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PMH0810

What next?

Post by PMH0810 » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:14 pm

Hi all,

Just opened my first batch in 20 years, Telfords Export, am really pleased.

Can anyone suggest a good simple 5% lager for my second brew?

Many thanks.
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PMH0810

Post by PMH0810 » Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:58 pm

Thank you - I'll bear Cooper's in mind!
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J_P

Post by J_P » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:40 pm

Peter - I am sampling a bottle of my mates coopers Bavarian Pilsner made with 1kg of spraymalt and the coopers yeast and I can honestly say it's the best kit I've tasted 8). If I'd have discovered it in summer I wouldn't have started making grain beer so soon. It's a really nice pint, the only problem is I'm nearly finished it :cry:
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PMH0810

Post by PMH0810 » Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:01 pm

Sounds like another good'un - thank you!
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aceuass

Post by aceuass » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:35 pm

DaaB wrote:The Coopers lagers are good. I prefer to make them using 750g of spray malt and 250g of brewers sugar but if you want to keep it simple then just use a bag of Beer Kit Enhancer. You'll need to dillute it to 1050 to get 5%, you can use your hydrometer but 30 pts should be about right.
I have a question.I am a newbie and just starting a coopers lager,I have got 3lbs/1.3kg of light dme to use as well as brewing sugar I see from your quote that you use 750g dme and 250g sugar,the can I have is 3.75lbs/1.7kg-I was lead to believe that you add equal weight of malt/sugar to match can.
Any help/advice please
BTW glad to have this forum as a form of knowledge,it certainly has opened my eyes to brewing
Paul
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Russ

Post by Russ » Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:43 pm

Hi aceuass

I think what you have is Diastatic Malt Extract (liquid in a can). Daab's refering to using 750g of Spraymalt or Dry Malt Extract (a powder)+ sugar

I would have thought using the full can of DME instead of Spraymalt and sugar would be OK but this is a punt, I've never used DME..... I'm sure someone who knows more about it will be a long in a bit........

I've made this kit using 1 kg of spraymalt and it was great!
Hope this helps
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Russ

Post by Russ » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:02 pm

Ah :oops:

Got confused when he said 'the CAN i have is.....' but I see he was refering to the Coopers can.......

.....makes more sense when you read it properly :roll:
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aceuass

Post by aceuass » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:52 pm

Thanks guys
I am over in the States (10 years now) originally from Crawley,W.Sx
I was also thinking of going the whole DME and adding 2oz SAAZ hops
Could I add 1oz hops at the beginning with the initial boil
and the other 1oz throughout the fermenting
What would you guys suggest
Paul
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