Brewing a 9 year old Coopers Dark Ale,

[@cdaly3561]

Got a bunch of oldies gifted to me. Heard that dated brewkits are no good, watery. So very interested to see this one!

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Just did another one of those old kits. You are correct. the extract is a little watery not too bad. What I did find out was it sees to have a lot less sugar in it. I keep getting low SG.. The one I just did was only 1.023 after adding 1Kg dextrose.

[@cdaly3561]

@@SimpleHomeBrew interesting. Maybe using a Non dry malt extract would be the way to add a bit of thickness. You going to do any vid to taste this dark ale?

[@JustSamOfficial]

Nice one Pierre...

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Many thanks!

[@gavinbuckett260]

Nice brew mate, not really into dark ales, but will be interesting to see the end result, cheers 🍻

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Me Too, Kegging it today

[@primalfury2011]

Im from the other side of the pond in western canada !!! i got my Bro over there down under and his 2 sons near perth!! Primal out !!!!

[@PandCorganicfarm-KhaoYai]

Keen to know, also your technology

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

What would you like know?

[@philipmark7693]

@@SimpleHomeBrew Thanks mate keep up the good work cheers

[@LachiePatois_awesome]

Hey Pierre taking readings from a fermzilla is easy grab yourself a short beer line with a picnic tap out of one of your carbonation caps and have 5psi of gas going into the other carb cap will need to have a floating dip tube installed tho

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Thank you Lachlan I did know that just slipped my mind.

[@mrcina8621]

How was it? I have some coopers beers out of date since 2016 all yours if you want them😁

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Thanks for the offer but I am inclined to refuse. They seem to come out pretty good but in my mind they are a risk to drink long term, I am being a little paranoid as they do taste good. Here is a link to the tasting video. It was live so we have issues at the start. it gets better at around 4 minute point. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqDMZYGQfLikqNU

[@jonathang.5092]

I'll be very interested to see how this turns out!

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Me too!

[@Weaf2727]

Crazy that is it 9 years past the date but still smelled good. If there is not metal taste in the final product, you are set! Also on the Tilt as I am noticing it is the newest model (my 3rd one is the same but my other two are much older) do you notice any calibration adjustments even being needed? The new one I got has been dead on every time so far and has gone through 5 brews now. My two older ones always need a bit of a tweak. The first one I ever purchased had to be sent back (several years ago) as it was reading over 5000 F (over 2670 C for you) so there was obviously a problem but the they took care of it as I purchased it direct as they were being sold by retailers that I was aware of yet.

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

I just tasted this brew, It is quite nice. I am going to to give a sample to the person that gave me this extract to taste, they are going to film the result. Looking forward to it.

[@primalfury2011]

do you watch craigtube.. love that guy !! hes all Coopers kits !! First ever batch of mine was a dark ale ..in a carboy.. oh boy the foamage coming out... then i learnt about the overflow tube .. haha always an adventure !!!

[@primalfury2011]

hehe i got 2 just overdone extract kits. ony just past its date.. to use up ? haha i got 2 used kegs i bought, gonna reseal them and put them to use !! this video makes me feel better , the odds are with me !!!

[@cheshirehomebrew]

Another good video, get yourself a Turkey baster for samples. I just keep a specific one just for brewing. Cheers mate. 👍🍺

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Great idea, I saw that elsewhere and thought it was a great idea. thank you

[@jonathang.5092]

Hi Pierre I noticed you added a campden tablet. What is the purpose of this?

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

I use these to neutralize the chlorine and chloramine that the water purification plant put in our water. It makes a big difference the the final product. Half a tablet is all you need for twenty litres of tap water.

[@jonathang.5092]

@@SimpleHomeBrew thanks Pierre, this may have solved my problem. I've been getting an off flavour in all my brews. It only appears when it's been fermenting for a few days and seems to become more concentrated when bottled. I think it may be my tap water. I'm going to use a campden tablet in my next brew and see if it makes a difference. Thanks again.

[@philipmark7693]

Hi mate just quick question if I sanitiz my keg empty it put the lid on if I use it a week do I have to sanitz again cheers mate love your video.

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Hey Philip, my thoughts are that after a period of time the least you should do is rinse it with sanitizer just before using it, just to be safe. I only sanitize my kegs the day i use them. 😀

[@primalfury2011]

thank you Brother !! Learned a new thing today !! Cool !!!! good show Man !! Pierre ? !! is that ur name ?

[@thebackyardbrewer5611]

I use my coopers fermenter to mix my extract beers in than I take a sample and transfer to my actual fermenter from the tap

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Although that's a good idea and convenient I try not to do that for one reason only, there is a higher risk of contamination.

[@thebackyardbrewer5611]

@@SimpleHomeBrew As long as you sanitise both vessels its no riskier than using a single vessel! Im doing an extract beer this afternoon this way 🍻

[@TheGhostchaser8]

I have two cans of Mr Beer Pilsner extract that expired in 2014. I’ve been thinking about trying them out to see what would happen. I guess the only thing I have to loose is a little effort, and just might possibly gain a bit of somewhat drinkable beer.

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Do it, I have done a few out of date kits! one was 14 years. It was fine off memory.

[@LiamBrews]

Nice video should be a good pint

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

I think so too

[@philipmark7693]

Just watching the video coopers dark ale I use kegs make 23 lots 2 I use plastic keg from kegland 4 Lt in it an the rest in my main.keg

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

That is great idea I reckon I will that in the future. Thanks Philip!

[@jameshowell7285]

Just replace the yeast with a pick that makes you happy it will be good

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Yeah, you're on it!

[@primalfury2011]

subbed !!!