Coopers Colour & Bitterness Comparison

[Paddy Bubbles]

If you're a Coopers kit fan like me, you might find this useful. It's a comparison of the colour and bitterness ratings of their various kits. You'd think Coopers would make a table like this available on their website, but no, that would be too useful to their customers...

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                     EBC  IBU
Original Series
Lager                90   390 
Draught              130  420 
Dark Ale             650  590  
Real Ale             230  560  
Stout                1800 710  

International Series
Australian Pale Ale  90   340 
Mexican Cerveza      53   270 
Canadian Blonde      70   420 
English Bitter       420  590 
European Lager       90   340 

T. Coopers Selection
Heritage Lager       90   390
IPA                  230  710
Irish Stout          1500 560
Australian Bitter    70   495 
Pilsener             70   420
Sparkling Ale        90   490 
Traditional Draught  130  420 
Wheat Beer           65   300

[6470zzy]

That is an interesting compilation,you should write to their customer service and suggest that they make it available in table form.

[Monkeybrew]

That is an interesting compilation,you should write to their customer service and suggest that they make it available in table form.

If you go to their website, they list these specs with each of the brew cans.

I have found them quite handy when adapting their kits.

I was told by their forum moderator that you work these concentrated figures out as follows-

Coopers Original Series Lager brewed to 23L for example-

Colour of 90EBC (90x1.7÷23 =6.65EBC)

Bitterness of 390IBU (390x1.7÷23=28.82IBU)

The quoted figures are per kg, hence the need to multiply by 1.7 (kg), and then you divide by your brewlength, which in this case is 23 (L).

This doesn't take into account any additional fermentables that you may use though, but I then run the rest through a piece of brewing software to give me a fairly good idea of the balance of a brew.

Cheers

MB

[GavH]

In addition, their unhopped cans of LME have the following EBC ratings:

Light - 53
Amber - 340
Dark - 1650