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I had an idea but I forgot to get the stuff. But I have tried this in the past and it worked great. I have a soda stream drink carbonator. It not only makes good pop but it also carbonated my beer...in their bottles only. But it works and it is fast and the beer can be allowed to rest in the...

Look on the Coopers Can for the label tab. They don't put the instructions under the lid anymore. The instructions are all that super small print.

Try a pound of DME and a pound of dextrose plus an enhancer. BE2 I believe. It will make a big difference. Don't add more yet. Taste that batch and if you like it, leave it. Next batch add a little more of either/or. Too much of either will upset the balance of hops and head retention. Just as...

I got my bottle capper from them. I will have to check out their beer kits.

It took 2 days for my Lager to build up steam and act like I thought it should be acting. If it is sending up bubbles it is doing fine. Let it do it's thing. It knows better that we know, what it is supposed to do. Wait the number of days and then a couple more. Test the SG and if it is where it...

That's it...it is the European Lager that uses that different yeast. Sorry. I do not receive any under lid instructions and your sheet is way more informative that the peel off sheet I get from the can. I checked my notes and my Lager started 7 hours after pitching. Went hard for 2 days and...

I emailed coopers/Mr. Beer and that is what they told me.

Are you using a Coopers or another brand? Coopers yeasts are not specific to style. They are formulated to work best at nearly the same temps as other yeasts. I fermented with temps around 65-66*F. Normal temps are about 68-76*F. Try to boost the temp a couple degrees and let it set. It will...

Oh, no screw top glass bottles though. I toss them but save the carrier.

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ronb454 said: ↑ I have some and also crown cap. The metal caps leak on one or 2 occasionally. 3-4 of the plastic bottles have sealed so well that the bottoms have bulged, while some of the plastics in the same batch have not. Neither type are perfect. I have saved Frosty root beer bottles in...

***Update*** I have been enjoying both the European Lager as well as the Mexican Cerveza...both Coopers brew cans. I must have done something right because these beers taste better than anything else I have done. It took a couple weeks in the bottle and a couple days in the fridge and I am...

I drink a glass or 2 just because I don't know better, or because I am out of the finished stuff and am too lazy to go to the store or too broke to buy some anyway. I get a good buzz whether it has a foamy top or not so maybe it isn't beer yet, but it is Beeee. Sorry, when I drink flat beee my...

I am just wondering...since I don't know what a Trub Dam is maybe what I am thinking about is similar. I do a lot of canning and my canners need a plate in the bottom to help keep the jars off the bottom so they don't break. They are about 1/4 to 3/8" high off the bottom. I think they are about...

Sure is pretty.