Coopers DIY Kit - Brewing a Canadian Blonde
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2011
- By request... A Coopers Canadian Blonde beer kit brewed with the Coopers DIY micro brewery package. The DIY package contains everything you need to brew your first batch of beer in your kitchen. From then on, it's less than $25 to buy the ingredients to brew 5 imp. gallons of beer. It amounts to about 30 cents a beer!
To purchase this DIY Beer Kit, click the link below.
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Craig's videos are the reason I was confident enough to get into this hobby - so glad I found him - hope to see more videos soon as I watched them all and some of them more than once - great entertainment!
Hey Craig, another great video. Thank you for the information on the substitute for the enhancer.
Just ordered my first kit and picked this Canadian Blonde for my first brew, should be here by the weekend and I'm very excited! I've been watching your videos all day, they're really helpful and easy to follow. I'm sure I'll be checking back regularly for tips and ideas, thanks for posting.
I really like how you did the different points in time to cover the brewing, the fermenting, and finally the tasting! Great content as usual!
I'm getting ready to do a Canadian blonde kit with my Coopers DIY kit that I bought back 2012 after watching this video. I have made a lot of beer using this kit. Kits, partial mash, all grain... I had to buy other gear over the years but the wort always ends up in the DIY fermenter. Thanks again to Craig for introducing me to this kit and homebrewing in general.
Just started my first home brew, these videos have been a huge help, cheers mate and keep them coming
Hello Craig, glad to see you made a video with the new Coopers DYI Kit. I really enjoyed it...Cheers!
You are giving a ton of great info here. Helped make my decision to start home brewing. Thanks
This is one of my favourite kits!
im really happy i found your videos. i live in canada and only started brewing about 2 years ago when i turned 19 (legal drinking age in canada) i made a couple different kinds of mead, wine, and different ciders before and i really wanted to try beer. Thanks to your videos, i made beer from a kit like the one you used in this video ( i had a canadian lager ) and it turned out great!
This kit is great! Your videos motivated me to purchase this kit and start brewing. Can't wait for my first batch!
Great video Craig. Really appreciate the level of detail which is of great help to a newbie brewer like me.
Thanks for doing these vids Craig. I'm just polishing off my first homebrew kit, a Coopers lager. It is superb beer, way better than I ever expected it to turn out. I've been giving friends a few bottles to try and they have all said they love it. I'm going to do the same kit with all DME in the next few days. Keep the vids coming and thank you!
Getting ready to makes this exact brew myself, thanks for all the great advice
I was happy to hear you mention Midwest Home-brew Supplies. I was just there yesterday and I bought a 5 gallon brew pot. I live just a mile down the road from there in St Louis Park, MN! Thanks for all of your helpful videos. With all the knowledge I get from you, (and my personal trial and error) I hope to one day have my own brewery/bar down in Argentina. I have a few years to practice up a bit though. Keep em coming and we'll keep watching.
Sincerely,
Your friendly neighbor to the south!
You have so many great and helpful videos on your channel, well done and thanks.
My Grandfather made his "Home Brew" from the time of prohibition until he passed away in the mid 1980's He used Blue Ribbon hoped malt extract, Table Sugar and plain old yeast, he fermented in a warm place in an old 5 gallon crock covered with a clean towel, he then bottled in brown qt. bottles. I don't think he ever had a bad batch. He drank a qt. or two every evening while watching t.v. until he was an old man and God took him home. The only sanitizer he used was Bleach. I drank a few of these in my lifetime with him and they were pretty good beer, with a good kick. Now I have tried my hand and dove in head first with an all grain Brown ale, it is sitting in the kegerator where it needs a couple of weeks to clarify, I have drank a few test beers from this, it's cloudy good full flavor but not so strong in the alcohol dept. as I anticipated
Great comment, I have a mental picture of your grandad, he seems like a top bloke, I never really knew mine so enjoy stories of grandfathers, cheers.
autoteck1951 beer drinkers all go to the same heaven where beer flows like waterfalls and falls from the sky like rain, RIP to your grandad he sounds like a real man!
My grand father had homebrew all around his house I remember trying one when I was like 8 years old without anyone knowing
What a champion
Great video Craig. Thanks. You talked me into brewing a Canadian Blonde. It is December so I will call it my snowblower beer. It is in the bucket and is 31.5 hrs into the fermentation. I will let you know how it turns out. I am sure it will be delicious as is all the Coopers brew cans I have tried. I usually lean towards the Mexican Cerveza, but I decided to try other styles this time. Tomorrow I will brew a Cooper's Preaches Hefe Witbier. I also have a Coopers Dark ale waiting to be brewed.
I made a Cerveza last time and also a Coopers European Lager. I am glad I decided to try some new styles. I was getting a little bored with just one choice in the fridge. Your channel has been a great help during my learning period. Now I have a bit more confidence and am raising my brewing experience to a higher level. I am not sure I need to try full mash brewing, but I may do a partial mash again...last ones I did did not turn out to my liking but, those were a Black Dog Pale Ale, and the other was a short boil Mexican Cerveza. I tried a mangrove Jacks also and swore I would never do anything but the Cerveza, but...now I know what I did wrong, and my taste buds are becoming a bit more sophisticated, so it is onward and upward. I want to experience that WOOOOO, for myself. Cheers.
Ron B (hombre)
Great video - I 'm just getting started and of course, since I am in Adelaide, the home of Coopers I'll be using the Coopers brewkit. This video does a great job of explaining the basics.
Home brewing has always been something I wanted to try but have been intimidated by it. I decided to give it a shot after watching your videos on inmate brew. I tried it with Grape, Apple, and Orange Juice just to experiment. I wanted to try beer so I purchased the Coopers DIY kit. I am 3 days into my first home brew and I am looking forward to the taste test. Thank you for the tips.
My first batch last night (Lager), so glad I bought this kit. I have a Stout to do next week and my wife is wanting to do this Canadian Blonde for the Summer (Australia), we love those kind of beers on hot days with some lemon. Loving your vids Craig, Thanks! :-)
Thanks for the info on the new coopers kit
Drinking my first Canadian Blond tonight , following your video! It's Great!
Hi Mate got me a coopers kit for Christmas,,Crikey ...I have done 3 brews already, I reckon because of the high temps here in summer Ave 27c the yeast worked really hard really quick and I was bottled in a week and drinking within 2 more. Best kits ever great fun and awesome beer.. I did the Canadian first it was yummy and fresh tasting as you said not got the grubby flavour of bought beer and at an end cost of $1 a litre I am well chuffed,,,Happy brewing.
Way to go Craig!! Keep up the good work!
I love these vids, they have given me so much great information about brewing that is extremely valuable to me starting out.And also i love the way this guy just does not care what people think about him, he just stays himself, that is a quality that a lot of the fake haters could do with. keep up the good work brother, you have a massive thumbs up from me.
Ah, brings back so many great memories, you doing a simple Coopers kit in the basement. I recently did another Coopers Dark Ale using BE2 and Safale US-05 yeast, and man, it turned out much better than I expected. Gotta love the simplicity of kit beer. Big hugs sweetie, hi to the family. Cheers!
Best video watched so far you kept it simple. Brilliant!!!!
excellent video craig love your videos you are enjoyable to watch cheers
Cheers Craig great info
I love your style mate
i love watchin you taste the beer, it just makes me wanna have one!
ohh craig mate, i love it when i watch a video of yours and you have a nice homebrew in your hand and you do the classic ahhhh ohhhhh noises love that!!! it must be good stuff!
Gav, I am in the UK and my wife got me a Coopers kit for my birthday and it had the Kreuzen collar with it. Craig - thanks for the inspiration!
Craig, you always have good audio. Appreciate that.
Wooo Hooo!!!! the Mad Scienitist of Beer making !!! I am not worthy !! Craig You are My hero !!!
Bless you and your videos !!!
MOE
I am so amazed that the lid works as well as the air lock WOW...
A super video >>watched it three times Thanks Craig :) Cheers
Craig you're very motivating mate! I usually brew Black Rock (NZ) kits however after watching your videos I've purchased four Coopers kits to give them a try. Cheers.
You're the best Craig!!!!!!
I cant wait to start brewing, ordered my cooper beer kit today =)
hey craig im happy your doin the candian blonde, i think i encouraged you to do it (probally others did too) its my go to homebrew. cheers!
Using australian made love it, I'd love to meet this guy, cheers mate great videos keep it up
Mitch Julius you are a natural teacher!!! Thank you.
Thanks again. I am ready to make a second batch with new kit and good idea on how to sanitize the odd kit parts.
That looks great!
Great Video Thx for making it.
Hi craig awesome video
I've just got a diy coopers larger kit I followed instructions and tips from your vids all went well
prob a bit ott on sanitisation though
looking forward to some nice brew
one quick question what's the difference between the two enhancer's and what would you recommend for a stronger larger taste
cheers mate from uk
@CraigTube awsome craig thanks...I love that beer!
Hello Mr. Craig, Thanks for recommending Coopers kit. I've just finished batch based on Wheat Coopers and it tasted more like Witbier than Weizen. To the last batch (Draught Coopers) I used table sugar (extra fine) dedicated to desserts and ice cream. Cider taste is minimal compared to the previous batch to which I added table plain sugar and Demerara (cane sugar from Mozambique). In any case cider flavor disappears completely after 3 weeks. A lot of patience for all home brewers! Cheers!
Bravo grazie mille per i tuoi consigli,l'Italia ti segue
ordered a kit like this after looking at this clip ;) best instructor on the net ;D
I have made coopers and some other kits. And I am going start a Coopers Real Ale today. I do not have malt extract so I am going to use brown sugar and have done so before with no side effects and it came out just fine. I used dry malt extract in the last German Lager in my last brew and brew and that wasn't my best bear but it was drinkable. So I am not convinced that I 'must' use dry malt extract. Brown sugar works just fine. Thanks for the vid, I picked some new tricks. CHEERS!!!
Hey Craig! Another great video bud...your home brew vids r the reason I firsty got into this thirsty hobbie (hahaha)!! Anyway, I made this brew like you did, but used a 55 gallon drum, adjusting the ingredients to suit, and it turned out pimp!!! As I'm Canadian, eh, and live in Alberta, it goes so well with sitting on the porch and just watching the sun-set over the rockies, thanxs-man!!!!!!
Hi Craig love your videos, made your fermented pickles and sauerkraut, they were awesome, but I wanna make some beer, i like a Kokanee style, can you please point me to a kit, and what I’d need exactly, thank you so much from Alberta.
Hi Craig from Ray in England you inspired me to try home brewing and I am just enjoying my first beer using the new Coopers Micro brew kit and although I'm sure it's not quite up to your whoooargh level it will certainly do want I want it to do if you know what I mean. Thanks Craig. As we say in England .... you're the Dogs B.....ks.
Keep up the good work buddy !
Thanks for another great video. I've been quietly watching for two years. I was inspired to try my first brew by your videos and have moved on to the all-grain thing. I still brew can kits from time to time for fun and because they still taste great! I'm doing my first 3 batches of wine this month (even did the twisted mist SM kit.) I have some wine questions if you have time.Would it be better to ask here or elsewhere? Thanks again! Brewing the Coopers mexican cerveza kit this weekend.
Hey Craig. I'm about to try my first brew and im going with the Coopers blonde and your method. I will be using the Coopers carb drops. My question is how many drops should I use in 500ml bottles. Thanks
I have just used Saran Wrap before and it works fine as long as you're not opening it constantly.
thank you!! you are the best!!
Hi this is my first time making beer I hope I don't wreck things up. It is day 3 and I can't wait!!
i think bloopers should be standard on these videos haha ;) having seen all your brewing videos i think i pretty much got your process down but the bloopers always add something new a fun to watch!
Thanks so much Craig, I love watching all of your videos, specially when you were drinking beer and said Holy f......kkk! You inspired me Craig!!!
Another question is, after my beer has been fermented for 6 days, it should not have any white thing in the bottom of the fermenter?
Hi Craig. I would also love to see a video on the Mexican Cerveza Kit. Id love to hear your opinion on it. Also what @equiliser said on the brew enhancers and dry malt vs dextrose.
Great video as always, keep up the great work. Micky in Ireland
I so gotta try this
Hi Craig. Great video as usual. I have made the Cooper's Canadian Blonde a couple of times, with a different variation each time. I can tell you I had the most positive comments when I simply used a brew enhancer, which is essentially what you did by using a combo of DME and dextrose. This last time I did this kit I used the kit plus 100% DME and it simply did not fit the style. I normally brew 100% malt for myself, but when brewing for people used to American beer, you need to use adjuncts
Coopers kits are pretty good I did honey blonde with aussie wild honey and the Coopers Canadian Blonde same out really tasty
great video dude as always
thank u!
Thanks Adrian m8..ill check it out...respect. .gav.
This is great, Normaly I will brew it with 1can of coopers mexican/canadian blonde 1,5kg drymalt (no dex) 50g Saaz hops (tea) S-04 its amazing. summer beer ;-)
Hi Craig if you go to Home Hdwr and get one of those ov gloves there great for
BBquing and or your hot beer can / mixes 20.00 nonslip too good for mega heat i have 2
i made the canadian blonde myself used half kilo dextrose and half kilo malt
extract found the beer quiet nice ill keep doing the same way.
if you don't like the video/disagree with what you see there is no need to be disrespectful.
Hi Craig. Finding the videos extremely helpful so thank you! One question (and apologies if it's obvious but I am extremely new to this): Is it possible to substitute the Dry Malt Extract for Liquid Malt Extract and if so is the dextrose still necessary? Would there be a difference in taste? Also would the proportions be different between the LME and DME? Many thanks again :)
@CraigTube :Hey Craig,thank you very much explaining the things so well. I tried the coopers new kit with the same instructions.I think everything was going good till I bottled te beer I tried one beer yesterday(day 9 of botteling) and I dont know what happened the beer has turned out to be giving a very bitter and unpleasent taste and doesent seems to healthy for drinking. there was very less carbonation is the beer.I think I need to discard all the bottles I have brewed. Any sugesstions....plz
Great bunch of videos. I've done all my research before doing my first ever brew through your videos alone. Literally just finished mixing up the wort. I out the yeast in and sealed the fermenting bucket, but them had to move it from my kitchen to the garage, which disturbed the surface somewhat. Will this have a bad effect on my fermenting now? I'm really worried as I've been so meticulous with the process...
Thanks a lot for your videos! Your videos made us start brewing! It is now our 2nd brew: 1.7kg Coopers Sparkling Ale, 1.5kg Coopers Light Malt extract, and 1kg Coopers Brew Enhancer2. We added a "Morgan Hops Finishing" teabag. It said on the package that we should put the bag in a cup with hot water for 10mins. *AND* that the teabag with hops was supposed to be thrown in the fermenting bucket and stay there for the whole period? Will be exiting to taste this one! Did a Coopers Stout as our 1st.
Hi Craig, could you recommend any hops that could be added to this, something that will go with the style of beer. the beer is nice on it's own but I want to try something different.thanks, Scott
Craig!
I have a question about the beeryou brew with this kit. I decided to try the Canadian blonde and decided to follow in your footsteps and add 500g of dry malt extract with about 700g of dextrose. I did a og with it reading in the 1.060 to 1.070. This is normal? It's a lot higher than the range on the instructions. Thanks, love your channel bra
Hey 👋 new subscriber. Watched and like several of your videos. A couple noob questions you’ve probably answered several times, 1. Is it necessary to boil the malt or is warming it in hot tap water sufficient enough? 2. Can I substitute honey fair the dextrose/sugar? What sort of results can I expect.? I guess that’s 3. Questions. .... cheers 🍻 perhaps you could recommend a brew that is better with honey 🍯🇨🇦✌️maybe try a honey blonde ale. Any advice is appreciated thanks again 🍻cheers
Great video craig. .I live in the UK m8 and I've never seen one of those fermenters to stop you getting the brown gunk at the top is it possible you could let me know where you get them as I'd like to obtain one...cheers. gav.
I’ve been brewing beer for over 40 years I always use normal household sugar,I just don’t understand why you would like to spend a lot of money when sugar is only 65 pence a kilo. I’ve tried brewing sugar and I can’t tell the difference. Love your films.👍
thanks Craig looking forward to my first batch of beer.
Did you ever get a kegerator
OK everyone question. I just watched the Mr. Beer kit video. I have seen other bids of using only the liquid malt extract. With this kit what's the differences of those and this with the 2 extra sugars?
@lkcheat Thank you for the advice! I will most certainly try that the second time around. I am going to pick up another American Cream Ale kit this week and give it another go-around. The beer is definitely good. I am going to try secondary fermentation after three days in the primary. I am also considering Irish Moss for clarification, and also the addition of brown sugar in place of the corn sugar in the 60 minute boil. Any experience using brown sugar as priming sugar? Is it possible?
Og 1.048 two days in its 1.020 is that ok or is it doing it too quick temperature 18/20c
Hi there my first brew is just started but I can't find where to find out what level I fill the bottles up to?can ya advise me please
good on ya craig!
Hey Craig I brewed my first coopers canadian blonde , my question is how many days did you keep it brewing before placing in secondary. I had mine brewing for 7 days now the color is starting to change to golden color at the top is it clearing or is that the alcohol , smell awesome tho
Hi Craig, i would also like to see the Coopers Mexican Cerveza Kit and a full explanation as to the subject of beer enhancer vs dry malt vs sugar etc ...is it really so complicated ....also this brew enhancer 1 and 2 ...what's the difference as I've found different explanations on different sites. good work Craig from the UK.
What about the smaller can refills for the mr beer kit, do you need to add the malt and other stuff?
lol i love the tim hortons in the backround
Thanks Craig. Just followed this recipe for my first ever beer. Tastes great and quite strong I think. Any idea what the % was for this please? I forgot to get an initial reading. I'm guessing 6%ish? Cheers from Ireland! Making a stout next. 😉
Hi Craig, love your work. Just bought this home brew kit and making my first batch. Could you explain the thermometer please? As it has 3 different colours (Brown, Green and Dark Blue) at different temp's. Which one is the accurate temp? Thanks
Drinking beer whilst making beer. Ace!
Looking good. Friend of mine just finished off some stout, I might just do a tasting vid :)
Hi Craig, I'm on my second kit, the first, the lager, went really well, my second, Australian Stout seems to be going nowhere. I sanitized with starsan, just used the brew enhancer like the first, can of extract, stirred, added the yeast, which smelled like apples, waited 5 mins, stirred. Now over 24 hours later I see no signs of foam at all, it's flat on the top. There seems to be yeast growth at the bottom, just no activity at the top, any ideas mate. All the best.
Hey Craig, I've got a coopers larger brew on at the moment in the fermenter that you are using here. I didn't stir the yeast in but just sprinkled it over the top. It's been in the fermenter about 24hrs now. Do you think I should take the lid off now and stir it in as you did in this video?
I have had only one problem with this
fermenter when I left it to long in there and the batch went bad! Left it for 12 days!
hey craig i want to know about expiry date of this beer...reply me
Hi Craig.
Can I put this in a keg as I don't have any bottles
I've made this lager for the first time and I'm reading I need to prime it after fermenting, is this true as I'm moving mine into a keg. Also I've been told I need to use the N2O Nitrous Oxide Bulbs so my lager isn't flat, is this the case? Thanks for your time.