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I've just tried making the Cooper European lager for the first time. After putting in the FV it was at room temp (24C) for 1 day then I moved it into a fridge where it has been for the last 2 days. However it doesn't look to have started fermenting... I've had issues with Coopers yeast in these...

The carbonation drops is just easier than sugar. Results from my experimenting with same batch and bottling some with sugar, some CC drops and some half and half came out all the same. What does give better head (excuse the pun) is using Coopers Brew enhancer or dextrose sugar instead of table...

Since I started brewing I have been testing different methods to try and understand why I have have the same kit of beer come out with mixed carbonation results. After scratching my head for ages I have finally found another cause to flat beer: The bottles and type of capping machine. To be...

I know this is an old post but I was interested to hear peoples feedback that have used these mini kegs and the CO2 tap. I have the same tap for my mini kegs and although they pour a nice beer with a good frothy head that lasts the actual beer seems to taste pretty flat. I guess this would make...

Yeah I'm the same actually. I added a bit of extra honey to get a SG of 1.050 to get a little more kick but Murphys law has left mine sitting for 4 days at 1.020. Tried transferring to secondary and giving a stir but seems it was not meant to be a stronger beer :wha: Guess I'll give it a...

I also tried making a ginger beer (similar to your recipe) with too much sugar.. well it had a SG of 1.060 and FG of 0.992 so at around 9% I guess it transferred into a cider. It smelt like **** but I bottled it anyway and tried a bottle today after 3 weeks of conditioning... and yep tasted...

You could siphon to the FV once crash cooled to avoid any unwanted material. ps. I'm about to try my first extract brew tomorrow so have been reading around tonight. I'm not sure what the rules are on posting links on here (if any) but I found this blog to be very thorough...

Hmmm just read this thread and realized I may be making a mistake with my brews. I have just been transferring my beer (20L batch) from the Primary FV to another 30 L FV, and leaving to clear for the second week. I never really clicked that perhaps this is not the way to go. If I used this...

Yeah thanks, spent some time reading through those posts and basically have concluded Coopers Draught Kits are ****. Wrote to Coopers and told them that also. I'm just going to bottle it now and stack alongside my Coopers Ginger Beer (light), Coopers Canadian Blonde (light) well at least I won't...

For sure. The longer left the better. Since I started brewing beginning of last month I have blasted out 15 batches using 3 20L FV going at once + 2 smaller 10L FV I made for cider, ginger beer and experiments. This time of the year is a perfect temperature where I live to brew. In a few weeks...

Yeah I had tried stirring them both a while back, hasn't moved the readings much. The Canadian Blonde is on 1.014 and been there for a few days now. The Draught decided to play hard ball and has maybe moved from 1.020 - 1.019 (if I took the readings right). Been 12 days for the draught and 15...

I was surprised to see he has said to leave for 3-4 weeks for fermentation. I have not used pressed apples before but simply used apple juice from supermarket and some cheap turbo yeast with no yeast nutrient. I was amazed at how fast it fermented. It started within an hour and averaged 1 bubble...

Won't go off so long as you don't keep opening it too often and tampering with it. I find with the kits they ferment super fast first few days then by day 7 it still bubbles slowly. (maybe 1 bubble a minute). You have to take reading with the hydrometer to be sure it has leveled out. Although at...

hehehe I'm loving this stealth operation. Might I suggest using Cooper Carbonation Drops (http://www.midwestsupplies.com/cooper-s ... drops.html) instead of sugar (if you get caught with a 1.5kg bag of sugar in your pocket eyebrows will raise) but these little puppies closely resemble a common...

Could be seasonal also. If living in UK or Norway (where I am) it's likely you become less active and spend more time indoors during Autumn and winter.

Mixed a Coopers Draught on 8/9/11. OG was 1.040 as per norm. Took a reading on 13/9/11, was at 1.020. However it doesn't seem to be fermenting anymore and the reading now on 18/9/11 is still at 1.020. I'm sure its safe to bottle but seems a bit pointless as the alcohol will only be around 2.7%...

Mixed a Coopers Draught on 8/9/11. OG was 1.040 as per norm. Took a reading on 13/9/11, was at 1.020. However it doesn't seem to be fermenting anymore and the reading now on 18/9/11 is still at 1.020. I'm sure its safe to bottle but seems a bit pointless as the alcohol will only be around 2.7%...

I did both a Coopers Lager and a Cooper Mexican Cerveza at 10-14 C. However these are my first attempts at them. The problem is that the yeast in these kits is normal ale yeast so after 2 weeks in the fridge I took them both out and they started fermenting faster, and I had to wait another week...

I'm not sure as brewers we have the privilege to just stop fermentation as we please, unless you boil and cold crash or use camden pills to kill the yeast. If you were to bottle early I assumed it would just keep fermenting on the remaining sugar and possibly explode your bottle or supercharge...

Hmmmm what a great way to acquire a substitute carboy. Funny how when you start home brewing you suddenly get an eye for all things around you you never would have glimpsed twice at. I've successfully been acquiring a load of collapsible plastic crates used by super markets to carry veges, take...