C**pers Bavarian

[Jedo_03]

Just cracked the first one just then...
4 wks old tonight
nothing added - just K & K
not lagered - just in the cupboard for 4 weeks then into the fridge at 4.30
it's a nice drop...
I usually fiddle on with LME, crystal, 3 stages of hop...
I'm impressed - a nice drop...
(and bought it on special at Big Dub for only $7.01)
Jedo

[Buzza]

Good old Coopers once again.

This may get me into the idea of home brewing again. I need to know a few things though, K & K for instance? What sugar did you use to brew in the vat and the bottles? :-

Also, how many stubbies do you have left now? :cool:

[Ramps]

I find coopers to be ever reliable and very cost efficient given you can get it big W and the like.

Is the Bavarian a cold (ie light in taste) type beer ... don't know but that's what I had in mind and what's put me off in the past ... being more of an ale brewer/specialist

[Jedo_03]

Well - it was just white sugar...
So it is a bit "thin"...
But lager is "meant" to be like that - eh?
If ya want a fuller bodied lager, use LME instead of sugar - or buy a MALT SHOVEL lager (11.5 litres) (bit of an Acquired Taste, IMO...)
"Brewiser" is kinda half-and-half sugar and malt...
Dextrose is really no better or worse than white sugar (but costs more...)
Are you asking what "K & K" means?
Kit and Kilo of sugar...
I've got 5x750ml bottles less than what I started with... Hic..!
Jedo


Good old Coopers once again.

This may get me into the idea of home brewing again. I need to know a few things though, K & K for instance? What sugar did you use to brew in the vat and the bottles? :-

Also, how many stubbies do you have left now? :cool:

[Jedo_03]

Well... Aye... "thin"
But same as I wrote to Buzza - you can make a fuller-bodied lager using LME, Brewiser, or a MALT SHOVEL kit (no added anything)...
depends on yr taste...
If you like a well bittered IPA, the MALT SHOVEL pale ale is worth a go...
No added anything... Bitter as a dandelion leaf...
Keep yr eyes open at Big W for MALT SHOVEL on special...
BUT - DON'T TRUST THE YEAST...
Make it up as a STARTER - 2 days before you even THINK about opening the wort can... If it doesn't take off - then make another starter with another yeast... Get it GOING before you open the can...
Jedo


I find coopers to be ever reliable and very cost efficient given you can get it big W and the like.

Is the Bavarian a cold (ie light in taste) type beer ... don't know but that's what I had in mind and what's put me off in the past ... being more of an ale brewer/specialist

[Buzza]

Thanks Jedo. I'll start collecting bottles and get a K&K soon. Should right for Christmas by the time I get done. :2tsup:

[Jedo_03]

and think about New Year... Australia Day... Valentine's Day, Easter, Anzac Day, May Day, the Queen's birthday... etc... etc...
Keep brewing - Nivver have yer barrel empty...
Jedo

[Ramps]

I've had the guys at work collecting so many stubbies recently that they've deserved the much requested beer-tasting this friday (real ale, dark ale, nut brown ale and a stout) ... The modified coopers stout came up well last night.

[bpj1968]

Bavarian has a true lager yeast, i.e. it ferments at a lower temp. Which is good for winter.

I like to throw in a small amount of hops into the wort before putting on the lid. I just put it in dry, no boiling, so taht it doesn't add any real bitterness, just taste and aroma.
25 g of tettnang gives it a nice fresh tang and aroma. bit like Boags St George.

[Bluegum]

I havent used a lot of the coopers range and from what I have used is OK. I have a coopers pale ale brew down at the moment. Any ideas as to what its like and what I can expect from it.

[Priemsy]

Had the Bavarian, nice drop, was absolutely wrapped in the dark ale and am hooking into the stout with the same relish. Good on you Coopers.

Cheers
Paul

[Buzza]

My Coopers Bavarian is bottled and I am waiting for it to do the second fermentation in the fridge. Can anyone tell me how long it will take? I have tasted that beer as it is, and it is a good drop. I'm also waiting for Coopers Pale to do the second fermentaion for son number one. :2tsup:

[Priemsy]

Might not be a good place to do the second fermentation in the fridge? Would be better in a cupboard around the same temperature as fermentation.

Paul

[bpj1968]

It only takes a week or two for the secondary fermentation, which carbonates the beer.
But true lagers do benefit from extended time in the fridge or somewhere cool (Called lagering)

[Buzza]

I've taken some out of the fridge, and left some in there.

Now I'll have to sample them one for one.

Nasty job, but someone has to do it! :C

[artme]

Ask the guys on

www.aussiehomebrewer.com (http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com)

[Buzza]

Thanks Artme, I took a look there, and they seem to be a knowledgable lot. I may have to get a user name for their web. :)

[Buzza]

Good news, I have sampled both the Bavarian and the Pale I brewed with C**pers kits. They are both good, and in my books, the Bavarian has the edge on the Pale. In my first post relating this I said "Good old Coopers", and once I again repeat that.

By the way, the two samplings of today, were ones that did second fermantaion outside the fridge. Tomorrow, I will taste the the ones that were fermented in the fridge. :cool:

[Buzza]

Second fermentation done in the fridge has proved to be a failure. :((

I will now have to make lots of beer batter with the Bavarian I capped and put into the fridge. Three weeks in room temp has worked real good.