Cooper's "lager" a bit malty

[ProfessorWoland]

I tried the Cooper's "lager" kit (I know its not truly a lager as it uses ale yeast) with a tin of Cooper's light LME.

I tried on after a week in the bottle and it tastes a bit on the malty side. I understand that it is a really green beer but what I'd like to know will that maltiness mellow out or should I have used sugar like the instructions? I've pretty much done every other Cooper's kit with either LME and or DME in the past and had good results.


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[unionrdr]

You could try using a 3 lb bag of Munton's plain light DME or extra light,if you want more of a lager color. And use hops that are found in lagers like Czech saaz,or noble German hops like Hallertauer mittelfrueh. For less maltiness,you could do a partial boil of 2.5-3.5 gallons in a 5 gallon kettle with half the bag (1.5 lbs) of the DME & do a bittering hop addition. Like maybe 1/2 oz of warrior hops @ 60 minutes. Then the flavor hop additions @ 15 or 20 minutes. At flame out,add the remaining DME & the Cooper's can.
Since the wort is still boiling hot,after stirring it in you can cover & steep a couple minutes to pasteurize while getting the wort chill ready. Works great for me.