From all grain to coopers

[GrimBrewer]

So over two years Ive gone from extract to all grain. But this week a co-workers gave me a cooper draught can. He got it as a gift but dont yet want to "brew".
It expires in 1 month.

What should I do with the can?
Will be us05 yeast, not a lager. Pale ale vs IPA?

Any idea what gravity 1.7kg will give me on 23liter of water...3.7pounds to 6 galons?

 

[wilserbrewer]

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Any idea what gravity 1.7kg will give me on 23liter of water...3.7pounds to 6 galons?

LME is around 1.036 points per gallon.

The maths say 36x3.7/6 = 222 or 1.022 SG

I suggest a 2-3 gallon quick and easy batch vs a partial mash. Steep special malts and hop to taste.

I came upon a few pounds of extract a few years ago, steeped a little crystal in my coffee pot and added it to the boil. Pitched some yeast slurry and had a tasty 2-3 gallons.

 

[Kharnynb]

coopers kits are prehopped and meant to be done with extra malt or sugars.

If you made a 3 gallon batch with just the can, it will be very bitter most likely.

Best to add about 1 kilo of light dme and let rip with some basic ale yeast on about 23 liters of water.

 

[madscientist451]

The Coopers website has a recipe for the Coopers Draught kit:

http://store.coopers.com.au/recipes/index/view/id/2/

If you add 23 Liters of water and 100g of sugar the ABV will be around 2.9%.

There's lots of recipes on their website, but not many that use the draught.
Here's one that adds some extract and hops to bump the ABV to 4.7%:

http://store.coopers.com.au/recipes/index/view/id/14/

Using the Coopers draught to make a pale ale or an IPA is going to be a crap shoot, it might be OK, maybe not. If you don't want to make a lager, I'd find another brewer to give it away to.
You can still use it beyond the expiration date, that's just a recommendation.

 

[wilserbrewer]

coopers kits are prehopped and meant to be done with extra malt or sugars.

If you made a 3 gallon batch with just the can, it will be very bitter most likely.

Best to add about 1 kilo of light dme and let rip with some basic ale yeast on about 23 liters of water.

Using the can to make 2-3 gallons will make beer that is very bitter compared to the can recipe which claims to be a "light" beer, hence likely the can recipe is not very bitter at all, and halving the recipe volume, and perhaps adding finishing hops may give you some beer with flavor.

JMO

If you want to make 5 gallons of light beer follow the recipe,,,,I was shooting for 2-3 gallons pale ale or IPA, or steep some brown malts and make a brown ale....

I just don't feel an old coopers can is worth dedicating a five gallon batch to.

 

[PADave]

What should I do with the can?

Throw it in the garbage.

 

[Sadu]

I brewed one recently just for something easy to brew and it got infected. The brewing gods have spoken.