coopers Australian bitter.

[truemay]

I know this is supposed to be a sort of pseudo lager with an ale yeast but I brewed it as a summer ale in my keg.Turned out excellent.I'm getting it again.Makes me wonder how the other similar kits would turn out ie Canadian blonde and coopers APA.Any one tried this?

[truemay]

Very similar to tanglefoot.A favourite of mine.

[Monkeybrew]

What did you make the AB up with?

I've got one on the go at the moment with some hop and yeast additions.

I think that most Coopers kits are a good base for tweaking into various beer styles, with exception of the Stout kits and maybe the IPA, as they are quite tasty and well bittered IMO.

MB

[truemay]

Just made it up with a jar of holland and Barrett malt and 500 gms of a light brown sugar.no hop tweaks or anything of that sort.I short brewed it a bit to about 36 pints.Cleared very quickly nice after a fortnight in the keg.

[Paddy Bubbles]

Try the APA kit, it's a great beer for summer. Very lager-like because it uses a special combi yeast (ale + lager yeast together). Produces a nice dry beer. It's a good one to brew short aswell, I normally brew it to 21 litres which ups the flavour and body (and alcohol!)

[bigdave]

You'll find the APA and AB are almost identical beers. My personal pref leans slightly to the AB as there's a bit more going on in the pint but not much. In fact I'm brewing one tonight with some hop additions.