Instigator Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 I've been brewing Coopers stuff for a long time, but there's some kits I've never tried. I was in Dan's the other day to buy some bottle caps among other things, and maybe I was just thirsty but I decided it's time to try some of them. First up is the English Bitter kit. I have a few bits and pieces on hand that might suit an English brew- LLME, ALME, LDME, and Fuggles hops. I also have a bunch of different grains, and various other Aussie and American hops. How does this sound? English Bitter can 1.5kg LLME can Lallemand Nottingham yeast (I also have Lallemand London yeast) 50g Fuggles dry hop Do you have a "Go to" recipe for the English Bitter can? What is it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) The EB kit is great. Your recipe looks good but I prefer the London Ale yeast in an English Bitter. You could also split the hops into a hop tea and a dry hop. Edited January 28, 2022 by Hairy 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, Hairy said: The EB kit is great. Your recipe looks good but I prefer the London Ale yeast in an English Bitter. You could also split the hops into a hop tea and a dry hop. Sounds good, I love English Bitter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Instigator Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Hairy said: The EB kit is great. Your recipe looks good but I prefer the London Ale yeast in an English Bitter. You could also split the hops into a hop tea and a dry hop. Sounds good. I'll give it a crack. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Yes to the hop tea (never having done one though) as you'd want some flavour from the hops also. It is a great kit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Instigator Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Well, it's in the brew fridge. Now the waiting begins. EB can. Kit yeast not used. Amber LME 1.5kg (realised I had a can that needed to be used soonish) 25g Fuggles steep with some of the LME Rehydrated Lallemand London yeast Made to 23L. OG 1.041. Will dry hop the other 25g Fuggles mid-week. Thanks for the suggestions and support, team. A mate slipped me a bottle of his Coopers EB brew years ago and I really liked it. Can't think why I haven't gotten to it until now. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pints Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 1/29/2022 at 5:20 AM, Instigator said: Well, it's in the brew fridge. Now the waiting begins. EB can. Kit yeast not used. Amber LME 1.5kg (realised I had a can that needed to be used soonish) 25g Fuggles steep with some of the LME Rehydrated Lallemand London yeast Made to 23L. OG 1.041. Will dry hop the other 25g Fuggles mid-week. Thanks for the suggestions and support, team. A mate slipped me a bottle of his Coopers EB brew years ago and I really liked it. Can't think why I haven't gotten to it until now. How did it turn out mate ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Instigator Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/15/2022 at 2:25 AM, PintsAtMeLocal said: How did it turn out mate ? Put it in the bottle last weekend. Seemed to finish a bit higher than I expected at 1016 so won't have much sting in its tail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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