Recent content by Jake837

No kidding? That's great to know.

It was the Coopers Original. Still definitely produces fusels at 22 C. Hey, on the bright side it was a great first hand experience with fusels.

Thanks for letting me know. Half the batch was really good, so I have no problem throwing out the bad half. Learning is fun.

Any chance the fusels will be conditioned out if the bottles are stored at lower temperatures?

Hmm, that would do it then. Definitely a lager yeast thing. I'm still at the phase where I read the packaging, and thought I was fine since it said (I think) 21-27 C for the lager and APA. Thanks guys!

I recently did a toucan (two cans of extract into a 23 L volume brew) with a can of Coopers Lager and a can of Coopers Australian Pale Ale. I split the wort into 11.5 L two batches, from a mix of Lager and APA extract with no added sugar. One batch got the lager yeast. One batch got the APA...

Would I perhaps be better off using some other sugar to start, then adding the maple to the fermenter after 7 days?

What kind of results can I expect if I use: 1.7 kg Coopers Real Ale 250 ml maple syrup Aiming for about 20 L. I'd love to add malt or hops, but it's my last Coopers can and I can bottle this hypothetical brew right before I go away for 2 months. I find the real ale is actually okay if...