Coopers Celebration Ale question

[Rob (Guinness Man)]

Hey all.

I've recently been doing a lot of all-grain brewing but from time to time I do a Coopers Can brew when I don't have time for an all-grain.

 

I've just seen the Coopers Celebration ale recipe and want to try it. I notice it has hops. I did not think hops could be used with the Coopers can kits?

 

What would be the process to brew with Coopers cans and hops? I always though you need to boil them like in the all grain process?

 

Cheers,

Rob

[AdamH1525226084]

Just follow the recipe Rob - it's been designed to make a beer that is as close to the released Celebration Ale as possible.

 

Because the cans are already hopped you don't need to add additional bitterness from extended boiling times.

[Guest]

Seldom when I do cans these days but I always use more hops and grains with the cans. They just don't need anymore bittering. It improves the cans 100%.

[Rob (Guinness Man)]

Thanks for the replies. The recipe is clear but the part which is not clear is the listing of the hops as ingredients:

 

Ingredients

 

1.7kg Thomas Coopers Traditional Draught

1.5kg Thomas Coopers Amber Malt

500g Dextrose

25g Nelson Sauvin Hop Pellets

25g Centennial Hop Pellets

1 sachet of American Ale yeast or Coopers Commercial Ale yeast culture

 

Nowhere does it state the process to use these listed hops??? Or am I blind?

 

Thanks,

Rob

[MrLeeB]

STEP 2: Brew

Try to ferment the brew at 18\xb0C-21\xb0C, if possible.

After a few days of fermentation, add the 2 varieties of hop pellets either directly to the brew or in a sanitised cloth mesh bag (we recommend wrapping them in a mesh cleaning cloth, pulled straight from the wrapper).

Fermentation has finished once the specific gravity is stable over 2 days.

As per the recipe instructions from coopers.com.au .....

[Hairy]

It is a dry hop. It is set out in:

 

Step 2: Brew

 

EDIT: MrLeeB you are fast like Bruce Lee!

[Rob (Guinness Man)]

ok thanks I did not see that :D Ok Dry hopping..new to me I'll investigate.

 

Cheers,

Rob

[Rob (Guinness Man)]

Last question if you guys don't mind. Is it better to "tea hop" as in add hops to boiling water for 8mins then add rest of products or just add them to the fermentation tank as indicated in the recipe?

[Hairy]

A hop tea isn't really where you add hops to boiling water. It is where you add hops to hot water and steep it for a while, just like making tea. It is the same as a flame out addition.

 

Boiling hops (usually in wort rather than water) is a way to extract more bitterness and flavour. The longer the boil, the more bitterness you will extract.

 

Boiling for 8 minutes will mainly provide aroma and a little flavour.

 

For this recipe, and for ease, I would just dry hop in the FV.

 

Actually, I would buy more hops and boil some too but if you are following the recipe then just dry hop it.

[MrLeeB]

EDIT: MrLeeB you are fast like Bruce Lee!

 

Yes Grasshopper or beer hoper you are only worthy if you can take this hop pellet from my hand [roll] try again if your SG is constant over few days [ninja]