The Classic Australian Homebrew, Coopers Pale Ale

[@kevinaldcroft6291]

I have been home brewing since 1986 and I have never looked back. I sterilize everything before I use it and I have never had any issues with off beer. When I first started brewing, I would bottle my beer in 375ml and 700 ml bottles and cap them with the capper. However, I saw the keg system in the brew shop, and it was love at first sight. I decided to buy a 23-liter keg system as soon as I could afford it, and I have never looked back 1997. I usually use a "brew jacket" to cover the fermenter and heat mat to maintain temperature at night, even during the summer (Queensland). I use dark brown or brown sugar the extra Malases adds flavor and tastes great. I find my beer brews within three to four days and then transfer the beer to my keg. Connect the CO2 gas cylinder to the keg and place it into my bar fridge and it is ready to drink 26 hours later. I enjoy the Coopers stouts, dark ale, draught and light ale beers. This is making me thirsty cheers.

[@kevinbutler717]

Mate... what a legend! I'm just about to have a crack at doing my first ever homebrew and came across your video. Easy to watch, no bullshit and super informative. My fave beer is actually Coopers pale Ale so here I go. Keep the videos coming brother.

[@caewalker9276]

Keep putting the content out. Great,no BS fluff. PS. The orange lids from brigalow make great tops for 1.2kg dog food tins after opening. No more plastic wrap and smells.

[@Bareego]

If you're brewing in Australia I can recommend Morgans, they make some sweet beer kits, especially their Ironbark Dark Ale is hard to get wrong, also with the yeast they use I find you have to have you beer in the bottles for just a week or so before you can drink it. With Coopers you often end up having to wait a lot longer, especially with their Lager. My favorite hops for dry hopping are Hallertau and Tettnanger (from Bavaria in Germany). Great for really light ales and lagers. Agree on the yeast you used, it's very solid, Saflager yeast is also super if you can brew in a fridge at 7-12C or so. Takes a long time but the beer turns out soooo good. Don't be surprised if you get funky smells for the first few days if you use lager yeast, is normal. Your can technique was really neat, learned a couple of things there. If it's really cold I also put my can in a bucket of hot water for half an hour before opening it, makes the whole lot more liquidy.

[@parrey1985]

Been there, done that. I'm more in to all grain brewing. Extract brewing is more for KZbin, it gets the views

[@peterwundersitz3715]

I am doing everything now at 12 degrees with yeast that works at that temperature. It is markedly different to working at 22 degrees +.

[@WallaceLivingFree]

suggestion for a video (The search for a keto beer) that is min carbs and no sugar, cheers mate love your presentation style, subbed you , cheers

[@LilGugz]

great vid, more brew vids for your summer stockpile please :P

[@andreadecaria9701]

Hello! Have you ever tried the brown sugar lager? 1 can coopers lager malt extract and 1kg brown sugar! I suggest using dextrose as priming sugar! Let me know

[@parrey1985]

Thanks, I'll keep that in the back of my head for a future idea. I usually brew all grain.

[@andreadecaria9701]

@@parrey1985 I am trying to malt the wheat from a pet store and making beer out of it! Good results for now and very cheap! 1.2 dollar per kilo of grain/malt

[@brainspace3133]

Cheers Johnny. Ive just put down my first morgans lager kit beer do heres hoping. Im a bit of a beer snob and like fruity craft pale ales like Balter .any sugestions for my next attempt.?

[@juderyan1284]

Hey mate just found your channel 👍 I'm in Townsville too, those inkbirds are awesome hey. Trying my first Coopers pale ale but brewing at 17 degrees and using recultured coopers commercial yeast. Have you tried the Mangrove Jacks Craft series? I have been through most of them and they are all awesome. Am keen to see what the pale ale comes out like, chugging along nicely at the moment. Keep up the good work 👏

[@parrey1985]

Haven't tried the recultured Cooper's commercial yeast, I know they have a premium yeast, but it's basically US05. I tried a few mangrove jacks when I first started, can't really remember what they were like to be honest. The pale ale came out okay, it's far from the best beer I made, but it was also quick and easy to make.

[@adamblundell6402]

Hey mate just a quick question. How long did it take from the day you started to drinking? Plus, where do flys go at night? Haha.

[@parrey1985]

From start to drink, was a little over 2 weeks. As a horticulturist and a mechanical engineer, I have no idea why you would ask me where flys go at night.

[@WestOzAdventures]

I'll have to give dry hopping a go, have only been brewing a few months so still lots to learn. started off with the basics. I just mixed a tin of pale ale with a woolies lager and 200 grams of dexrose and it has a bit of a chemical aftertaste. I'm hoping it will be fine once bottle conditioned. I'll probably drink it regardless hahahaha

[@parrey1985]

Pretty sure Morgan's makes "clone kits" (if that helps). If you want to buy hops, go to Facebook, look up "mates rates homebrew", "the hopping mechanism", or "crucial grain". But yeah, I drink everything I make, unless it's really bad

[@vernakruckow6968]

Nice lacing in your glass, would it be a poor choice to do a video on how you clean your glasses. Watched a few so far, but haven't been able to replicate what you have with that glass

[@parrey1985]

I'm can't be stuffed to do anything more than wash my glasses in the dishwasher

[@prathamkamath13]

Have you added sugar into beer. Moreover you should try Indian beers like Kingfisher, London pilsner and bira

[@parrey1985]

I added Cooper's "brew enhancer 2" No idea what it actually is, but it's what the recipe directed. Is kingfisher a recipe, or commercially brew beer?

[@MineYourBizAustralia_Cryto]

truly Australia when I see the mess in the garage. lmao

[@parrey1985]

It's a functional garage

[@jasonharris2725]

What do you use to sanitise everything?

[@parrey1985]

Starsan

[@ぼるぼ-d7x]

Hello, From Japan! Is it legal to brew own beer at home in Australia?? It seems fun!

[@parrey1985]

Brewing beer is legal. Distilling spirits, no. It is a lot of fun

[@schlookie]

​@parrey1985 oh wow! I'm in New Zealand and didn't know distilling spirits was illegal in Australia. Both are legal in NZ. Interesting pipe tobacco seems to be banned in NZ, which seems a bit silly. I assume all brewing and distilling is illegal in Japan?

[@BerettaTV]

Do y put have to rinse off the sanitizer??

[@parrey1985]

Not when it's "no rinse". But some still do

[@colwk]

Steam rolled barley (stock feed barley) 50/50 with ale malt

[@parrey1985]

Try this brew with that, or a comparison video?

[@colwk]

@@parrey1985 a stand alone video to see if feed barley is a poor choice in beer. I've used it in whisky mashes before but I haven't done a all grain beer yet. Thanks for the replies and content 🍻🥃

[@lancehobbs8012]

What are u using to sanitise bro? Is that recycled starsan ?

[@parrey1985]

Recycled starsan.

[@alleningrad]

I suppose a poor choice could be made from making the kit according to the directions compared to another of the same with better yeast, hops, malt extract, etc.

[@parrey1985]

This video I already did. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfEaKisYs95Y7s But thanks for your suggestion.

[@marco3663]

That music 😩

[@dt4676]

Why do you make beer in a completely different way than Americans?

[@parrey1985]

Do I?

[@dt4676]

@@parrey1985 yeah check out a video on partial mash brewing.

[@parrey1985]

Never done a partial mash, and this beer isn't one.

[@parrey1985]

To extend on my last answer. My move from extract, to all grain, was just that, there was no partial mash step in between, and that's because I'm a little "all or nothing" guy. I don't really see an advantage to partial mash brewing, you still gotta boil the wort, cool it down, and it still tastes like extract.

[@skinns1150]

You look like Troy hardman

[@parrey1985]

Might be my dad

[@Steve-y7z]

music is too hot! turn it down so we can hear what you say!

[@amandag7869]

Sorry music put me off

[@Steve-y7z]

music is too hot! turn it down so we can hear what you say!