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Awesome, thank you. It actually sounds a lot easier than I imagined. So I take it you would steep the grain in a separate pot then add it to the extract. Sorry if this is a stupid question, just wanna be sure. My brewshop sells the copper piping wort chiller and I am working on setting up a...

Thanks for the response. Yeah that is my concern. I'm wondering if I should just wait till I have some malt extract, no point in wasting a kit and other ingredients if the result will be poor. To answer your question, I have but haven't really looked into it in terms of that next step. I...

Hi all, Quick question. I have all the ingredients I need to put a brew on this weekend. I intend to put on a standard pre hopped brew kit, a William Warn Blonde Ale to be specific. The only thing I don't have is malt extract. What I do have Is Maltrodextrin and standard dextrose. Can I use...

Here is the description from the Willian Warn website: A refreshing, easy-drinking Blonde Ale with a crisp palate. Our Blonde Ale is yellow in appearance with a moderate bitterness. It sits in the Hybrid category of the BJCP Style Guidelines and is an ale version of a lager beer. It therefore...

Hi there, I have some Gladfield light crystal Grain, Breiss special roast and Caraamber malt. The three types of hops I have are Cascade cone hops, Chinook pelleted hops and Fuggle pelleted hops. So I'm not sure. Was just going to experiment but as you say, perhaps an existing recipe is...

Hi, that does help thank you. I have been using standard pre-hopped kits with no requirement for steeping of grains or additional work. Mix it all together in the fermenter and pitch the yeast type brewing

Hi mate, thanks for the response. To answer your question, no I don't think I have. So what is the difference between a normal beer kit and a steeped grain kit? I am in New Zealand so will need to find out from my brew shop supplier if they do those kits. Again, thanks for the help. Boydo

Hi all, I'm after some advice and was not sure where to start this thread. I have been brewing with beer kits for on/off 3 years so I consider myself still pretty new to this. As I said I have been brewing with kits and am now at a point where I want to start beefing up my brews. I hope...

Not sure but will investigate that. Didn't think about checking that. Thank you

Yeah, I was thinking that much. Thank you for the advice. It would probably be safer not to assume

Hi everyone, need some advice. I currently have a batch of Coopers Mexican Cervesa sitting in primary stage. It has been in primary for two weeks. I really need to bottle this batch this afternoon so I can move onto my next batch while I have the time on the weekend. I forgot to take a SG...

Cheers LLBeanJ, that was an entertaining and informative read. Yeah, big lesson learnt and I will definitely think twice about pouring a batch down the drain. Thanks mate

This yeast is just the standard dry brewing yeast that came in the beer Kit. Cooper's Real Ale 1.7 kg.

Hi LLBeanJ. I'm now thinking I may have had it wrong. But I went on look, pic above and I did taste it. It didn't taste like beer but didn't taste like vinegar or have the sour off taste. I just saw those floating bits of sediment and assumed it wad a sign of infection. The floating sediment in...

Hi Frazier, Above (hopefully) is a picture of that last batch with what I thought was the infection. Was I wrong in thinking it was an infection?

Hi mate. Yeah that's what it looks like. Mine has a little less brown sediment but the foam is around the same size. Is it normal?

Hi all. Just need a bit of advice for my current batch of brew that is in the primary fermentation stage. This is my fifth batch, I have 1 successful batch and 4 fails due to bad temp control and an infection. This current batch is a Coopers Real Ale (exp 07/2014) with the Coopers Enhancer 2...

Thank you guys, I had a feeling that is where I went wrong. Next lager will hopefully turn better with a more adequate temperature

Hi all. So I need some help in determining how my latest batch was a fail. This is only my third brew batch so I am still learning. Out of the three done so far I have only had success with one and that was a Coopers Real Ale ( yeast was the std yeast that comes with the beer kit ). I have...

Thanks for the tip Robert