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Cornish lifesaver ipa. But in truth I'd like to try them all! Dicko

Thanks for the idea I've never thought of boiling the hops as I usually just dry hop. Cheers Dicko

Hi all I recently made a youngs NWS which went wrong before I added the hops. So I have 90g of hops and was looking for ideas as to what to use them on. I believe they are Pacific jade and motueka but not sure of the split. Any suggestions welcome. Cheers Dicko

Hi jeff I haven't made the coopers irish stout but I have made the regular coopers stout using a recipe a forum member named terrym offered me. 1 can coopers irish stout. 500g dark spray malt. 600g golden syrup. 100g dark muscavado sugar. 1 dessert spoon of treacle. and 3 shots of strong fresh...

I agree with badger. I've never made the richies lager as I use the coopers European lager and go with something similar. I go with the kit plus 500g of light spray malt and 700g of sugar, brewed to 21L with a 50g saaz dry hop at the end of fermentation. It come out at around 5.4%. Its a nice...

It was indeed. After reading the thread on the wherry I feel lucky to have achieved 3.9%. Having said that I still enjoyed the brew and at 3.9% it ment I could have a few during the week whilst watching the football. Cheers Dicko

Yes it does but it never seems to reach 4.5%. Going off notes I made when brewing the wherry the best I achieved was 3.9%. Others may have been more successful. Cheers Dicko

This is one of my favourites also. I've made it numerous times and always found it to be best after around 8 weeks in the bottle, well worth the wait, absolutely superb. I'm just waiting for a empty fv and I'll be putting another one on. Cheers Dicko

Try a wherry. Brewed to instructions that doesn't come out much more than 3.5%. Cheers Dicko

Hi alice When I brew the coopers European lager I use saaz as a dry hop. Have you ever dry hopped it and if so what hops did you use? Cheers Dicko

The coopers European lager is one I make on a regular basis. In fact I'll be sampling a few tonight.😉 Cheers Dicko

No problem. Let us know what you think. Cheers Dicko

The original recipe I got off terrym was brewed to 19l so will have been slightly stronger. I brewed to 20l as I didn't have a 19l mark on my fv. By the way the coffee added is fresh ground not instant. Although a work colleague did add a couple of capsules from his coffee machine!:laugh8...

Hi Neilb I've brewed this many times and every time it came out at 4.73%. Og 1046 finished at 1010, it's well balanced and tastes fantastic. Cheers Dicko

Hi martinp This kit is my next brew and like all brews that require dry hopping i always wait till fermentation has just about finished before adding the hops. I find that adding the hops during fermentation can make for a very bitter ale, So I usually wait till gravity is down to 1010 before...