c38193 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I'm a bit confused. Today I received in the mail an offer from Coopers that if I bought another Brew kit for a friend (which I'm thinking of doing) I would receive a $15 cheque. No problems with the offer but I was amazed at the pamphlet enclosed with the offer titled 'give them what they want' in which it states that 'you will save big on every batch that follows, averaging about 42 cents per 750ml bottle'. I can't see how this can be true. I pay $9.60 for the concentrate, $4 for the sugar and $2.50 for the carbonation drops which gives me an average price of 54 cents per 750 ml bottle, 28% more than stated in the pamphlet. Am I being ripped off? Can Coopers supply me with the necessary ingredients to make every batch 'averaging about 42c per 750ml bottle' ? I'd be interested to know what other members (as well as Coopers) think. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wal1525228907 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I think it's not worth griping about 12c per bottle. Marketting is marketting.. if you believe every piece of marketting you ever hear.. then good luck to you my friend. Coopers will state the cheapest possible scenario of beer concentrate, and sugars, for the purpose of marketting. This scenario will give you al alrite tasting beer. On the other hand... if you spend more money on malt extracts and other brew enhancing ingredients, then you'd be spending way more than 54c per bottle... but you'll get a freakin fantastic tasting beer. even if you're spending $2 for a 750ml bottle... you will be getting awesome beer for very cheap price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 You are on the money Wal. The marketing people are quoting the cheapest scenario = can + kilo (sugar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 What more and more puzzles me, these days, is: that people compare home stuff to commercially-brewed stuff at all. When you know how to do it properly it generally kicks the pants off any stuff you can buy in a shop! Including from Coopers themselves (sorry lads, but the brew produced from your Coopers Australian Ale wort extract often tastes better than Pale Ale out the tap over here in Vic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 And the home brewed stuff has the added joy of knowing that you are paying bugger all tax to Big Brother. Ah.... now that's sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossm Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I make the Coopers origional bitter, with 750ml BE2, primed with sugar using the supplied yeast, and I reckon it is the best beer I have ever tasted, including the Coopers comercial product! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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