Here's what I've been doing this evening
1 x Coopers Aus Lager
500g Light DME
1kg Soft Dark Brown Sugar
10g Saaz Hops boiled for 15 mins
additional 20g Saaz hops steeped for 20 minutes
Made up to 21L
Pitching Saflager W34-70 instead of kit yeast.
Transferred to brew fridge at 13 degrees.
OG was 1050
Tonight's Lager Experiment
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Re: Tonight's Lager Experiment
AceMcAce wrote:Here's what I've been doing this evening
1 x Coopers Aus Lager
500g Light DME
1kg Soft Dark Brown Sugar
10g Saaz Hops boiled for 15 mins
additional 20g Saaz hops steeped for 20 minutes
Made up to 21L
Pitching Saflager W34-70 instead of kit yeast.
Transferred to brew fridge at 13 degrees.
OG was 1050
The saaz hops might get lost in the brown sugar flavor.
I'm just here for the beer.
Re: Tonight's Lager Experiment
We shall see. I've never added hops to a kit before, or used brown sugar. I'm sure I will drink the results regardless.
Re: Tonight's Lager Experiment
For anyone who may be interested, I tried the first bottle of this tonight. It's nowhere near ready, but it already tastes awesome.
The first thing you notice compared to the standard Coopers Aus Lager is the difference in crispness. Using a true lager yeast to ferment it rather than the standard coopers ale yeast that comes with the kit is an amazing difference. It really brings the kit to life.
The brown sugar leaves a really nice residual taste and slight sweetness on the back of the tongue, and the saaz really pull through.
On the whole, I'm very pleased with myself.
**smug grin**
The first thing you notice compared to the standard Coopers Aus Lager is the difference in crispness. Using a true lager yeast to ferment it rather than the standard coopers ale yeast that comes with the kit is an amazing difference. It really brings the kit to life.
The brown sugar leaves a really nice residual taste and slight sweetness on the back of the tongue, and the saaz really pull through.
On the whole, I'm very pleased with myself.
**smug grin**
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Re: Tonight's Lager Experiment
Sounds like a nice brew there mate 
I've got that yeast that I plan to use with a can of Coopers Pilsener & some Brewers Gold hops.
Did you only pitch 1 sachet of W34-70 at 13C and how long was the ferment?
I've got that yeast that I plan to use with a can of Coopers Pilsener & some Brewers Gold hops.
Did you only pitch 1 sachet of W34-70 at 13C and how long was the ferment?
FV:
Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%
On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%
On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
Re: Tonight's Lager Experiment
The Coopers Pilsener yeast is a good lager yeast anyway. I've brewed that a few times, but I'll be doing it soon as per the Black Pils recipe on the coopers site using the washed W34-70 from this brew.
I pitched one sachet dry straight into the wort probably at about 20C, then put it straight into the fridge at 13C. No real activity til the 2nd day, then I think it was about 19-21 days before I got a gravity of 1010 which it stayed at. (then my mum wanted her fridge back, so it was just kept at regular outside temps which weren't too far off that)
I pitched one sachet dry straight into the wort probably at about 20C, then put it straight into the fridge at 13C. No real activity til the 2nd day, then I think it was about 19-21 days before I got a gravity of 1010 which it stayed at. (then my mum wanted her fridge back, so it was just kept at regular outside temps which weren't too far off that)