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Hi all, For those interested about mixing candico sugar and maltose (have to be careful about proportions), I have tasted it after 1 week of priming and it has a very sour sugary taste surely coming from the liquid blond maltose and a bubble gum smell probably due to the temperature...

hi all, thanks for these clarifications and your replies. I guess that adding a different sugar during the first fermentation requires to add also some yeast and that it can therefore take additional time? Elliot

Hello brewers, Is it possible to use several kinds of sugar as Belgium blond candy sugar with liquid blond malt extract for the first fermentation? I haven't find any topics related to this. I am a bit afraid that the yeast will only ferment one or the other and that the abv% will be too low.

hi! Just a little question since I have bottled a few litters of the first batch. I have read in some other topics that the Cooper's lagers should stand 12 weeks in bottle before drinking, is that also the case for pilsner beer? I thought it was just two-three weeks of carbonation.

hi Bracconiere! For the first batch I just have used the Cooper's pilsner kit without any sugars and hops. My main goal was to get the proper brewing material, appropriate location and get the best practices skills. I have already bottled just about 5L and will start over with the good sides...

Hi ncbrewer! Do you mean the "Opinions on Extract Brewing"? I am figuring out the best recipe for my upcoming batch, The first brew has turned yellowish and clear so I'll be ready bottling some of it this weekend. My other worries are about the malt extract and sugar and priming the first...

Hi! I have decided to keep ithe brew an extra week in the vessel because I need to find a camping cooking gas stove to complete my material and make the next batch properly since I have also some hops and special yeast nutriments this time. Thanks NCBrewer for the warning regarding the risks...

hi, Great, thanks for the details. I have taken the measurements of the graivity with my desimeter and had the following results: Water from the tap: 102 Brew in the vessel: 110 Means that it is not as alcohol less that I thought. I have tasted it and it is already a bit fisy, probably due...

hi AZCoolerBrewer, I have indeed seen some brewers diluting some sugar in water for carbonating and making a kind of syrup out of it, but wasn't really sure about the results, thanks for the DIY tip! I will take the gravity measurements based on the still water from the tap used this weekend...

Hi! So finally I received already my purchase which included some malt extract as sugar replacement and bio hops with fitlering bags. I also bought special bohemian yeast for Pilsner that I believe is better than the one provided by the coopers' kit and also special yeast nutriments. Also got...

yup, That was the main goal of this first batch. I will go for a Stout kit, I hope it will be better. It has been fermented for the first 10 days at 13C then 8 more days at 19C. The yeast has stressed a bit after relocation in the warmer storage room and was making the sulfure smell, but I...

Hi! It seems that the lid was indeed leaking some air, my vessel wasn't hermetically sealed neither. Their is one slim layer of a kind of pellicule, probably some left kraussen, it has indeed droped down so the fermentation is over. The alcohol level is very low, should I transfer the brew in...

Hi! I had some sufure eggy smells issues a few days ago so after investing on how to eliminate that smell I have degazed the vessel by shaking it a few minutes. The sulfure smell then was finished. I heard that it was normal with lager yeast and now it just smells as it should. My curiosity...

That's the 8th day already, the brew was a bit shy at the lower temperature when it was 10-15C. Cooper's Pilsner extract shouldn't be around 2-3 weeks for the primary fermentation? I figured to put it back in the colder room next Sunday to finish the fermentation for clarifying a bit the beer...

Hi all, that's what I have 48h after relocation in a warmer place. It has really being partying inside and the bubbler is bubbling each 0.5 sec. Are these brown spots are normal with the foam? Hope it isn't contaminated. Let me know what you think about. Thanks. Elliot

hi all, So since we are going to drop under the centigrade I had relocated the vessel to a warmer place, I am affraid that the brew has been shaking since the bubbler was bubbling (a lot). For the previous posts, the bubbler wasn't just working because the red cap wasn't well placed and too...

hi AZCoolerBrewer, Thanks for your helpful suggestions and remarks. I will warm up the vessel by storing it in another room. Didn't knew the tip for the bubbler, will try it -haven't indeed put sanitizer/vodka. I will upscale the vessel with the heating pad and the Inkbird controller for the...

Hi! I have started with a 30L vessel and a Cooper Pilsner malt extract for 20L. The malt extract has been diluted and heated up to 70C and cooled down to 22C before adding the yeast. The yeast used was the one furnished with and has been just spread over the top without shaking or stirring. No...

Thanks for your tips, I am partially equiped with the basics and have already started my first 20L Pilsner batch from Cooper's malt. There is two reliable suppliers in my area and since Switzerland isn't part of EU it's a bit difficult for importing good brewing material so I have to be a bit...