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I am having a similar problem. Coopers Canadian Blonde kit made as per the instructions, bottled after 12 days in the primary fermenter. I like a well carbed beer, so I used two carb drops per 500ml PET bottle which should have been more than enough. (Previous wheat beer kits were reasonably...

Hi trogdor447, I did a lot of searching to find out how much curacao peel and coriander to add, as I was trying to get a Hoegaarden taste. Just a simple addition of the peel and crushed coriander seeds after a 20 minute soak in near boiling water. But definitely too strong an orange and...

Well I am afraid it didn't get any better with age so today it went down the drain :( I don't think it was infected because it was relatively clear for a wheat beer and had a great head. But the taste was just not right. I think a combination of the excessive primary brewing temperature and...

Hi OP, For what it's worth and as a complete novice myself (2nd batch just bottled) I mainly used the Coopers Carb drops on my 1st batch ( 1 & 1/2 drops per 500ml bottle), but randomly primed with a sugar cube in 10 of the bottles. My 1st batch was a Coopers Wheat beer kit with 500g sugar...

Well I bottled it today and it is still cloudy, but not as bad as it was. It had 16 days in the PF bucket. There didn't appear to be any really nasty things growing in the bucket when I took the lid off to clean it out, so perhaps my fears about an infection were unfounded. I have learned...

Thanks all. I'll just leave it alone for at least another week before drawing off a second test sample. Then it will have been on the go for close to two. I'm struggling with the temperature because we are having an unusual heatwave in the UK at the moment! I forgot to take an OG reading as...

Hi all, New brewer here with next to no knowledge or experience so please go easy :) My 1st brew was a bog standard Coopers Wheat Beer kit, made per instructions but substituting 500g of brewing sugar with wheat spray malt. Temp during PF around 20 deg C. Bottled after 10 days in the...