Recent content by iceman1988

Thanks for your sugestions. I picked up a homebrew book today-"brewing beers like those you buy-by dave line". Its pretty decent and very helpful. It has detailed recipes for some of the worlds most popular beers.I'll have a stab at one of the Pilsners.How wrong could it go:D

Im new to recipes and have been basically brewing the pre packaged stuff i.e coopers muntons etc.... Can anybody tell me the steps and basic rules to follow. I ve checked the recipes forum and noticed people talking about IBU'S and what not.

After looking at the box I remembered it is a coopers european lager so it came with the yeast.I still have left it in the hot press(boiler room for people who are wondering what a hot press is ):). I,ve checked its condition today and its bubbling away nicely. I'll leave it a while till I get a...

I only wanted to know if it was possible to carbom prime with coopers carbonating tablets as I have a few packets of them that i want to use up.Can somebody quickly explain the co2 process of corny kegs.My local homebrew shop does'nt sell your typical co2 cannister but rather a co2 dispenser and...

currentlly the temperature is between 18-20 degrees celcius. And I have used coopers brewing yeast. I took a reading with the hydrometer this morning and it has just passed the start beer line. I reckon it still needs two more weeks

Somebody stop me if im wrong, but is it possible to use coopers carbonating tablets when priming a corny keg containing a pilsner. Treating the keg as one big bottle and using coopers carbonating tablets seems plausible. If it is possible to use carbonating tablets , how many tablets are need id...

Greetings fellow beer crafters, quick question. I have left a fresh batch of pilsner to ferment in the hotpress. Its on day 7 now with sediment on the sides present. Its dark in colour and has a strong smell.I live in ireland so the temp rises and falls. Is it possible for the batch to turn bad...

I had the same problem.After time I hid a couple of bottles in the attic like Anne Frank.The taste does get better.DO NOT DUMP !!!Rome was not built in a day, neither is the best tasting beer.:)

Hello. I was wondering an anybody tell me about cornelius kegging systems. I have been brewing beer at home for some time and usually just bottle it once fermented.