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Hi I too just bought a Coopers Australian Pale Ale Kit (1.7kg tin) and the website suggested a Light Malt Extract in the bundle (1.5kg LME tin arrived with my APA kit. My only experience is with household sugar so Im not sure how to proceed as there are no instructions what so ever on the LME...

One last question RM-MN, 8. Keep the fermenter temperature in the low 60's "during the lag phase and while it is actively fermenting". Is this for a period of 3-15 hours?

Haveing read posts here Im keen not to use the foil bag of "no name" yeast for my next wheat beer brew which came with the kit, and have some boxes of the supermarket branded yeast for baking, but am I correct in assuming this can NOT be used? I notice the ingredients say Yest 93%, Calcium...

Super helpful thanks - I now feel much more confident with more direction thanks. Honestly, I cant see why kit makers cant add in a few more details or clarifiers - I guess they want to make it look as simple as possible, but then again, if it doesnt work out well, would you be encouraged to buy...

Thanks RM-MN, very helpful advice and very detailed yeast article. So if Im starting to understand this correctly, my newly formed plan, based on my newly found information is something like this: 1. Warm my little magic can of Weissbier ingreients for about 5 mins in hot water and dump into...

thanks guys, and on that last point, making sure its properly fermented (yes Im a newb) the included instructions say something along the lines of 4-6 days:confused:) but from what im reading around here, that could indeed be anything up to 3 weeks?? for a better result? Im not in any hurry...

Im about to begin with one called EDME Superbrew Gold Weizen, says OG: 1040 - 1044, excuse my ignorance but does that mean I wait to see my hydrometer read 1040?

Thanks Abrix, i simply dont understand why the manufacturer gives such misleading information on the 2-3 week temp advice once bottled. Contradicts everything Ive read here.

My darling wife my have inadvertantly introduced me into a new consuming hobby when she bought me a home brew kit for christmas. Im having a blast reading all the great advice on her and am excited about all the different beers I can't wait to try (but Ive read enough on here already to know...