Hi HBT, I'm a newish brewer who's had some success with Cooper's kits and one nice batch of cider. I'd like to try a single batch with two kits, as I'm hearing you can get a fuller flavour that way. I have one simple question: do I use both yeast packets, or just one? thanks!
Two kit batch
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Never heard of that. Are they both the same kit? If you mix them I guess you'll need to do a 10 gallon batch other wise you're gonna get one very high SG. If you're new I'd stick w/the kits as they were intended to be brewed.
Yes you use both yeast packs.
go to the Cooper site and there are a bunch of "Toucan" recipes.
My fav is
1 can stout
1 can dark ale
1 kg dextrose
http://www.coopers.com.au/under18page.aspx
Can't get any easier and makes a GREAT beer
go to the Cooper site and there are a bunch of "Toucan" recipes.
My fav is
1 can stout
1 can dark ale
1 kg dextrose
http://www.coopers.com.au/under18page.aspx
Can't get any easier and makes a GREAT beer
If you go to aussiehomebrewer.com and do a search for "toucan" you'll get plenty of ideas. I think there was a mega thread called "battle of the toucans" if you're keen
Yes,toucans are def very popular down under. See my Buckeye Burton ale recipe for an example. It wasn't cheap to make,but it was a good strong ale category beer.
I rehydrated 4-7g Cooper's yeast packets for the Burton. You'll need a good amount of yeast for all those sugars. A yeast calculator or BS2 might be a good thing to look at.
Rehydrating is when you boil 1.5-2C of water for a couple minutes. Cover & allow to cool to pitch temp of the yeast. Pour into a sanitized measuring cup or the like & lightly stir in the yeast & cover with plastic wrap for 20-30 minutes. stir resulting yeast cream & pitch into wort at no more than 10 degrees above current wort temperature. This will prevent shocking the yeast.
