starkid721
New Member
Hi all,
So I have started on the one-can-kit brews (thanks Tesco and your sale), and having looked at some of the one can pimping options posted by others on the forum, I plumped for the Coopers Canadian Blonde. Tales of how others have amended their kits have been a real inspiration. :thumb:
I followed the instructions as closely as possible, but added 150g light spray malt and a further 50g brewing sugar in an effort to raise the final ABV (both my previous brews have been lower ABV than expected). I was going to add 250g LSM and 100g brew sugar but chickened out. In theory the extra fermentables should raise the ABV, and I intend to add a hop tea after initial fermentation.
Also added brew enhancer 1 as recommended on the tin, but riddle me this Batman - I had two cans of Canadian Blonde, but both with different packaging and both recommend different brew enhancers (see pics). Have I been ripped off with inferior copy-cat merchandise somewhere, or did Coopers just change their packaging and ingredients? :-?
All seemed fine until the central heating packed in overnight, so the FV was at a temperature of about 17 degrees c, and has been until this evening. I moved it to a warmer part of the house where the temperature (central heating working or not) is more of a constant 20 deg c. The Coopers instructions recommend a fermenting temp of around 22. Slooow stuff possibly.
Plan to add 30g Citra hops in a tea in about a weeks time.
So I have started on the one-can-kit brews (thanks Tesco and your sale), and having looked at some of the one can pimping options posted by others on the forum, I plumped for the Coopers Canadian Blonde. Tales of how others have amended their kits have been a real inspiration. :thumb:
I followed the instructions as closely as possible, but added 150g light spray malt and a further 50g brewing sugar in an effort to raise the final ABV (both my previous brews have been lower ABV than expected). I was going to add 250g LSM and 100g brew sugar but chickened out. In theory the extra fermentables should raise the ABV, and I intend to add a hop tea after initial fermentation.
Also added brew enhancer 1 as recommended on the tin, but riddle me this Batman - I had two cans of Canadian Blonde, but both with different packaging and both recommend different brew enhancers (see pics). Have I been ripped off with inferior copy-cat merchandise somewhere, or did Coopers just change their packaging and ingredients? :-?
All seemed fine until the central heating packed in overnight, so the FV was at a temperature of about 17 degrees c, and has been until this evening. I moved it to a warmer part of the house where the temperature (central heating working or not) is more of a constant 20 deg c. The Coopers instructions recommend a fermenting temp of around 22. Slooow stuff possibly.
Plan to add 30g Citra hops in a tea in about a weeks time.