it was not a crazy developer like Cooper's, it did work beautifully, it just took a lot longer than Cooper's or...

Lol. Cooper's yeast is crazy nuclear-mean stuff. It is a hardy and fast acting yeast. I've pitched it even at too high of a temp. (should have checked the mix beforehand, but lost my brewing thermometer.) and it still fermented like crazy with no off flavours whatsoever. That was even before I...

Yes, exactly my thoughts. I have never seen a Cooper's Lager Yeast and I have yet to try their Pilsner and from what I read on this site, it might not be that good. I'll bet dollars to donuts, it too comes with Cooper's generic ale yeast. As many do and it's not just Cooper's doing this. Many...

Well, thank you for the advice. So I can bring it up a bit higher huh? Good to know, cause I have always been told 150-155. I imagine it could extract more from the grain, correct? Yeah, the local brew place have me a piece of cheese cloth for the grains they gave me. They really are great with...

How true. That's what I was told at my local brew store and in this forum. Bring it up to about 165-170 and when you drop the grains in it should go down to about 155, which it did. However, because it releases sugars right away, it ramps back up to 180 or over in a matter of a couple of...

Ahhh, now this makes sense, because I use normal white table sugar to prime and I use double the recommended amount of 1tsp. I got some bad information for my size of bottles. I like how very carbonated the beer comes out, but when I popped a bottle last night, it made a loud pop. A lot louder...