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This is a Perry/Cider hybrid…Black
Rock Cider + 2l
100% Fresh Pear Juice + 1kg Sugar +
water topped
up to 23l mark. Fermented at 21 ~27… 2
weeks after
bottling it tasted like the fluid that
collects in the
bottom of a rubbish bag but let it sit
for 3months
and it’s a beaut medium-dry cider.
Bloody strong
though ! The key is to let this stuff
rest. One avenue
of improvement would be Champagne yeast
and dry
enzyme…
– Rating:3/5

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Made this up with:

.5lb [220g] 60L crystal
.5lb [220g] chocolate malt
.5lb [220g] Carapils
.25lb [110g] roasted barley
2lbs [904g] Muntons light DME
500g Coopers brewing sugar
1 Muntons Irish Stout kit
Nottingham dry yeast

Turned out great – roasty, toasty, some
chocolate, good mouthfeel. No added
hops, but the kit had plenty of
bitterness. Would definately do again.
– Rating:4/5

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Using the recipe in issue 9 OF
bEER & bREWER WINTER 2009 i CHOOSE
COOPERS IPA WITH BREWCRAFT PRODUCTS TO
PROVIDE THE BLACKROCK LIQUID MALT
EXTRACT(AMBER i CHOOSE WOULD WORK WITH
BLONDE) 500G DEXTROSE 30GM CASCADE HOPS
AND SAFALE SO4 HOPS(YEAST STARTER 2 DAYS
PRIOR. yEAST PITCHED AT 21C . tHE RECIPE
SUGGESTS 2 MONTHS IN BOTTLE…AFTER I
MONTH I HAVE CONVERTED NON IPA DRINKERS
WITH THIS BREW.. WILL GO FOR DOUBLE IPA
NEXT…STILL HAVE HOPZILLA IN MY SIGHTS.
– Rating:5/5

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Nice beer. I’m new to
home
brewing, I’ve made up three kits. This

was the first and the best (so far)
followed the directions on the packet.
Primary for 4 days @ 28c. It’s been 8
weeks since I bottled it and it keeps
getting better. – Rating:4/5

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Like many others this came with my kit.

I mixed this up with Muntons Beer Kit
Enhancer and primary was complete after

7 days @ 18-21 Centigrade. Bottled in
2ltr PET bottles primed with a
tablespoon of sucrose per bottle and
after 2 weeks I was really suprised. I

was expecting it to be a bit flavourless

but it was actually really nice and
rounded with nice head, although the
head retention is not great. Everyone
who has tasted it has been very
impressed. I’m now on to the Mexican
Cerveza.
– Rating:4/5

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1 x Coopers APA can, 1 x Coopers BE2, 1
x Saaz
hop teabag (steeped for 10min in cup of
boiling
water and the lot thrown in), 1 sachet
of Fermentis
US-05 yeast. Brewed at 18 deg C using a

collapsable esky and ice bottles. Got to
1.010 in 2
weeks but left it for a total of 3 weeks
then bottled
with 2x carb drops per long neck. After
six weeks it
is crystal clear, light golden in
colour, head lasts all
the way, carbonation is perfect with
very fine
beading, not a hint of
‘homebrewyness’. Saaz is
very dominant, would probably use
Cascade next
time which is more true to style. Great
kit if brewed
at a low temp and a good dry yeast is
used. – Rating:4/5

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I fermented it at 15C, and I bought 2
additional fermentis S23, to keep the
lager character of this beer.
It’s fantastic, medium-full body,
malty, not too bitter, a slight taste of
caramel.
To do again and again….. – Rating:5/5

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Coopers Heritage Lager + Brewer’s
Choice Ultra Brew
(LDM+Dex+Corn Syrup Solid). Kit yeast
worked
nicely. Fermented at 13C for 3 weeks.
Tasted at
1month. Very clean and smooth due to the
low
fermentation temp. Not sure if I’d muck
around with
this one. It will please the general
public and I find it
a nice change from full-bodied ales…
– Rating:4/5

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Coopers calls for 500 grams light dry
malt extract and 300 grams of dextrose.
I opted for 3 pounds of pale LME and 600
grams of dextrose. I dry hopped with
1oz. Fuggles pellets in the secondary.
Originating gravity 1043 primary
fermented for 4 days racked to carboy.
After 2 weeks in carboy it has yet to
clear but did a gravity reading and it
came in at 1002. Drank the sample and it
tasted pretty good for a beer yet to be
bottled.

Nice and hoppy just like a pub IPA in
england.
Will wait a few more weeks to see if it
clears take another reading and bottle.
The ABV should come in around 6%.
Will post again when ready.

Cheers
– Rating:5/5

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Nov 2009, Mixed Muttons IPA
with Brewmaster English ale pack, very
easy drinking with med hop bitterness.
used directions on brewmaster pack yeast
pitched at 26c, took 4 weeks before
showing full character.
– Rating:4/5

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