Coopers Traditional Draught

not bad by wjlks @ 27, Mar 2008
Brewed kit, 1.5 wheat malt (coopers) and 25g cascade (boiled 2 min, stepped 20). Safale 05 (US56) then 12g cascade dry. Was way to hoppy straight away, but after 3 months is a lovely drop. The hoppiness has lightened, and the wheat malt has imparted a beautiful flavour. Would do again and wait 3 months min. Maybe try some ammarillo and saaz instead of cascade, and drop the amount of wheat malt

little creature pale ale by snags @ 18, Feb 2008
Brewed with 1.5Kg Wheat malt, 12g chinook and 25g cascade (dry) using Safale in hope of a LCPA clone. Tasted alright two weeks after bottling, and two months later is not a bad beer, just needs a month or two to mature and its hoppiness to mellow.

Too Malty by vitalogy @ 14, Jan 2007
Made according to instructions with 1.5kg LLME, also used 2 tablespoons of wheat DME. Brewed using Safale S-04 at 20 degrees for 13 days. OG 1045 FG 1009. Tasted at 2 weeks. Nice golden colour and great creamy long-lasting head, impressive for a beer this young. However, as another reviewer noted, it's just far too sweet & malty. The maltiness really hits you, then afterwards there's a sort of unpleasant bitter aftertaste. Pretty disappointed with this one. It could probably be made better with some additional hops.

needs flavour but great look by Robbo @ 14, May 2006
Brewed with LME according to instructions. Temp 19-20 deg. Resulted in great looking beer, light colour, wonderful creamy head with excellent retention. However taste is quite disappointing. Needs some hops and maybe some specialty malt. Will be a great base for 'kit plus' brewing.

Pleasant experiment by Thommo - Email Reviewer @ 09, Jan 2006
Bought this kit with a view to attempt a coopers Pale Ale clone. Added 1kg of Ultrabrew and 12gm Cluster standard method. Ended up at only 4%AVB but tasted absolutely fantastic. When I took my initial SG Reading and saw that it was low I had a look at the can...they recommend using 1.5kg of LME so I'll try that next time, but I was pretty impressed with the overall finished product. Perhaps a bit light on the body, but the 1.5kg LME next time should fix that.

A bit disappointing by PigMan - Email Reviewer @ 13, May 2005
Made according to recommended instructions - 1.5kg LME, 23L water, yeast as supplied, temp low 20s. I was expecting big things from Coopers premium range but was disappointed with this beer. Very “green” after 4 weeks, smoothed out after 2 months. Too malty for the style of beer it is trying to emulate, a bit too sweet and has a definite "home brew" taste. Didn’t rate very well with the 6 tasters who sampled it. Also rated badly in a side by side comparison with the ESB 3kg kit equivalent.