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Hi guys, I need some advise, I have built up a stock of home-brew kits and ingredients and I can't decide what recipe to do next. This will be my third brew, first was a standard Coopers Lager (quite bland), the second was a Coopers Australian Pale Ale that is still bottle conditioning but I...

Thanks, I'll have a look. Does using 2 cans of extract make a big difference?

I have 2 cans of coopers Australian Pale Ale and 2 boxes for Brew Enhancer 2. What recipe would give the best results. Should I use the 2 cans on their own with one of the yeast packets? Do I need to add the Brew Enhancer 2 as well if I use both cans or would that be too much. Or mabye I should...

Thanks, great to get consistent advise.

Hi folks, a couple of questions about Coopers Australian Pale Ale, my second brew: Q1: Should I give it 3 weeks in primary. Its been in for 10 days and hit a FG of 1009 (OG was 1040)? Some say to give it an extra week to clean up. Q2: I want to try out bulk priming instead of...

It's still at 1012, looks like it's not going to drop much more. Guess ill bottle at the weekend and end up with a sub 4% lager : (

Try http://www.grogtag.com

What's BS2.1?

Hopefully the extra week will get it to 1.010 and the carbonation drop should add another .2% from what I have read. That should give it a total abv of 4.2% which would be good. Thanks guys. I spotted this pic today, made me giggle.

Coopers say it should be between 24-27 degrees C for a week before bottling but just about everyone says it needs a lower temp and slower time. I'll warp a towel around it and give it another week before checking it again.

Hi, My First brew. OG was 1.040 11 days ago. I have it fermenting at a fairly steady 19 degrees and the readings seem to be holding at 1.012 for the last 3 days. I know I need to get it below 1.010, I'll give it another week anyway but will it get to below 1.010 if it give it more time...