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This is my first attempt at wine-making, tho I have been beer brewing for a few months, now. I followed a recipe for peach wine and everything went fine for about 2 weeks. I pitched to my secondary, and the airlock was popping about every 2 seconds, letting a nice bubble up. After 2 days of...

I'm at the point of having a steady SG (1009) for the past 5 days on my 3rd Cooper's Lager package. It's been in primary for 3 weeks as of this past friday. I always get a golden colored beer, much like what you'd see from a bought beer in a can or bottle (Bud, Busch, etc.). This beer has turned...

I'm reading posts and I keep seeing references to brewers opening their vats and others making comments about the horrors of allowing air in. I use 2 Cooper's Kit vats and I open mine and peek in and sniff, all the time. I tap off a hydrometer tube to check SG every day after day 6, then pour it...

I bottled a Cooper's Irish Stout batch, 3 weeks ago, today. It tastes great, and is a bit "stouter tasting" than either Guinness or Murphy's, which is a plus for all of us. The problem is that it has very little head or carbonation, at all. I used 2 priming drops per 750ml bottle as instructed...

A microbrewery in South Florida always makes a Blueberry Ale that I simply loved! Now that my oldest son no longer lives down there, I have no reason (other than that Ale) to go down there (14 hours, each way, driving for that!). Now, for my point: How can I brew a Blueberry Ale? I know there...

...but I feel strangely complete... I just tossed yeast on a Cooper's Irish Stout pkg, in my new second brew vat (# Two-I know, an ominous name). The original (now named # One) being reserved for the next starter kit of Cooper's Lager (light ale, as ya'all pointed out to me). As my original...

Ya'all may laugh...I have my 1st beer bottled and I have a discount coupon from Cooper's. I want to try an Irish Stout Package as my favorite beers are Murphy's and Guinness. Am I silly to "assume" that I'd be able to attempt such, or are they no more difficult or easy than other beers? I really...

I just joined today, and I keep reading references to infection. What is a beer infection? How do you tell if your beer has one? What is the result if I drink an "infected beer"? I am alergic to every antibiotic known, and am a lil shy about infections...Docs always tell me an infection will...

My Son and D-in-Law gave me a Cooper's kit for Christmas, and I mixed the supplied Lager kit on 1 Jan. I placed it in my bike shop and it turned cold the next day. I saw no bubbles or anything until it warmed up on about the 7th. Now, the 11th, it has a little foam on top, and smells like...