TonyW12 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Hi - My first post from the UK. I've made several kits and the one I like best so far is Coopers Australian Pale Ale. I like the minimal bitterness and it tastes good at just below room temperature with not much fizz. Mostly the problem I've had with homebrew is that it has been too bitter for my taste. With that in mind, if I was to take a standard Cooper's Lager kit and make it with 750g LME and 250g brewing sugar, am I going to end up with something decent or is this only going to work cold and fizzy? Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Cold and fizzy is better for the lager in my opinion, but it didn't stop me from drinking plenty of them only slightly chilled (out of impatience) and it was good too. Try the Wheat Beer Kit. It's not too fizzy, not bitter, doesn't need much chilling - just what the doctor ordered. The recommended 500g light dry malt and 300g dextrose works well, but I hear that using 1kg wheat malt instead of the 500g LDM is better. Ends up about 4% with the recommended fermentables. Oh, and an extra bonus.. it doesn't take (or last) long before its good to drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I'm confused (which isn't hard to do) [pinched] Do you want a Steam Beer? Or something that's not bitter? The IBU's of the made up beers = Kit IBU X 1.7 / 23L (assuming 23 L): - Australian Pale Ale = 25 - OS Lager = 29 - Real Ale (used in Steam Beer recipe) = 41 - Wheat Beer = 22 (use the hefeweizen recipe maybe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW12 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Sorry for the confusion. As I understand it steam beer is brewed using a lager yeast. But, instead of fermenting longer at a lower temperature it is brewed at a normal ale yeast temperature. It may be the case the the Cooper's Original Lager kit actually comes with ale yeast (??) in which case the question becomes what is the difference between an Australian Pale Ale kit and an Original Lager kit? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Check this post out Tony. Steam Beer is on my to do list. I have a yeast for it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW12 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 AdamH - can't see what post you mean Also, I looked at the sticky about yeast and it would appear that all Original series beers use ale yeast! So forget steam beer. What is the difference in the stuff in the can between Original series lager and Australian Pale Ale? Maybe one of the admins could help with this question, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Try now - me idiot! [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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