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Im making an irish red ale extract brew 5 gallon. Just wondering did anyone ever try centennial or cascade hops with Mt.hood hops in the boil??? If yes did your beer turn out/taste good. My recipe : Steep for 30 mins in 67c water and i teabag sparge for 10 mins 80c water transfer to boiler add 2...

Hello I keg my first PM 3 weeks ago it was the BM cennential blonde and everything went well. When i kegged my beer i let my beer naturally prime with 87g of table sugar for 5 gallons at 19C for the 3 weeks the reason i naturally prime is because i dont have Co2 i only have a mix gas Co2 and...

Hello Can anyone tell me does it matter on the size of the keg to how much priming sugar you use to prime the beer or is it you are just priming 5 gallons of beer no matter what size the keg is??? Its just i have a keg i got from a pub and its the half size keg that holds 40 to 45 pints...

Hello I was wondering if i was to transfer my beer from fermentor to bulk prime it in my bottling bucket so i can bottle a few beers for friends and then transfer to my keg to finish carbanating natueraly What i want ta no is it ok to do this?? or will i need more/less priming sugar. And my...

Right lads and lassy's I was drinking a few home brews at home and dicided it was just not ready after 2 or 3 as in not fully carbonated yet so i left it and i started drinking some heinkein i had in the fridge but o my god my home brew tasted far nicer than the comercial beer and my home...

Hello Has anyone done a PM of the recipe above if so how many gallons did you make and good did it turn out. i want to make this my first Pm/ im going to make a 5 gallon batch of this does anyone have any tips

Im just wondering is my beer infected is teh stuff on top just yeast its like a tin soft crust. "http://www.flickr.com/photos/52230385@N06/5165246260/" This is a cooper canadian blonde extract kit and i used a tin of amber LME instead of sugar and a notthingham yeast instead of the cooper lager...

Here is a thread i found and taught i would shear it but some people might of seen this before but i said i would post it anyway. Its a how to reuse a heinkein mini keg by using a presta valve and a bung it might help people that have a heinkein mini keg lying around and dont no what ta do...

Hello I have been brewing for a while now and i found a way that i can modify the heinkein mini kegs to be reuse but i need a 2 peice bung and can not get them here in ireland but midwestsupplies have them and for me to get the shipped by currier would probably cost 30 or 40 euro and bung on...

hello I bought a coopers sparkling ale kit and the yeast in it i think might be out of date the number on it is 32009 PS. Can you tell me if its out of date does this number mean the third month 2009.

Hi lads and lassies This is my first time brewing cider so bear with me. im trying for a taste something like bulmers or strongbow. Im going to use 4L of apple juice for tesco (from non concentrated) €1.34 its a cloudy apple juice its the only 1 i can get. Im going to buying 1 or 2 5L demi...

Hello I was just wondering can i mix spray malt (extra light) with coopers Brew Enhance 2 sugar. I have a coopers mexician creaves kit and the last time i brewed it it was with 1kg of ordinary brewing sugar and the kit yeast and it was missing something in the taste when drinking it. So now...

Hi folks Just a quick hello and taught id introduce my self as i have been getting lots of information from the site and its members. Im gerard from longford, ireland and im new to brewing brewed my first batch of coopers beer kit and it came out great. Im on 2 new batch of 1 is coopers...

Hi just wondering can i use flavor hops in say a coopers lager kit and if so what would be a good flavor hop to use in a lager. is there any place or website that tells you what hops give what flavor.

Hello I have a question. Has anyone brewed woodfordes great eastern "Golden Ale"? What was the AG and FG? What beer would you compare its taste to? I was going to buy this kit this week. and keg it in a king keg top tap. Im just after bottling a coopers canadian blonde kit and cant...

Hello I have a question. Has anyone brewed woodfordes great eastern "Golden Ale"? What was the AG and FG? What beer would you compare its taste to? I was going to buy this kit this week. Im just after bottling a coopers canadian blonde kit and cant wait to get tasting it in a couple...

Hello Im new to brewing and this is my second batch to make and my first came out perfect. So i dont no if my second batch is any good so i need some help please. I have been brewing coopers canadian blonde lager kit at between 21 and 24celsius with the coopers brewing enhanced sugar 1 for...