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Is it still okay to make beer when the ingredients are past their best? Any major drawbacks? I have; coopers cerveza BBE on 1/10/2021 Light spray malt BBE 12/2021 Safale US-05 yeast BBE 03/2022 As you can see not majorly past their best before dates, but obviously i don't want to wait weeks...

Made a kit up in november and its been sitting in the garage ever since, will it be okay to bottle or has it been left too long? Thanks

Just started my second brew last night, checked it just now and there is this sediment in the bottom, is this normal? Or does it need stirring? Thanks

Just an idea, i live in wales and we have lots of free flowing streams from the mountains near my house, the water is really good and ive drank it plenty of times out on walks. I was thinking i could use this water, filtered and boiled of course, in one of my brews. Would this work? Or is there...

My first brew was a great success using a cerveza kit and hopped with calypso, made some good beer. This was a few months ago now, and id just like to share my recipe and start to finish, and would like anyone to set me right on my methods as ive kinda forgot the entire process, and relying on...

4 weeks post bottling i decided to crack a bottle open and give it a taster. i did a coopers mexican cerveza kit, with a late hop and dry hop addition of calypso hops. It tastes absolutely fantastic and carbonated well! really easy drinking and full of flavour! It feel so rewarding to finally...

is there anywhere that i can buy bottles akin to the 740ml coopers PET bottles but in glass? or large stubby bottles in general? i like the shape and wouldnt mind bottling my next brew in some, thanks

Hi, I'm brewing a coopers mexican cerveza (my first one), it has been fermenting for 2 weeks, & 2 day ago i began cold crashing it in the fridge. i was going to bottle tonight but the beer is still pretty cloudy/hazy, so unsure of whether to continue with bottling, or leave it in the fridge...

Which one would you reccomend and why? On the home brew shop it says that coopers recommend brew enhancer 2, which i believe is more suited for darker beers. i see other homebrewers using brew enhancer 1 for lighter/lager style beers, so unsure of which one to use?

my OG reading was 1.030, took first final gravity reading today and got solid 0.987, i took several readings a just to make sure it was correct. according to volume calc's this is saying the brew is 5.6% by volume, which is substantially higher than what its supposed to be (not that i'm...

Tomorrow will be 7 days after pitching the yeast so i'm going to add my dry hops. What is best used to weigh down the bag? and should i be aiming for it to be heavy enough to sink it to the bottom of the FV? I've seen some people mention marbles which we have a lot of in my house, would it be...

my mexican cerveza has been fermenting for 4 days at 18 degrees according to the instructions. ive used the kit yeast, is this the right temp to keep it at throughout the ferment or should it be higher to help the yeast? reason i ask is because a google search came up with a brewing manual from...

i was using a cloth to pick up the extract tin after putting some hot water in just to get the rest out, little did i know there was another cloth wrapped in it and it fell into the brew, quickly fished it out before it was submerged, just my f**king luck. is this beer a goner now? or should i...

was it a home brew? was it someone elses craft beer? something you found in the shop? or on tap at a pub? interested to hear, im personally a lager man so any suggestions you have for me throw them over :)

I've already posted a few times, but thought i would introduce myself ;) i'm mike, 24, i live in sunny wales near the mawddach estruary, but originally from Birmingham. huge birmingham city fan, KRO! About to take on my first ever brew using a coopers kit athumb.. can't wait! thank you to...

Can they be put straight into boiling water and then strained off through a sieve? or is it best to put them in muslin cloth and dip them in like a teabag?

hi everyone, i did do a post about the coopers lagers but i went ahead and bought coopers mexican cerveza as part of the BIY kit (sorry ;)) i got this one pictured https://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=coopers kit...

Hi, i think i am going to buy a coopers beer kit. my question is, for anyone thats done these, which one tastes better, the regular lager or the European lager version? any other lager kit suggestion? never brewed before and looking for ideas. thank you