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I brewed a can from the coopers wheat hopped malt kit. When the beer was first finished it was a really good beer, lots of body, clean taste and one of my favorites. My apfelwein was also ready the same time, and i had a good tongue for it so the wheat beer took a backseat for about 3-4...

I was watching Cribs on tv, and they had some guy on there going on about how great these grapples are. What is a grapple? It's a apple soaked in grape juice so you have a apple-grape flavor. After doing some research I noticed so far it's only available on the American West Coast, and not...

Okay, here is a question for the bottlers.... I sell a small amount of my homebrew to my friends, one of the biggest complaints is "I hate having to pour my beer into a glass with the crud at the bottom of the beer blah blah blah" I was doing some searching online and I was wondering if...

Well I am enjoying my first batch of cider, only problem is I followed Edwort's recipe and as much as I like it, It just knocks me out and the wife won't even touch it because it's too strong!! For those of you who don't know I used a kilo of dextrose with 5 gallons of AJ. Didn't have a...

Just about to bottle my first batch of cider, After reading the Apfelwein thread it said to use the same amount of corn sugar as you would with beer. Now I don't want a sparkling cider bubbles, I don't want head, I just want a normal Cider carbonation which, from tasting strongbow, it's...

Well, I am about to pop my extract brewing cherry. I started off with Coopers kit's and perfected those pretty fast. I have had some friends try my beers and they have offered to buy beer off me if I can make a typical North American beer like budweiser/labatt blue clone. First I have some...

I am brewing my 3rd batch of cider. And I thought I would do something different so I did a 3 gal batch with half dextrose half brown sugar. I also tried a different juice that was on sale. Now, I wasn't really paying attention and after I pinched my yeast I took a look at the AJ bottle and...

I took a search but I couldn't find anything specific. I am looking for conversion charts from dextrose(corn sugar) from kg's to cups. I don't have a scale and I would like to make small batches of cider to test. Second question, is brown sugar more dense than dextrose? I would like...

Hey guys, I was just thinking. In the middle of winter, in the coldest time of the year I can ferment around 65 degrees. Which is pretty good. Even though I am in Canada, it still gets hotter than hell in July and August. Does anyone ferment beer during the warm summer month? I was...

Hey all, Brewing a Coopers kit in a 6.5 gallon carboy. I have brewed a few of these so far without anything crazy happening. Last night I noticed my batch was fermenting like crazy! Lots of bubbles and foam starting to get near the top towards the airlock. Temperature is 68 degrees, I only...

I was bored today so I looked at some home brewing videos on youtube. I saw a method for bottling carbonation that got me thinking my method might be wrong. I have always just put a teaspoon of dextrose in the bottom of each bottle, add the beer, cap it. Then swish around the dextrose till...

I've heard this term used a lot around here. Just want to clarify a little more on this technique. What exactly does it mean? and when to use it. And when to NOT use it. Safe for all beers? cider? wine? Give me your best answers!

Everyone loves pictures! Today I built myself a little carboy rack. After making it I realized I should of made 3 levels instead of 2. Since I picked up another carboy today...... Put casters on the bottom too so I can move the rack to my sink for when I fill the carboys with water. From the...

Found a good deal on my local kijiji.com website. Went out and checked it out I got in total for $60 3 Large Carboys: 5G, 6G, 6G 2 Small Carboys: 3 Gallons each AND........... A can of John Bull Premium you brew beer.......from what date? who knows There is no date on the can, I guess it...

I was able to snag a small 1 gallon carboy from a friend and it looks like it's been sitting for 20 years. It has some gunk in the bottom of it. Not really big particles just the glass on the bottom has smears of whatever was in the carboy a long time ago. It's ALMOST clean I've tried...

Yes, it's me posting once again about apricot beer. I was able to find some concentrated apricot flavoring. I guess it's not true apricot extract it's just a small bottle of super concentrated fake apricot. The question is. Can I still use this? Or is there a chemical reaction with the...

Hey everyone, newbie here. Just started brewing my 2nd batch of Coopers brew. First batch was a Canadian Blond Ale (believed the coopers recipe and bottled after 8 days). Used the 1 kilo of dextrose I was advised to by my LHBS, and after being in bottles for 2-3 weeks it tastes rather...

So this summer I went to a beer festival and tried a delicious apricot ale, I would like to make my own batch, only problem is I'm still a n00b in beer making and still brewing with Coopers kits. By doing some searching, I've seen that some people have made apricot ales, but it's been from...

Just a quick question, I have a standard glass carboy, looks just like every other modern carboy out there. I think I added too much water making by brew, just wondering where the 23 litre mark is? I guessed it to be where the carboy starts bottle necking up. Anyone?

Hey guys, did some searching, but I have some questions. Being the first batch of beer I made, I decided to go with a kit, I used coopers canadian blonde kit and so far so good. After doing some reading on this site and talking with a few friends I was fairly discouraged to discover that there...