yeast for coopers kit?

[gingerhammer]

Heres my plan fellas,going to mash 1kg of lager malt add 1 kg of light dme,a coopers lager kit and dry hop about 40g of saaz..would the kit yeast be ok?or should I use some other yeast??please throw me some comments/ideas.cheers followers of the craft.

 

[Hollow Legs]

Hello, first of all what Coopers lager kit are you intending on using? the reason I ask is that the Coopers Euro kit comes with lager yeast although there is not enough in my opinion. I use Saflager S-23 and have had some nice results with the Euro lager (I'm an AG brewer that uses kits to re stock my needs ) you need to be careful with the temps as the Saf- 23 doesn't like temps over 16 - 18 degrees C.

The other Coopers Lager kits come with a beer yeast if that makes sense so will taste a tad Aley.

 

[gingerhammer]

Its the standard green can,with the ale yeast.Just asking because with extra malt im adding,im wondering if the coopers yeast will have umph to ferment it?

 

[Hollow Legs]

Yeah, it will ferment it ok but it might take a while to start, I used to do only kits before I started AG and I found that the kit yeast took a while to start things off so I then started experimenting with other yeasts i.e. Saflager 23. I used a Bohemian smack pack yeast on the lager kit you mentioned and thats been fermenting for three weeks now at a steady 12 deg C and I will be bottling it in the next few days.

Happy Brewing

Colin.