Coopers Real Ale

impressive by l7 @ 13, Mar 2008
Wanted to do something a little different, and also use left over stuff! Used kit, 700 dex, 300g maltodextrin, 200g LDME. Added 25g hallertau MF, boiled for 2 min and steeped for 20. Fermented with safale-04. Steeped 25g willamette and added to brew for last 2 days of fermentation. Cracked first brew 4 days after bottling because a friend wanted to taste one - what a suprise - actually had head, let alone carbonation and tastes like a beer. strange but true, so cant wait for a few months to pass!

Beautiful by FazerPete @ 30, Oct 2007
Made with 700g LDME, 300g DDME, 250g dex, 50g Crystal malt, 100g Black malt, 15g Progress, 15g Perle in a 15 min boil. Used S-04 yeast and fermented for 9 days at 18c. Magnificent and very flavoursome ale with a nice toastiness coming from the black malt. Fantastic beer that's a lot cheaper than some I've made.

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

Nice Stuff by NTRabbit @ 21, Nov 2005
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.

Nice with honey by Rob @ 06, Jun 2005
Coopers Real Ale, with 1/2kg of honey, 1/2kg of brown sugar and the supplied yeast.Fermented at fairly high temps (25-28C). It turned out fairly rough initially, but after 3 months in the bottle, it is beautiful and smooth and the honey flavour has really come through.

Coopers real ale by Bindi @ 27, Feb 2005
If I want to make a quick 'quaffer' this with 1.5 lme 150g dme and a mini mash of whatever I have left or open in the grain bins , Wyeast 1332 or 1056,5days prim,5-7 2nd,7 days cc.Easy as.

A trusted old friend by Voosher - Email Reviewer @ 16, Jan 2005
This was my staple for ages. Coopers Real Ale, 1kg liquid malt, recultured Coopers yeast, 30g Goldings hops boiled for 10 mins. A good round beer for quaffing but still with character. The standard yeast makes it a bit dry for a Real Ale, however. It is one of the few well bittered (30 IBU approx) widely available kits. Makes a good base for many variations.

A Sparkling Ale...! by Ducatiboy - Email Reviewer @ 11, Jan 2005
This kit deserves some maturation....not one you can drink young.. very muxh like its namesake

Real good for a kit... by Bushrat - Email Reviewer @ 10, Jan 2005
The first few beers I ever brewed were these. Excellent with the brew booster, and better still with a cultured yeast from the Coopers Sparkling Ale. Brewed at or below 20 deg and left to age a couple of months this is a very decent kit beer. My mates were happy with and said they couldn;t pick it from the Commercial stuff. (I dont know if that's a compliment...:-))