- Recipe Type
- Extract
- Yeast
- cooper\'s ale yeast
- Yeast Starter
- 1 1/2C starter
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 23L (6.072G)
- Original Gravity
- 1.050
- Final Gravity
- 1.010
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 25 minutes
- Color
- 14-17 SRM
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 29 days @ 70F
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- none
- Tasting Notes
- light toastiness with smooth spicy hop flavors
This is a good beer to sit in the shade with,or even as a session beer. It's not all American ingredients,but you wouldn't know it to taste it,or look at it. the ingredients are;
1 can Cooper's OS Draught
3lbs Munton's plain light DME
1oz US Perle hops,8.2AA%
Czech Saaz,3.1AA%
cooper's 7g ale yeast sachet in starter
Topped off to 23L
Brewed @ 70F
Boil 1 1/2C of water,add 1/4C of the DME,insert quick check thermometer & cover with plastic wrap. when it gets down to 70F or so,stir in yeast sachet & recover.
^**^This is how I used to do it. Now I get 400mL of luke warm water (about 70-75F) in my flask,pour the dry yeast in & let it sit 15 minutes. Stir it in with sanitized skewer or the like,& let sit another 15 minutes. Stir again & cover/let sit 30 minutes. I do this while ice bathing hot wort.
Put 2.5G of water in BK & bring to a boil. Add half the DME (1.5lbs), stir to dissolve clumps. You'll get a mini hot break for about 3 minutes. **I now use about 3.5 gallons of local spring water with 2lbs of plain DME.**
Then add the 1oz of US Perle hops in a hop sack,start timer for 20 minutes.
At 10 minutes,add .5oz of the Saaz. At flame out,remove BK from heat,place strainer over BK,remove/drain hop sacks. Then squeeze them out & set aside. **I now just add hops loose in the boil. Better edge to flavors that way.**Stir in remaining DME to dissolve. Add remaining .5oz of Saaz,place lid on BK & time 10 minutes. **You could just do this hop addition @ 3 minutes left in boil.**
Remove hops sack,drain,& squeeze it out. Add cooper's can & stir till all LME is scraped off the bottom of the BK. Replace lid,& steep 15 minutes.
Then place in ice water bath till temp goes down to 75F.
Pour through fine mesh strainer into sanitized fermenter. This gets out gunk & aerates the wort. Add top off water to 23L mark,Or 6G. Stir vigorously for 5 minutes to completely mix wort & top off water. This should get temp down to 65-67F. Take hydrometer sample,should get 1.046 OG. Stir starter/hydrate & pour it into FV.
Seal & add cheap vodka to airlock.
When fermentation is complete,hydrometer sample over 2-3 days should be FG 1.010. Make priming solution of 2C very hot water in small saucepan on stove With 4.55oz of dextrose,or about 1C. Dissolve till clear again. Cool off solution. Rack ale to bottling bucket,& when a couple inches deep,slowly pour in priming solution. When finished racking,stir gently about 12 times.
Bottle as usual,but use o2 barrier caps. Should yield 66 bottles. Store in boxes at room temp for 23 days.
1 can Cooper's OS Draught
3lbs Munton's plain light DME
1oz US Perle hops,8.2AA%
Czech Saaz,3.1AA%
cooper's 7g ale yeast sachet in starter
Topped off to 23L
Brewed @ 70F
Boil 1 1/2C of water,add 1/4C of the DME,insert quick check thermometer & cover with plastic wrap. when it gets down to 70F or so,stir in yeast sachet & recover.
^**^This is how I used to do it. Now I get 400mL of luke warm water (about 70-75F) in my flask,pour the dry yeast in & let it sit 15 minutes. Stir it in with sanitized skewer or the like,& let sit another 15 minutes. Stir again & cover/let sit 30 minutes. I do this while ice bathing hot wort.
Put 2.5G of water in BK & bring to a boil. Add half the DME (1.5lbs), stir to dissolve clumps. You'll get a mini hot break for about 3 minutes. **I now use about 3.5 gallons of local spring water with 2lbs of plain DME.**
Then add the 1oz of US Perle hops in a hop sack,start timer for 20 minutes.
At 10 minutes,add .5oz of the Saaz. At flame out,remove BK from heat,place strainer over BK,remove/drain hop sacks. Then squeeze them out & set aside. **I now just add hops loose in the boil. Better edge to flavors that way.**Stir in remaining DME to dissolve. Add remaining .5oz of Saaz,place lid on BK & time 10 minutes. **You could just do this hop addition @ 3 minutes left in boil.**
Remove hops sack,drain,& squeeze it out. Add cooper's can & stir till all LME is scraped off the bottom of the BK. Replace lid,& steep 15 minutes.
Then place in ice water bath till temp goes down to 75F.
Pour through fine mesh strainer into sanitized fermenter. This gets out gunk & aerates the wort. Add top off water to 23L mark,Or 6G. Stir vigorously for 5 minutes to completely mix wort & top off water. This should get temp down to 65-67F. Take hydrometer sample,should get 1.046 OG. Stir starter/hydrate & pour it into FV.
Seal & add cheap vodka to airlock.
When fermentation is complete,hydrometer sample over 2-3 days should be FG 1.010. Make priming solution of 2C very hot water in small saucepan on stove With 4.55oz of dextrose,or about 1C. Dissolve till clear again. Cool off solution. Rack ale to bottling bucket,& when a couple inches deep,slowly pour in priming solution. When finished racking,stir gently about 12 times.
Bottle as usual,but use o2 barrier caps. Should yield 66 bottles. Store in boxes at room temp for 23 days.
