Pookapoo
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Okay, I was thinking back to my first brew. It was a Coopers "Can and a Kilo" type kit. (Yeah, I didn't know any better) so I brewed it up with just the extract and corn sugar and got a apple-cidery flavor twang in the brew.
The thing is since I had no experience and my primary information source was Youtube, (the Craigtube video series to be specific) I was under the impression that if the yeast "smelled like applesauce" then that meant it was good. Then I proceeded to move into non canned kits with yeast that was not Coopers and none of them seem to smell like applesauce. And they don't seem to make apple-esque beer either. I was wondering if anyone had done a Coopers canned kit with a different yeast, and if so, whether or not they got any apple flavor. I'm just trying to figure out if the yeast is the culprit here or the canned extract or the combination of both.
I guess it could be that other yeasts have the applesauce smell but to date the only one that I have tried that did was the coopers. Anyway, any thoughts on this. Experience with the coopers kits is preferred.
The thing is since I had no experience and my primary information source was Youtube, (the Craigtube video series to be specific) I was under the impression that if the yeast "smelled like applesauce" then that meant it was good. Then I proceeded to move into non canned kits with yeast that was not Coopers and none of them seem to smell like applesauce. And they don't seem to make apple-esque beer either. I was wondering if anyone had done a Coopers canned kit with a different yeast, and if so, whether or not they got any apple flavor. I'm just trying to figure out if the yeast is the culprit here or the canned extract or the combination of both.
I guess it could be that other yeasts have the applesauce smell but to date the only one that I have tried that did was the coopers. Anyway, any thoughts on this. Experience with the coopers kits is preferred.