Tinkering with Coopers (pics)

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PhilNotts

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Post by PhilNotts » Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:20 pm

That does look quite nice actually. will order the ingredients today to get one going.

Does it make a difference if its 5.7% or 7.5% AA for the cascade hops?

Also is Spraymalt and Spraydry malt different and does it matter?

cheers

PhilNotts

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Post by PhilNotts » Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:45 pm

Ordered the ingredients mate, looking forward to get this one going.

last question, where did you get the cinder toffee from? looked on tescos and asda website but dont appear to have any and what could i use as a substitue if i cant find any cinder toffee?

thank you

Geezah

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Post by Geezah » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:06 pm

I got my cinder toffee from a local market sweet stall (Penkridge market), but any ye olde style sweet shop should sell it.
...or you could make your own... http://www.yummyscience.co.uk/ys_pages/ys_toffee.html

I only added it as it was going to waste, but it has added a nice, very subtle burnt caramel kind of flavour.

Alpha acids in the hops would be down to your own preference of how hoppy you like your beer. Mine were 7.5% aa

DME / Spraymalt ... its all the same

PhilNotts

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Post by PhilNotts » Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:47 pm

hi mate,received everything today so going to brew tomorrow.

also got some cinder toffee from a sweetshop in sheffield.

couple more questions

a) is it crushed crystal malt i should use or whole grain?i ordered the whole grain aa didn't realise the difference but they also sent me a bag of crushed malt just in case.

b)is it ok to brew the wort with 3 litre of water as just realised that the pot i have isn't as deep as i thought,doh

??

thank you

PhilNotts

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Post by PhilNotts » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:14 pm

and third question is can i sterilized everything tonight ready for tomorrow or does it have to be just before the brew?

Geezah

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Post by Geezah » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:21 pm

a) Crushed malt is what you want to use.

b) yeah, 3 litres will be fine ... I just quote 4 litres as its mear as damn a demijohn full, which is what I use to add my water.

3) Get your sanitising solution in the bucket tonight ( I use 1/2 a cup of thin bleach to 1 full fermenter of water) and throw everything your going to use in there overnight, all you have to do then is tip the sanitiser away and rinse everything 2-3 times.


It's not worth taking risks with sanitation or you could end up with 20 litres going down the drain.

PhilNotts

Re: Tinkering with Coopers (pics)

Post by PhilNotts » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:25 pm

I have VWP santiser so I'll just make up a solution of that,stick everything in and then tomorrow morning at 6 all i have to do is rinse everything before starting.

thank you

john_drummer

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Post by john_drummer » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:06 pm

make sure you rinse it well. I use VWP & I rinse everything at least twice, often three or four times. bleach & yeast don't sit well together

6am on a Saturday!?!?!? :shock:

PhilNotts

Re: Tinkering with Coopers (pics)

Post by PhilNotts » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:20 pm

yes 6 in the morning,haha. its my normal time i wake up even on weekends unfortunately.

and as I'm really busy for the rest of the weekend but want to get this brew ready I'll do it first thing when i wake up

Mo06

Re: Tinkering with Coopers (pics)

Post by Mo06 » Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:22 pm

Hi, I notice on the photo that you don't use an air lock.

Is the lid of the FV sealed or not ?

I ask because there seems to be some debate as to the usefulness of airlocks.

I am brewing a stout at the moment, and as I don't have an airlock, I am releasing the gas from the FV every few hours by just opening the lid a tad and then re-sealing. It has now calmed down (day 5) and I will probably transfer to bottles next week.

Geezah

Re: Tinkering with Coopers (pics)

Post by Geezah » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:27 pm

I only ever use an airlock on a demijohn.

Sometimes a stout wants to escape......

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So I just snap the lid closed and leav 1/4 un-snapped

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Re: Tinkering with Coopers (pics)

Post by Monkeybrew » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:54 pm

john_drummer wrote:6am on a Saturday!?!?!? :shock:
My BIAB #2 brewday is going to start at 6am tomorrow on Sunday morning :shock:
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%

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Post by Grumbler » Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:54 pm

What does the crystal malt bring to the brew? I'm new to brewing and am concentrating on dry hopping my ipa's.

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Re: Tinkering with Coopers (pics)

Post by 6470zzy » Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:32 pm

Crystal will give you residual sweetness and some enhanced mouthfeel and depending on the colour that you are using, varying degrees of toffee flavour.

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Geezah

Re: Tinkering with Coopers (pics)

Post by Geezah » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:41 pm

Its been ages since I last done a brew, but today I got a Coopers APA kit on the go.

Coopers APA
1 Tin DME
1/2 jar honey
50g EKG on 60 min boil
30g EKG & 15g Apollo on 15 min boil
100g of crystal and 50g of wheat on 20 min simmer

SG 1055

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