Coopers Real Ale Revisited

[@RetrogamerTim]

Trying a real ale ATM with be2 and some dextrose, tea bag galaxy hops and will dry hop with Citra just before bottling. Hopefully goes ok. Love the vids mate.

[@thepontiff7505]

keep up the videos, I still do kits after many years but ive been so lazy for about a year or so.... been spending a tonne of money on buying beer, its a total rip off these days.... just got some new 60 litre fermenters to try when i can make some room for them to do double batches

[@basichomebrew610]

mate I hear you, ive been buying a lot of beer recently too and not brewing so much. thats an awesome sized fermenter!

[@bigcountryvet5984]

I've got a northern brewer caribou slobber fermenting and a pal ale that was years out of date from a reseller of craft brew.. these are my first attempt at homebrewing.

[@basichomebrew610]

nice! hope it turns out well for you and good luck!

[@interman7715]

Plenty of Homebrand lager and draught and Brigalow home brew up here in QLD , very popular, hopefully you'll get restocked where you are .

[@basichomebrew610]

nice! yeah hope they keep it going

[@Skid-Baxter]

Sorry to hear your local Woolworth's cleared out the homebrew stuff. That's not only disappointment, it's an outrage! Cascade & Chinook make a nice combination. It's fitting that I'm getting set to brew a couple 4 liter batches to test out my homegrown Cascade & Chinook, lol! Other than that just trying to brew enough to meet household demand! Great video as always. Cheers!

[@basichomebrew610]

yeah nice! cant wait to see how your hops turned out!

[@LiamDavies45]

Nice video mate I’ve got this exact kit waiting to be brewed. Cheers 🍺👍🏻

[@dave8540]

I doubt you will see Homebrand back again mate but hope so for your sake. We had the same happen about two years ago , everything knocked down to clear then nuthin !. I used carb drops on my last brew because I was lazy, went ok but prefer bulk prime, your beer should be nice for christmas , if it lasts that long !!!! cheers

[@basichomebrew610]

yeah this will time nicely with christmas actually. shame about the homebrand stuff, i wonder if itll be available online for a while?

[@JET1110]

Nice video mate. Keep making them. Not good about Woolies. You got a Dan Murphy’s nearby? They stock all the Coopers Homebrew.

[@basichomebrew610]

thanks man! yeah there's a couple within 20 minutes or so

[@alleningrad]

The price of Coopers kits has gone up recently in Canada. My local home-brew shop said that the cost of shipping kits has risen in recent years. Today I made a Coopers Draught kit with a 56g Cascade hop steep (30 min) and 1KG LDM and 500g dex. Kit yeast. Based on the Coopers recipe suggestion for the Fruit Salad Ale.

[@basichomebrew610]

that sounds like a nice beer! yeah shipping these days with covid has pushed a lot of stuff high and long delays too

[@RichardCockerill]

Cheers from Canada

[@basichomebrew610]

cheers! beautiful country, hope to see it one day!

[@JustinCooper-b7k]

Mate I can’t get any homebrand from my local either. No dextrose either. Have to drive 40 mins from me to get any. I’ve tended to order from coopers and hit big w. About to bottle a dark ale tomorrow and then start an amber ale

[@basichomebrew610]

ah beaut! coopers dark is a great kit, one of my favourites, good luck there! woolies have since brought homebrew back to my local which is handy, quite a bit more expensive than it used to be though

[@JustinCooper-b7k]

@@basichomebrew610 Currently brewing a amber ale I get to bottle in a few days before I start the Coopers Draught which I picked up today - haven’t brewed that kit before! Thinking of doing some videos sometime soon, watch yours on repeat mate. Look forward to the next instalment!

[@basichomebrew610]

@@JustinCooper-b7k oh nice, yeah you should make some videos! theres a lot of people that find these helpful and especially if you try something a little different, you will get people getting ideas, its a great community a lot of good brewers here making videos, cheers

[@JustinCooper-b7k]

@@basichomebrew610 Been thinking about making videos to just brew. Watch yours over and over, find them really good. Actually brewing the crown lager today. Doing the draught after I've bottled the lager in 10 days or so

[@basichomebrew610]

@@JustinCooper-b7k thanks man! let me know when you make them ill watch along!

[@neapenny711]

Can I mix all the ingredients of the 5 gallon Pilsner refill on 20 liters bucket and then split them on two 10 liters fermenters?

[@basichomebrew610]

yeah i dont see why not, as long as all vessels you are using are sterilised you shouldnt have any problems. the only issue might be easily transfering from the 20l bucket if theres no outlet valve, so if you're ok pouring from the 20l you should be ok. cheers!

[@neapenny711]

@@basichomebrew610 thank you very much for the quick reply

[@basichomebrew610]

@@neapenny711 no problems, good luck!

[@michael_hex4397]

Big w has a good range

[@BolsoDecano10]

How do you get flavours like the ones you get form a decoction or a scaled mash?

[@basichomebrew610]

I dont know the specifics of that sorry

[@BolsoDecano10]

@@basichomebrew610 thank you very much for replying anyways 🙂

[@basichomebrew610]

@@BolsoDecano10 no worries mate sorry wasnt able to help

[@RichardCockerill]

right now watching you and drinking a home brew all grain blue moon clone

[@basichomebrew610]

beautiful! its awesome replicating good recipes

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

BigW still stock real Cooper's kits. My local Woolies' still stocks real Cooper's ingredients, just not the entire kit.

[@basichomebrew610]

nice! they still sell the bottle caps at mine but thats it now, not even the dex

[@twitch28]

Have you added dextrose to any pale ales and if so how do you add that? Thanks mate

[@basichomebrew610]

hi, I have in the past but find the end result lacks a bit of the flavour id like from a pale ale. I find just dex works best with lager styles, hope that helps

[@twitch28]

@@basichomebrew610 thanks legend. I’m a newbie and have just done a pale ale and now an ipa that I’ve added dextrose to when I mixed at the start, then dry hoped 3 days in

[@basichomebrew610]

@@twitch28 nice! hope they work out well! I have used the coopers "brew enhancers" many times with these styles which are a good portion dextrose. Good luck on your brewing journey!

[@da9519]

Great video, but you put a 10 minute timer on my google home!

[@basichomebrew610]

thanks mate! lol those things are always listening arent they! thanks for watching have a good one

[@davidj3416]

BEER!

[@basichomebrew610]

BEER!

[@neapenny711]

Can I mix all the ingredients of the 5 gallon Pilsner refill on 20 liters bucket and then split them on two 10 liters fermenters?