HBW 225 - Let's Brew a Coopers

[@jmgacousticmusic]

Seriously you are the most down to earth bloke ever. I literally went out and bought a coopers kit today to start up again. Hello from Australia

[@RandomBradCreator]

Yes , Nice one

[@فرخافرین]

چچ

[@cheshirehomebrew]

Well said mate. 👍🍺

[@Beesa10]

I really like the Coopers English Bitter, top quality product, had good results every time.

[@kingogames1572]

Oh man, I miss these homebrew Wednesdays!

[@ProfessorWolandPlays]

I remember binge watching the older Coopers video when I started brewing. Great to see this one as they are a massive help to new brewers. Thanks for the videos!

[@svetfj]

Craig, I have to thank you for helping me getting back into home brewing. Your videos are very informative and entertaining. I'm about your age, and I still have my Dad around....and thanks to you we are having some great times using your expertise to make beer and wine. Keep up the good work!

[@BrewDudes]

Hey Craig At Brew-Dudes we are both regular all grain brewers. My system is decidedly over complicated with three burners a pump and a plate chiller etc etc. Johns process is still a simple cooler mash tun and on pot and one burner outside. Despite the different level of complexity, we totally appreciate what your doing. Brewing is fun anyway you do it and there's no reason to rain on anyone parade. Beer is beer in the end if its the way you like it. Cheers! -Mike

[@wildjames]

yep sure if you like pancake syrup beer

[@Dinckelburg]

Craig! When I started home brewing 4 years ago, yours was the channel I spent a lot of time watching. I'm so glad to see that you are still making videos and that you're the same cool guy I remember. Stay cool Craig!!

[@celsis22]

Craig, new brewer here in the UK and have watched lots of your stuff. Really gave me the confidence to go for it. Got my first batch of coopers on the go now. Hope I can make it as well as I can drink it! Thanks for the help. Cheers.

[@JAK4444]

Cheers Craig.... been watching your videos on and off for at least 7 years.... still enjoy them :)

[@leeattwells1196]

I love these videos. I'm thinking of starting my own home brew setup and you're very informative and practical. Thankyou for your videos

[@ssadams]

Another great video Craig!! Cheers 😀 👍 🍻

[@lockie172rocks9]

Thanks Craig. Sometimes it's the simple things that make you feel good. We should all remember where we started and celebrate what coopers has done for us. Cheers from Brisbane Australia.

[@mikesommerville6210]

Hey Craig. Just started homebrewing and have bee watching alot of you videos. Thanks for all the tips using kits.

[@Candeezie]

"I actually found this spoon outside on the grass" Haha! Too funny, Craig. I love your videos. If I ever get off the island and head your way, I'll totally stop in for a brew!

[@Yellowsnow1]

Omg old times lol. You were the reason I started brewing and this was the first kit lol. Superb!!

[@RobNorton]

"it's not hard to get drunk on this stuff and believe me I know" that needs a t shirt Craig lol

[@Manovgreatworth]

absolutely love this video! Thank you Craig! Take care and blessings to you and your loved ones. CZ

[@jamesroberts7807]

Awesome tip Craig I have never thought about putting a immersion chiller in fermenter like that to cool it down that's why your the man cheers and beers Craig!! 17

[@moran1053]

thanks Craig for the brewing vid. a friend and i done a brewers best kit yesterday it was a lot of work and we had a boil over (not to bad) still was a mess. happy HBW .... 17

[@bradbutterly8300]

G'day I enjoy making home brew all through winter and fill 100 bottles and all ready to go for summer ☀️ can't wait cheers everyone 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@jcomps]

Hey Craig I'm just a beginner and I know you have done the kits a million times but I appreciate you still doing new vids with them. Thanks.

[@jp-hh9xq]

By the way, at 32:00 or so you talk about people wanting to see you do "kit videos" when it's been done a quite a bit before... I, for one, have watched most of those of those videos in the last few days (as I get ready to brew my first batch in my life... I'm an engineer so I tend to over-study simple things) and your video was by far the best presentation of the process in a way I enjoy watching it, and your commentary made good sense and was useful. I'm ampped up to brew! So I think the reason people requested you do a video like this is because you're more fun to watch doing it, while being informative with comments that are actually relevant, compared to many home brewer videos. Just my humble opinion.

[@sonoftakeshisan5929]

Measure twice, cut once.

[@wildjames]

you're an engineer watching cooper's pancake syrup extract batch videos. lmao

[@ThomasKempton]

I am thinking about starting to brew my own beer and looked on KZbin and found your videos. really enjoy them and have been learning alot cheers Craig

[@Cliffshawx]

Awesome video Craig, I am putting a Mangrove Jacks cider in the fermenter this afternoon!!!!

[@JelmoNL]

"Normally I'd cut those out, but..." Aah the joy of carbonation :-) Thanks Craig, enjoyed your video as always!

[@scottlowther7698]

beans and rice there's a lot of people out there doing all grain videos but if you want to see all the different methods Craig's the one to watch, that's why we love his videos

[@jonathancraddock3178]

Hey...Craig. I really love your channel, here. I found it outside, in the grass one day, Lol ...and I've been sold ever since. Thank u, man.

[@matjcarroll]

Hi Craig I first watched your videos back in 2010 when I was interested in making beer at home, and your video series on making up the coopers and other beer kits was invaluable. Have had so much enjoyment from the hobby and though the first batch I made prior to watching your videos was terrible after taking advice from them it was a vast improvement. I’ve since moved on through BIAB and now I’m about 25 brews on my Grainfather. And seeing you on my KZbin feed I came back to see what you were doing. Anyway a lot of rambling just to say thank your Sir keep up your great work. P.s. I’m going to go to the store and see what the coopers kits are like now. All the best Matt

[@TheJohnvance]

Love your videos , I live in northwestern Ontario on highway 11 east of Thunder Bay about 250 klicks and I brew wine and beer keep up the good work Shane

[@harrypsaunders]

I bought a case of Cooper's Sparkling Ale on the weekend. I consumed 7 or 8 bottles and pretty much vowed to never drink again the next morning. I came to my senses of course but that stuff is strong!

[@LongDogBrew]

Always enjoy watching you brew beer...Cheers, 17!

[@sonoftakeshisan5929]

Hello from Scotland! Thanks for the vt. I've just started a red and white 5l starter wine kit. Need to get into the Ales. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@markferguson4914]

Craig, still and FUN and Educational video - cheers (17) Two Coopers kits purring away here :)

[@Jeremy5speed]

Just bottled a Coopers IPA and had kind of a different spell! Kinda nervous but guess I'll find out in two weeks lol. Great video Craig keep it up!

[@gutwrench3147]

You make drinking beer look so enjoyable Craig! 🍻

[@WreckedBrewery]

Hey Craig. Congrats on hitting HBW #225! That's alot of HBW's! I look forward to these every week. Yeah I reuse my StarSan for months before making a new batch. Cheers!

[@Lauder86]

another great video craig. I just made your Craigtube Porter, 2 weeks ago and will check my fg this weekend and bottle it up. had to use Nottingham yeast as the homebrew store didnt have any windsor. lookkng forward to finally being able to drink it in a month or two! cheers from Australia.

[@Schnuz]

Cheers for another great vid Craig. I mostly brew from kits due to time constraints but I add slight embellishments just for my own personal taste. I have recently been adding a hop tea to the wort to enhance the hop aromas and flavours, along with dry hopping in the pin. I have been thinking about perhaps making a vid (or two) on how I brew my beverages but have never plucked up the courage to even do it for personal viewing yet. I have a gopro but most footage has been from first person perspective on the road bike as I am a little camera shy (and I am fairly clueless as to how to edit any footage taken LOL). Keep the vids coming, they are much appreciated. Cheers Schnuz.

[@wildjames]

that sounds gross

[@byrdydin]

Good video Craig, it's good to see you brewing the new coopers And when I'm over visiting my son, I'll make sure i stop over and try one of your beers.

[@CraigTube]

+Brian D. Call me any time Brian.

[@dubbelsue3584]

Awesome brew day brother! Love me some pilsner. I am brewing a Czech pils this weekend. Brew on brother.

[@danielrowe2174]

I remember watching this 3 years ago when I was learning how to brew. Now I've become more confident as a Homebrew and look for feed back from others about what the like and dislike about the beers I make. Lately I've made such a simple blonde ale that is awesome with key lime extract by amoretti. It may be 4.5 abv, buts it one that will have you come back for more.

[@GR19611]

Can't afford a wort chiller? Simply put several 3 litre containers of water in fridge until 4 degrees ,well before needed.👍

[@EternalWarrior1988]

Time for a Craigtube marathon, with the channel back up.

[@carimage]

Did a Coopers Bootmaker Pale Ale recently with 1.5 Coopers malt extract. One of the best beers I've made.

[@williampena7665]

I'm a long time FAN.... keep it up wether its weekly or bye weekly.... Bobs your name... Kudos to you

[@thedrewski84]

Good ole coopers. Being in Australia these kits are easy to come by.

[@jimmyfingers2]

Great Videos Craig, Keep up the good work

[@samljer]

I still remember HBW 1.... man the years are going by.

[@farkittcrunch3201]

I love how you sink it!

[@walruss60]

Great vid Craig, I've just started doing all grain but I will be trying the coopers pilsner kit. Cheers

[@victorbitter583]

Good stuff Craig. I brewed the new pils tin the other day and it smelled funny to me before i even pitched the yeast. fingers crossed. cheers.

[@Jeremy5speed]

Also I brewed a Pilsner and had that same eggy smell when fermenting lol. My wife says never again but the beer was superb!

[@Lisaross93]

awesome hair and awesome brew

[@MrNovascotia100]

I started my first batch today> I super appreciate your videos i have been watching as many as i can lol Thank you p.s my can opener would not open the top i had to open it from the bottom still

[@silversasquatch79]

great video, craig, cheers, and 17!

[@justinmarks9371]

Very cool video Criag i always love it when you brew and love the longer videos 17 🍻

[@datniggajohnredcorn5433]

🍻🍻🍻🍺🍺

[@DJChipsandGarlic]

been a while watching your videos. a few years in fact. got me in to making the cider (turbo cider)

[@langerz5686]

Very keen to see how the sparkling ale turns out, one of my favourite beers. Lucky for me its around everywhere here in Perth, Western Australia. I'm also an avid induction cook top user, currently use 2 x induction cook tops for my BIAB setup, works a treat!

[@CraigTube]

+Matthew Langridge You probably have 220 volts. Lucky Duck YOU.

[@hecticgerva1192]

+CraigTube 240volts here

[@langerz5686]

Our local supermarket has the Coopers kits on special for $9.00! Maybe you should take a trip down under and stock up :)

[@drstevenrstanek]

Nice job Craig!

[@dozer88finn]

Nice video, that Pilsner looked good. 17

[@conraddevins4762]

great vid as always. ....cheers from Kenora Ont

[@mrcresva3093]

I dont think i have ever seen you brew an aussie pale ale craig, is by far coopers best kit, taste just like the commercial version

[@Chlorate299]

Sulphur dioxide can be released by certain yeasts when there's certain mineral and nutrient deficiencies...or so I'm told! My brother made a cider once that reeked of rotten eggs - tasted fine if you're a hardened cider drinker but the smell was a tad off-putting. Sometimes it'll go away with time - chilling helps.

[@raiderrob672]

Hey Craig another great video bud. I know brewing those kit's it's "old hat" for you but even though it is for most of us too it is still fun to hang out with you while you brew. I did a Muntons Mexican Cerveza on Saturday. my LHBS and HBC hosted a "Big brew day" event for National homebrew day. It was super easy thanks to all your great "Homebrewing the easy way" video's. I still can't find those new Coopers kit's you got. maybe they are only on the Canadian server?

[@fritzjr112]

hey Craig I enjoy your videos I understand your videos I'm making beer I have learned a lot from your show I watched a lot of KZbin videos and a lot of other videos online about making homegrown beer craft beer I understand how you format it makes it more interesting and educational especially when you had a few to drink and thought I'd let you know I appreciate it I'm eventually going to start brewing my own when I find the right brew kit I'm really looking for Coopers 5 gallon brew kit if I can afford one I've been looking online for used kits or for kids that people don't no longer want not successful the way I will find one eventually I am determined anyway I thought I'd let you know I appreciate your program

[@tomdoyle6030]

I have Cooper's larger kit ... Gonna try and start today ... Been humming and haring for months ... Didn't realise pilsner was safer option :-(

[@GreedyDragonBrewing]

Nice vid Craig! Be curious to see how the new kits turn out. Cheers 17

[@pawser3472]

Craig i would love one day to come by and try that pilsner. And also chat about brewing.

[@GiuseppeBasile]

Surely we can get more than 1000 likes on this video. Watching in 2022. Hi Graig

[@MrDjbeatsmith]

Great Aussie beer!

[@letsbrewbeer]

Thanks Craig, great vid as per usual...sterilizing the yeast packet...Wow, that sure is thorough LOL never seen that before. all good tho mate. cheers 17

[@maxdeviney6839]

How is Craig not drunk in all of his videos😂😂 he always has multiple things fermenting lol.

[@noodle845]

3 mouthful and a pint is gone 😂 fair play

[@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?

[@CODY3DTECH]

My idea of a Friday night is pouring a beer to a craigtube marathon

[@jp-hh9xq]

New subscriber. Love this show! Nice job!

[@welshwizardwales]

Hi. I am waiting for my coopers starter kit with a European lager to arrive. This is my first time brewing since failing with Tom Claxton home brew 50 years ago, I cannot wait months to taste it so can anyone advise me what to brew first that is quicker to drink but yet still tastes a bit like lager, I love lagers. Thanks

[@neapenny711]

Hello that’s very simple. Now how about if I’m only making 5L to start. What should be the amount of the ingredients?

[@walleyeye]

Hey Craig. Thanks for this video. Writing you from Winnipeg, Canada. Im just getting started in brewing. A couple questions though. All other things equal how will the beer be different if you brew with 19 or 20 litres as opposed to 23 litres? Secondly, why did you use three boxes of the coopers dried malt extract? My way of thinking is that one box would be for one tim of the liquid wart from the kit. Am I wrong? What does adding three opposed to just one do? Appreciate any help!

[@egotram]

Cheers Craig. 17

[@darrenpagett4456]

I saw your singer video .not bad. Darren.

[@masterkronixster]

Craig how are yah? I have some questions for you and your fans. 1.how many cans of extract can I add together..ie can I put 3 cans of extract and say 3kgs of sugar? 2. I made a coopers lager 2 weeks in buckets 3-4 weeks in bottles.. I used 2 even teaspoons of white sugar... every one of em was either a geyser of head or flat Azzzz. After the head settles.. not a bad beer.. Any advice much appreciated.. Cheers

[@TheMrpiggyboy]

Great video. teaches what has to happen when making beer, the importance of remaining stile. If you talk slower you could drink more beer.

[@drunkinmulisha3804]

Long time watcher first time commenter. Grear video mate keep up the good work. Cheers

[@MattExzy]

Mmmmm, I can almost smell that LDM from here, yum. Oh, and what I find in the hotter months, if the wort's going to be too hot to pitch, I just chill down some water in some big plastic jugs the day before, pop them in the fridge overnight, and add accordingly. Nice and quick.

[@bigbill262]

This guy is like the doctor who of the brew world

[@chunk1724]

Great video as usual Craig, well done and I love the fact you haven't strayed from the original instructions and I have voted and the idiot that put the thing about penny farthing on that thread, I hope I haven't upset or swayed other voters...for everyone it's a great site and they know there stuff (as does Craig) and do listen to you so do everyone a solid and VOTE

[@craigdevlin4825]

Hi just wondering if I put 300g of brewing sugar in at boil do i still put carbonation drops in at bottling ?

[@joshstyles4058]

hello craig, i have a quick question. im 20 years old and only started brewing last year ( other than helping my grandfather make beer from the age i was 17 ) is there any winter time beer you could recommend? i live in newfoundland canada and we have temps of around -20 normally and we usually drink outside. cheers!

[@MrJOHN6T6]

Just curious Craig, do you not use the Coopers fermenters from the DIY kits?

[@andyspet]

nice vid, cheers andy.

[@tristanharrison854]

I been making beer for years I am 33 but in the last few years the beer has not been great is it because of the water that comes from the tap what should I do to get good clean beer

[@tylermessmer7836]

What brand of fermenter do you use? I am looking for a clear bucket fermenter.

[@kratomseeker5258]

love you man

[@bfrieske]

Grate vid.... as always, thx.... Cheers!

[@muzguz7276]

Hi Craig. Could you just chuck the wort in the temp controlled fridge for a day and get it to around 21C? Cheers.

[@russellchance6422]

Hey Craig. Love your videos. I'm in the states California. I just have a simple question for you. Could you use just the (can) on a small batch say two gallons? Or would that be to concentrated? I'm just not ready to get back into the full 5 gallon batch brews yet. Thanks

[@bradbutterly8300]

G'day mate it's Brad Butterly from Western Australia 🇦🇺, I have a question for you, I did a Morgan's Old, it bewed OK, but I found little weight flaces on the top of the beer?..please help me, what can I do????

[@23432]

I keep 2 gallon jugs of water in the fridge for brew day. Sorry, the advice is pretty late!

[@debrebeuf8959]

12:24 *stuff goes wrong, tries to cope* "that spoon falls all the time"

[@rc22e]

hey craig whay you recommend for using bottle plastic or glass