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Pirate_PeteI presume that's the Thomas Cooper Pale Ale. Did you know they are doing away with it? In fact that whole range is changing.
I have done the TC IPA kit twice. As far as you getting the best out of it the dried malt should be fine and, apart from a minimash as well, I would suggest you try a dry hop. Perhaps Styrian Goldings, or EK Goldings or First Gold or the like. When I dry hopped with 25g Goldings on one of the two I did, it seemed to get lost somewhere and so you may need more to get the benefit.What did you brew it with? I'm tempted to just use a kilo of light dry malt extract. But I really want to get the best out of it as they'll soon be extinct.
The two I have are use by Aug 2017. I tempted to go back and get a couple more. Should I?
Pirate_Pete
The Thomas Cooper range does look to have been completely changed but the Original and International are more or less the same.
Have you tried any of the new range yet?
I'm thinking particularly of the Thomas Coopers Brew A IPA and the Bootmaker Pale Ale both of which are supposed to be American style pale ales or so Coopers tell us. I would guess it will be some time before we get them over here in the UK.
You are most probably right about how and why they are changing their range.That's right mate it's just the TC range that's gone. No John Bull here. Coopers / Muntons / Morgans seem to be most popular.
I haven't made any of the new range yet. I haven't seen any in the shops near me. That said I live in an area a couple of hours north of Sydney and there's not much choice. Probably take a while to get here.
It's not so much that coopers have changed their brews, it's the stories how Thomas Cooper made this and that in 1800 whatever, with an American style that annoy me. Now I've been told by the bloke in the local store that the IPA is not a good seller. But it looks to me like Coopers are just jumping on a bandwagon with the "American Style". A 21st century wagon, not an 1800 one that is. Having grown up in the UK I'm after an English style IPA.
Coopers did send out some freebies to those who got in first on their forum. The reviews seem to be OK.
I do have a TC stout ready to go in the FV for tomorrow. The new Coopers stout isn't out yet. But they reckon it's like Kilkenny. The bloke from Coopers who posts on their forum says if you want to try and match the head you get from a can, pour the stout into a glass. Use a 30 ml syringe to suck up some beer. Then squirt it back in. I'm going to try that.
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