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TCB Wetpak - Classic Oak Ale
by NTRabbit @ 29, Nov 2006

 5/5

Made according to recipe but with a Danstar Nottingham Ale instead of the supplied Safale S-04, with the American Oak chips added to primary, and primary left to sit for 12 days. Turned out great, mild bitterness with good head and mouthfeel, and an oak taste that starts out quite pronounced and woody at first, but mellows beautifully as you go on.
 
Black Rock Nut Brown Ale
by NTRabbit @ 12, Aug 2006

 3/5

Used this kit to make an Altbier, along with 500g/500g of Dark and Light dry malt extract. Replaced the garbage kit yeast with a Safale K-97 German Ale yeast, which made an improvement, but its still a little thin.
 
Black Rock Whispering Wheat
by NTRabbit @ 12, Aug 2006

 3/5

Used this kit along with a brewiser wheat booster (it was free), 150g of chocolate malt and 100g of crystal malt to make a dunkelweiss. The kit yeast was typically naff, so I used a leftover Coopers Wheat sachet. Turned out ok, but still lacking.
 
Grumpys RED STAG 80/- SCOTTISH AMBE
by NTRabbit @ 11, Aug 2006

 4/5

Made to specs using a Coopers Lager for the bittered extract, and 1728 Scottish Ale. Needed some aging, but turned out nice and roasty, with a good bittrness to it.
 
Coopers Stout
by NTRabbit @ 28, Mar 2006

 4/5

I also tried the Coopers Stout + Coopers Dark to 20L with nothing else, and deliberatly underprimed it (375ml scoops in 650ml bottles). Turned out fantastic.
 
Morgans Australian Bitter
by NTRabbit @ 28, Mar 2006

 3/5

Picked this tin up along with a Brewcraft #76 pale ale pack, and used the kit yeast. Made a very nice and inexepensive bitter ale.
 
Grumpys BOSTON CREAM
by NTRabbit @ 28, Mar 2006

 5/5

Made as per the instructions on the packet, along with a tin of Coopers Draught and a Wyeast 1272 American Ale II smackpack. Turned out great, great hoppy flavour and getting better with age.
 
Coopers Real Ale
by NTRabbit @ 21, Nov 2005

 4/5

Forgetful me, I also steeped 100g of Crystal Malt for 30 minutes.
 
Coopers Real Ale
by NTRabbit @ 21, Nov 2005

 4/5

Used this kit to make a "Real Amber Ale" along with 1.5kg of Amber Liquid Malt Extract and a Fuggles hop bag. A little green at 3 weeks, but definitely improving.
 
Coopers Original Lager
by NTRabbit @ 20, Nov 2005

 4/5

This kit is a great base for experimentation. I just used it along with the Coopers Brew Enhancer 2, a brewcraft Dry Enzyme sachet, and a 500gm jar of rice syrup in an attempt to clone an Asahi Super Dry. Taste was slightly off the original as expected, but everything else matched up nicely.
 
Coopers Bavarian Lager
by NTRabbit @ 01, Nov 2005

 3/5

This was my second brew, made with the kit yeast, Coopers BE1 and 500g of Coopers Light DME. Two weeks in primary, 3 weeks cold conditioning and about 3 months in secondary/maturation. Turned out to be a pretty tasty brew, easily the equal of any bought 'premium lager', though it took an agonising amount of time for secondary fermentation to finish.
 
Brewiser Pilsner
by NTRabbit @ 14, Oct 2005

 3/5

Made with a Brewiser Brew Booster, Saflager S-23 and a 12g Saaz hop bag steeped for 10 minutes. Gave it 2 weeks secondary, and now coming on 3 weeks of cold conditioning. Pretty tasty brew, but not really bitter enough for a true pilsner.
 
Gold Rush Polar Beer
by NTRabbit @ 27, Aug 2005

 3/5

Made this as part of the Brewcraft carlton cold clone, with their brew booster #15 and a sachet of Saflager, brewed at about 16*C for 2 weeks. Bottled, primed, secondary for 3 weeks then 2 weeks of lagering. Made a beer more similar to Crown than Cold, but pretty good nonetheless.
 
Black Rock Cider
by NTRabbit @ 08, Aug 2005

 4/5

Forgot to mention, i also used 1kg of CSR white sugar
 
Black Rock Cider
by NTRabbit @ 08, Aug 2005

 4/5

Made using the kit yeast, 175g of lactose, 4 peeled+cored+sliced granny smith apples inserted into a short stocking to keep them together, filled to 23 litres, Fermented for about 10 days at 20*C. Was very good at 3 weeks, and still good now at 7 weeks, the real apples give it a genuine appley taste and aroma. Still far too dry for my tastes though, next time it will be 200g of lactose, and filled to 18 litres with apple and pear juice substituted for some of the water.
 
Tooheys Draught
by NTRabbit @ 08, Aug 2005

 3/5

My first kit (came with the equipment) brewed with the 1kg brewiser liquid sugar that also came with it and the kit yeast. Primed and bottled, 9 weeks later it has a very thin head, light carbonation and an unusual but not unpleasant taste. Drinkable, but not something i would want to recreate. Would probably benefit greatly from better yeast and better fermentables.
 
Tooheys Dark Ale
by NTRabbit @ 08, Aug 2005

 4/5

Made this can using the kit yeast, 500g of Dark DME and Brewiser Ultrabrew (500g Light DME, 250g dextrose, 250g maltodextrin) brewed at 18-20*C for just over a week. Primed and bottled, secondary for 1 week and aged for 5 - came up a treat. Beautiful taste with a good hint of burnt flavour, nice carbonation, great finely beaded head. Will definitely make this again, possibly with a SAFale yeast to see what the difference is since I've heard Tooheys kit yeasts arent the best.
 


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