I like the fact that you are so entertaining that you basically just could be sitting in a room with a beer and still be entertaining without doing anything else. Your awesome man! Like the new intro BTW!
Every time I'm about to do a batch, I check out your vids for good, easy tips. You have to be the nicest guy on You Tube. I'm making a Pale Ale with Galaxy Hops today :-)
Hi CraigTube, nice to see your new easy homebrew video. Love to follow your HBW videos as well. You've helped me to start homebrewng some three years ago, and I'm still enjoying it. Have done all-grain in the meantime, but for the most it's from beerkits. That's just the way it is in the part of the world I live in, can't get anything here. Everything has to be imported. So, really appreciate you introducing easy homebrewing to the many. Thanks!
Hi there Craig, All the way from down under here in Australia were Im proud to say Coopers among a few other Aussie & or neighbours New Zealand make some of the finest can malt brews on the market today!! I just wanted to let you know I have just today purchased 2 kits of the THOMAS COOPERS IPA from my local homebrew shop who was also kind enough to make me up 2 mixed bags of 700g DEX 500g LDM and finally 2 bags of 28grams of cascade pellet hops... this will be my FIRST brew I have made from watching a youtube video But! by far not my first brew.. I have been enjoying making very basic, per kit instructions brews for many years now with very good results 99% of the time but I was getting board with the same old same old and wanted to thank you for making this video that has given me a push in the direction to experiment more with my brewing!! & try new ideas that guys like you have MASTERED and take your time to share with all of use fellow you tubes... SO A BIG CHEERS FORM AUSSIE MATE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK P.S WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT TURNS OUT..
Hey Craig, Curt Here !! I Have Been Following Your Channel Faithfully Just Like The Old Days Just Have More Time Now After Losing My Job. Awesome Your Still Using Our Ending CHEERS'N'BEERS Still, Classic 2008 Material There. So Impressed How Amazing You Kept The Stein It Looks Better Then When I Sent It To You. We Are Due For A Skype Chat When You Can Talk Soon My Friend!
Hi Craig, have you ever tried using something called Fermcap? It makes the hotbreak go by much quicker and smoother. You will never have to worry about a boil over again. Just a couple of drops into the boiling wort when it begins foaming. They say it flocs completely out during fermentation too.
Craig, you demonstrate excellently a simple method with good results for adding hop flavor. Being a Hop Head, and constantly looking for more hop flavor, yet still keeping my brewing methods simple, I have evolved my brew method from kits to my own custom recipes too. After several years of kit contentment, I am still a dedicated "extract brewer". I start with Filtered Lake Ontario municipal water, unhopped malt extracts, and do a 2-gallon 60-minute boil. My recipes and hop schedule often include dry hopping too. Using unhopped extracts and growing my own Cascade, Willamette, Nugget, Mount Hood hop varieties keeps my costs down. Although, I sometimes add Centennial, Simcoe, Chinook and other hop varieties which are purchased for use in my recipes. I remain dedicated to crafting my beers with extracts and my hop head friends think the results are fine art.
+John Migliore Thanks for the answer to my question John. This was my first and likely only brew with a pre-hopped kit. The next two brews in the pipeline are extract also but with specialty grains and my own hop schedule and it looks really good so far. I think that's the way I will go for a long time. hop on!
Great video, iv been doing the coopers IPA like this for a while now, I do a 15 min boil with 2 hop additions, I also use US-05, the beer I get is amazing, can't believe it came from a kit it's so good. Keep up the good work Craig, your vids helped me get back in to brewing. Cheers
Bravo Craig! Excellent instruction. After 4 years of kit brewing I too remain very satisfied with the quality and simplicity of kit "brewing". Your technique is close to my method for adding extra hops. I prefer a fine mesh bag to hold my homegrown hops. Steeping the hop bag in the DME/Dextrose wort boil. 1)Pour the kit can into the fermenter; Add the hop, DME/Dextrose wort (tea); Rinse can with some of the reserved wort(tea). hops to CoopersIPA, Draught and Australian Bitters
I just did this kit today. Can + 1kg of brew enhancer 2 and adding some Cascade hops to the boil. Filled it up to 21.5 liters and got an OG of 1.042. Estimating about 4.7% ABV if it ends around 1.010. For me, a lower ABV isn't a dealbreaker and it's so much easier just using a brew enhancer. I'm hoping that this gets to be one of my go to kits for filling the pipeline! Thanks for all the great videos Craig!!
Cool post. I think I'll give it a try. At least during the winter. Too cold out in the garage right now and I have carpet on the kitchen floor. I think the wife will go along with this. Thanks.
Dude. I know you can buy ingredients anywhere, but you mention Cooper's a lot. I certainly hope they appreciate your endorsement. They should at least give you enough free kits to keep you stocked up on beer. I know this vid is old, but you still mention Cooper's in your vids that come out years later. You're a fantastic resource of information, and mentioning Cooper's reaches thousands upon thousands of people.
Craig!!!!!! I am begging your forgiveness! I brewed the IPA the way you told me and its WONDERFUL!!!! You do have great taste buds and you way is tops!!! Again I'm sorry for my inpatient ignorance! Cheers!
i buy the northern brewer extract kits, super simple. bought a 10 gallon pot for 5 gallon full boil, sometimes the hot break is overzealous. bought a torch propane burner off amazon, and no more stove boils. can boil 6 gallons of cool water in under 25 minutes. my last one was a dry dock pale ale, not bad, but definitely not the best ive made. great video craig
Hey Craig from Brisbane Australia been watching your videos on home brewin for a while now. I back into brewing now after an 8 year break and enjoy adding grain to a coopers kit to make them better. looking forward to experimenting more. Hey and also by the way I watched a video you did not long ago about coopers sparkling ale review and the bottle had plastic round the cap. In Australia it isn't sold like that , it must have something to do with shipping it overseas. Its a great beer from a great brewer. Thanks Craig for all your info. Ian
Craig. Done my first brew but i didn't boil it on the stove. I just put boiling water in the fermenter and mixed all ingredients. Thats where i went wrong. Thanks for the great vids. Still drank the beer. It was still ok. Brendan
I just made a Coopers IPA today, but with a twist - since I have 3 brewing vessels which total 65 litres, the materials I used were: 1 can of Coopers IPA wort, 2 kilos Muntons extra light spray dry malt, 2.5 kilos regular sugar (sucrose). I have hops growing in my garden and they need a couple of days sunshine to be ready to pick. When they have been harvested, I will put a bucket full into a muslin bag and boil them in just enough water to cover, then add that to the wort which by this time will be fermenting vigorously. This recipe results in a very fruity / citrusy IPA of about 5% ABV. I let a few bottles of the last batch sit for 6 months, it seems to just get better as it ages.
This is your best beer making video, IMHO. Your vids have inspired me to do homebrews with much success so far. I really enjoy IPA, so the next batch I do, will try adding pellet hops in the boil. Many thanks!
Thanks craig. I finally got round to making this brew. After letting it sit for 3 weeks its carbonated beautifully with a creamy head and tastes fantastic. Well done, mate.
I've just bottled my first batch of the Coopers IPA, and this video was very helpful. As a fellow Canadian, I concur on the high cost of beer due to the Liquor Distribution Board. I'm excited to try this since it's about a third of the cost of a 24 of Canadian, and I'm sure it'll be much better. Will definitely try adding hops next time.
I was surprised when I saw you dump the hop sediment into your fermentor. I'm going to make up a Coopers Lager using this method and see how that turns out. Thanks for posting this vid. Cheers.
Hop sediment can cause issues as the hops can tend to float around in the brew. I have experienced them popping up in little "clouds" which I gather are floated by the CO2 generated from fermentation of the yeast. So I would recommend filtering out the hops or putting them in a bag. As for the rest of the stuff, that will drop out to the bottom of the fermenter, so you don't have to worry too much about it.
I like to add the liquid malt extract to the pot of boiling water before adding it to the fermenter. Take the boiling pot off the heat before adding the liquid can. That way, you can mix it and make sure it is fully dissolved before adding it to your fermenter.
Followed this somewhat and got an awesome beer out of it. Thank you :-) ! - Coopers IPA kit - 1 pound of DME - 500g of corn sugar - 1oz of cascade hops (pretty fresh) in the boil for 5 mins at the end. Pretty good ! :-)
Hi Craig, flattered that you'd ask my opinion. John Palmer sometimes uses the term "Finishing Hops" which may be a better term. Aroma does affect the taste as the sensation taste is a combination of mouthfeel, aroma, and the flavor of a food or drink and as such, your statement makes sense. Maybe dry hop your go to Coopers and do a side-by-side with the original? Enjoy your videos, Craig. Thanks and Cheers to you (and my fellow viewers).
Nice video. I have the same Cooper's kit. I am going to brew this weekend. I am going to use some Willamette hops, some extra liquid malt (unhopped) and some dry malt extract.
Nice to see how you add the hops, Ill try that next time with pellets.. I use to kickstart my yeast with 0,2 deciliter 20 celsius water in a sanitised shaker, then I mix the yeasted water to the beer. I feel that give a better mix to the beer with water.
Hi Craig, I just started brewing and someone told me a way to quickly cool the wort. I was wanting to know what you think. I will say that I am very careful to sanitize when doing this. I use a 7 pound bag of ice from the store made from purified water. I add 1 pint of water to make it a full gallon.
Great video there Craig, entertaining as always and I've ordered the IPA kit and hops. This'll be the first time I've added hops to a brew so I'm looking forward to seeing whether my batch turns out as enjoyable as yours evidently is!
Hi Craig, I love the coopers IPA, and I don't use dry malt extract. I use just regular malt extract. My question is, if I do what's called "dry hopping" and just add hops directly to the fermenter, will I notice a difference? I've read different things online, some saying yes, some saying no, but I trust your judgement and opinion, given the experience you have in home brewing. Thanks in advance, Steve.
Hi Craig, I'm a new subscriber to your channel, and let me tell you, I've really learned a lot about beer brewing, you have been a great inspiration and a great source of practical knowledge. I 'm a beginner but already I'm brewing some great tasting ales. Keep up the good work!
Ive done this a few times now so would like to say thanks Craig this makes an excellent session beer. I think the whole all grain vs extract thing is a lot like Salmon fishing, some say they should only be caught on a fly rod, I say catch them any way can........ Cheers
I did a Simcoe&Amarillo Hopped IPA AG that I finally got to keg this morning after almost 4 weeks primary and 2 weeks dry hopped in secondary with 1 oz of each. TASTE AWESOME 16.4brix OG and 6brix FG which calculates to .0999 when adjusting for alcohol. BIG BEER AGAIN WOOHOO !!!! I'll send you a bottle Craig 9.1%abv
Q. once I had put ingredients in Fv i had to let it cool before pitching yeast at 25 deg C and a hydrometer reading of 1040 noticed that it was not aeriated but thought it would be ok as yours was in the video after 3 days i have not noticed very much activity in airlock but tonight i took a reading and it was at 1008 will check it again in another couple of days thought that after not a lot of activity and only 3 days I was in trouble do u think iam sill ok, taste test was very pleasent cheers
This is a great brew method. Just done one and about to do another. I just used the IPA with a can of malt extract plus 300 gram of dry malt and 30 gram of Cascade.
GREAT CRAIG...One question, hops pellet are used without filter bag simply adding in my pot and plugs hops are used in boil with filter bag and removed after boiling ?
I am going to have to try that. For water I got 8-1 gallon jugs of distilled water from Wal-mart, used those then just refill them with tap water I filter myself with a couple of Britas, they cost 12 bucks each, factoring in the filter cost it costs me 6 cents a gallon. 1 day before making a batch I put 1 gallon in the fridge, the rest stay at room temp. I filter the day before. For both 2 and 6 gallon batches I get the right pitching temp.
Probably the easiest way to filter out hops is when you are transferring from the primary fermenter into the secondary fermenter (i.e. "racking" the beer). I just cover the tube coming out of the primary with some kind of (sterilised) fine mesh bag. This catches any hops that may be floating around. It is a lot easier doing it this way, as most of the crap is already on the bottom, and therefore won't be clogging up your bag, and you aren't handling hot liquid any more. Happy brewing.
I've been making wine for several years and I have a glass hydrometer. I must have got a good one from Coopers because both read identical. I'll try the 500g of DME on the next batch. Could I salvage this beer by making another concentrated batch and mixing it with this one? I have the current batch in a 5-gal keg. I hate the thoughts of throwing this batch out, but I can't drink it this weak.
Good work Craig, you made me drink at 10am in the morning can't wait to fire up brewing here, being summer here it is to hard to control the temp, drinkin some Aussie pale ale that I brewed a few months ago, not a bad drop mate.
Great video, I don't have hops or any dextose, just the can and the water. Do you really need the hops mixture you made? And once it's all in the fermenter, is it a week and half then its ready to bottle and drink? is it not better to leave it mature or something?
Hey Craig what's up looking for a 60Litre copper tun fermenter, I like them, looks like they are easy clean if know we're I can purchase one please let me no if u can help.. I'm a singer and play guitar, fiddle, harmonica and keyboard and bass like your videos and music keep up the great work.. Charlie
Hi Craig sweet video. I just brewed a coopers ipa, and I want to try my hand with a partial extract. Is there a partial extract recipe you can recommend that includes a can of coopers ipa? I really want to try a partial extract brew and its hard because my local brew shop does not carry any (ITS OUTRAGEOUS). I do have access to grain and coopers cans. Anyways great videos and cant wait till Wednesday!
So Craig, I have an ounce of real flower hops (sent by mistake by the supplier instead of pellets...) - should I strain those out when pouring the boiled wort into the fermenter?
Hey Craig, this is Big_Mikes. I have over 20 Coopers kits under my belt. I decided to try this method and add hop's to my IPA kit just as you did with one exception. I Used Hallertau hop pellets instead of Cascade hops. As it now sits in the primary fermenter there is a fairly strong hop smell when i sniff the air lock. Should I be scared?
Very nice... I use to kickstart my yeast in a shaker at around 20celcius.. in ca 3 minutes. Then you are shure that the fermenting starts at once and with full effect.
I just took my reading on this and it smells and tastes amazing, I can't wait to enjoy a cold one later in spring. I'd highly recommend trying this one.
i did this recipe with canadian blonde and put hops in hot water for 10 minutes and threw in with brew, it had a little sathel bag for the cascade hops 25g before fermenting cheers, oh and i used 500g of dark malt ,200 dex, 200 corn will this be ok :)
im quite new to brewing and rushed my first kit so its pretty poor but drinkable. Have the canadian blonde in fermenter and the IPA to go next, just wondered if you think it will go well wth 1kg brew sugar and 500g malt?
how long do you leave it in the fermentor and how long does it sit in bottle before you can drink it? my last few batches seem to taste like wine after 1 week in fermentor and 2 weeks in bottle
Hey Graig love watching all your vids. I used to have a Mr. Beer kit and I tried a few of there beers in the kit and didnt have much luck. Didnt really care for the taste they had. I'm not in the taste of beer like I used to be. I might try to do a Coopers some day. Anyways I been thinking about trying one of them California Connoisseur Wine Kits. I was wondering if you could do a video on one next time you brew up a kit. Cheers
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i did this brew today (tagged you on my FB post) thanks for the recipe i cant wait to taste it in a month or so! i tweaked the hop timing just just to get a bit more out if it for my liking but apart from that. cheers mate
Hi Craig another queston about the ipa, in your video you put everthing into the fv including the hops, do they float to the top of the beer as mine looks as if its yeast/ pieces of hops thats still laying on top after 9 days now..thx
hi craig! nice beer! i'm a beginner. i want make a honey beer, can i add the honey in the bottle? like a candy with fermentation? regards from Argentina
Before adding the yeast I will stir the wort vigorously to oxygenate for better fermentation. Often I have good results adding the hop bag back into the fermentation vessel for the first 3-5 days of fermentation. The result is some really pronounced hop flavor with the resulting beers. Coopers Australian Bitter works great as well as the Draught and IPA.
Hi Craig. Do you know the difference between the Coopers Brew A IPA kit and the Coopers IPA kit ? Love your channel. its better then TV. in Ireland Anyway :-) I can get any Standard Coopers... I can only get the Brew A type ! Thanks Tony
Hi Craig, First off great video so easy to follow. This is my first brew and my ingredients were as follows: 500g LME 500g Dextrose 1.5 oz Cascade Hops I followed yours steps exactly but after boiling the LME and Dextrose for a fair bit I never hit the hot break!? I continued on anyway with the hop addition and my wort has been fermenting at 23°C for about a day and everything seems fine.(Lovely Hoppy smell!) Is it going to be alright? Thanks Daniel
Wanted to mention since others might not know, Coopers says that their yeast is specifically attuned to dextrose so don't worry about adding a lot of it. Also, where do you get those fermenting vessels?
New to brewwing and trying the coopers IPA. Very good video but have one question. You wash the can in steriliser then clean the lid in the wort. Will the remaining steriliser not kill all the yeast? I need a tip on the process between sterlising bottles and bottling please. Do I rinse the sterlilised bottles, warm tap water or does that just recontaminated them? Or do I pour beer into the bottles after the sterliser has been poured out? Or is the alternative a 70 deg C dishwasher with no dishwasher tablet?
Awesome technique! I think the dextrose would be better than more DME or LME. It helps keep the beer a little drier, helping to emphasize the hops. The ever famous Pliny the Elder uses Dextrose to dry the beer out, among other great IPA's. Great video; only bad part was when it ended. ;-)
FINALLY!! someone else that dips the tops of cans in sanatizer...whenever i buy juice in a can to make a small batch of wine i wipe the top and dip it before introducing it to my can opener i have been made fun of/poked fun of for repeatedly for doin that :D
I want to start brewing my own beer, and you make it seem so simple and easy! I love the way you get started by taking a taste of your beer. You had me sold at that point!! Any recommendations on a keg, what you use and a video on how to use one?
Hi Craig I'm bottle conditioning my IPA following your recipe for adding hops and I tried it after 10 days(I'm impatient) it's a nice beer but it's very bitter I know its still got another 2-3 weeks before it's ready to drink,do you think the bitterness will mellow out a bit?
Quick question, because I'm wondering Craig... I know you do this kit allot, but I've been wondering why you keep doing the kit if you boil things up and add extra hops anyways? why don't you do regular extract brews with fresher hops? Just to save time i guess? Or am i wrong? : )
This is a great video, however, I made an awful mistake by accidently putting in 500g of the cascade hops! needless to say the beer was ruined. I have learned since then and this is a great beer! last time i did this, it was for a house party, but my question is... how long will the beer last in the barrel? as I would like to do it again but just for myself and my wife. 40 pts is a fair amount, so what is the life of the beer?
thanks for the reply yeah that sounds like a good idea ill give it a go next time. I'm fairly new to the home brewing business, i've only made 2 coopers kits, the first one tasted and smelled a bit like apple cider and this ones kind of the same, is that normal?
I like the fact that you are so entertaining that you basically just could be sitting in a room with a beer and still be entertaining without doing anything else. Your awesome man! Like the new intro BTW!
Every time I'm about to do a batch, I check out your vids for good, easy tips. You have to be the nicest guy on You Tube. I'm making a Pale Ale with Galaxy Hops today :-)
Hi CraigTube, nice to see your new easy homebrew video. Love to follow your HBW videos as well. You've helped me to start homebrewng some three years ago, and I'm still enjoying it. Have done all-grain in the meantime, but for the most it's from beerkits. That's just the way it is in the part of the world I live in, can't get anything here. Everything has to be imported. So, really appreciate you introducing easy homebrewing to the many. Thanks!
Hi there Craig, All the way from down under here in Australia were Im proud to say Coopers among a few other Aussie & or neighbours New Zealand make some of the finest can malt brews on the market today!! I just wanted to let you know I have just today purchased 2 kits of the THOMAS COOPERS IPA from my local homebrew shop who was also kind enough to make me up 2 mixed bags of 700g DEX 500g LDM and finally 2 bags of 28grams of cascade pellet hops... this will be my FIRST brew I have made from watching a youtube video But! by far not my first brew.. I have been enjoying making very basic, per kit instructions brews for many years now with very good results 99% of the time but I was getting board with the same old same old and wanted to thank you for making this video that has given me a push in the direction to experiment more with my brewing!! & try new ideas that guys like you have MASTERED and take your time to share with all of use fellow you tubes... SO A BIG CHEERS FORM AUSSIE MATE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK P.S WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT TURNS OUT..
G'day my name is Brad and I'm a Australian 🇦🇺.I love making home brew. I've been doing it for years, about 40yrs and doing it on a large scale, 🍻
I never get tired of watching you brew up a batch of beer Craig...Cheers, 17!
Hey Craig, Curt Here !! I Have Been Following Your Channel Faithfully Just Like The Old Days Just Have More Time Now After Losing My Job. Awesome Your Still Using Our Ending CHEERS'N'BEERS Still, Classic 2008 Material There. So Impressed How Amazing You Kept The Stein It Looks Better Then When I Sent It To You. We Are Due For A Skype Chat When You Can Talk Soon My Friend!
Hi Craig, have you ever tried using something called Fermcap? It makes the hotbreak go by much quicker and smoother. You will never have to worry about a boil over again. Just a couple of drops into the boiling wort when it begins foaming. They say it flocs completely out during fermentation too.
Craig you inspired me to start brewing. I follow your simple and easy steps to brew beer. Well done. Thank you.
Craig, you demonstrate excellently a simple method with good results for adding hop flavor.
Being a Hop Head, and constantly looking for more hop flavor, yet still keeping my brewing methods simple, I have evolved my brew method from kits to my own custom recipes too.
After several years of kit contentment, I am still a dedicated "extract brewer".
I start with Filtered Lake Ontario municipal water, unhopped malt extracts, and do a 2-gallon 60-minute boil.
My recipes and hop schedule often include dry hopping too.
Using unhopped extracts and growing my own Cascade, Willamette, Nugget, Mount Hood hop varieties keeps my costs down. Although, I sometimes add Centennial, Simcoe, Chinook and other hop varieties which are purchased for use in my recipes.
I remain dedicated to crafting my beers with extracts and my hop head friends think the results are fine art.
+John Migliore Thanks for the answer to my question John. This was my first and likely only brew with a pre-hopped kit. The next two brews in the pipeline are extract also but with specialty grains and my own hop schedule and it looks really good so far. I think that's the way I will go for a long time. hop on!
Ah, the art of brewing.Consider home-brew an artistic outlet for your creativity.
Great video, iv been doing the coopers IPA like this for a while now, I do a 15 min boil with 2 hop additions, I also use US-05, the beer I get is amazing, can't believe it came from a kit it's so good.
Keep up the good work Craig, your vids helped me get back in to brewing.
Cheers
Bravo Craig! Excellent instruction. After 4 years of kit brewing I too remain very satisfied with the quality and simplicity of kit "brewing".
Your technique is close to my method for adding extra hops. I prefer a fine mesh bag to hold my homegrown hops. Steeping the hop bag in the DME/Dextrose wort boil.
1)Pour the kit can into the fermenter;
Add the hop, DME/Dextrose wort (tea);
Rinse can with some of the reserved wort(tea).
hops to CoopersIPA, Draught and Australian Bitters
I just did this kit today. Can + 1kg of brew enhancer 2 and adding some Cascade hops to the boil. Filled it up to 21.5 liters and got an OG of 1.042. Estimating about 4.7% ABV if it ends around 1.010. For me, a lower ABV isn't a dealbreaker and it's so much easier just using a brew enhancer. I'm hoping that this gets to be one of my go to kits for filling the pipeline! Thanks for all the great videos Craig!!
Hi Graig, like the video. Thanks for the brewing inspiration. Have started yet another batch of cider in your honour.
Cool post. I think I'll give it a try. At least during the winter. Too cold out in the garage right now and I have carpet on the kitchen floor. I think the wife will go along with this. Thanks.
Dude. I know you can buy ingredients anywhere, but you mention Cooper's a lot. I certainly hope they appreciate your endorsement. They should at least give you enough free kits to keep you stocked up on beer. I know this vid is old, but you still mention Cooper's in your vids that come out years later. You're a fantastic resource of information, and mentioning Cooper's reaches thousands upon thousands of people.
Craig!!!!!! I am begging your forgiveness! I brewed the IPA the way you told me and its WONDERFUL!!!! You do have great taste buds and you way is tops!!! Again I'm sorry for my inpatient ignorance! Cheers!
i buy the northern brewer extract kits, super simple. bought a 10 gallon pot for 5 gallon full boil, sometimes the hot break is overzealous. bought a torch propane burner off amazon, and no more stove boils. can boil 6 gallons of cool water in under 25 minutes. my last one was a dry dock pale ale, not bad, but definitely not the best ive made. great video craig
Hey Craig from Brisbane Australia been watching your videos on home brewin for a while now. I back into brewing now after an 8 year break and enjoy adding grain to a coopers kit to make them better. looking forward to experimenting more.
Hey and also by the way I watched a video you did not long ago about coopers sparkling ale review and the bottle had plastic round the cap. In Australia it isn't sold like that , it must have something to do with shipping it overseas. Its a great beer from a great brewer. Thanks Craig for all your info. Ian
I'm quite sure I watched this video a second time, but it is still very much appreciated,... Thank you!
Craig. Done my first brew but i didn't boil it on the stove. I just put boiling water in the fermenter and mixed all ingredients. Thats where i went wrong. Thanks for the great vids. Still drank the beer. It was still ok.
Brendan
Nice addition to a coolers kit cheers. I brewed a basmati pale ale & a smash beer this past long weekend myself.
Great work buddy, quick, no ranting and very helpful for the guys wanting to church up the generic beer extract kits.
I just made a Coopers IPA today, but with a twist - since I have 3 brewing vessels which total 65 litres, the materials I used were: 1 can of Coopers IPA wort, 2 kilos Muntons extra light spray dry malt, 2.5 kilos regular sugar (sucrose). I have hops growing in my garden and they need a couple of days sunshine to be ready to pick. When they have been harvested, I will put a bucket full into a muslin bag and boil them in just enough water to cover, then add that to the wort which by this time will be fermenting vigorously.
This recipe results in a very fruity / citrusy IPA of about 5% ABV. I let a few bottles of the last batch sit for 6 months, it seems to just get better as it ages.
This is your best beer making video, IMHO. Your vids have inspired me to do homebrews with much success so far. I really enjoy IPA, so the next batch I do, will try adding pellet hops in the boil. Many thanks!
Thanks craig. I finally got round to making this brew. After letting it sit for 3 weeks its carbonated beautifully with a creamy head and tastes fantastic. Well done, mate.
I've just bottled my first batch of the Coopers IPA, and this video was very helpful. As a fellow Canadian, I concur on the high cost of beer due to the Liquor Distribution Board. I'm excited to try this since it's about a third of the cost of a 24 of Canadian, and I'm sure it'll be much better. Will definitely try adding hops next time.
I was surprised when I saw you dump the hop sediment into your fermentor. I'm going to make up a Coopers Lager using this method and see how that turns out. Thanks for posting this vid. Cheers.
Hop sediment can cause issues as the hops can tend to float around in the brew. I have experienced them popping up in little "clouds" which I gather are floated by the CO2 generated from fermentation of the yeast. So I would recommend filtering out the hops or putting them in a bag. As for the rest of the stuff, that will drop out to the bottom of the fermenter, so you don't have to worry too much about it.
I've just bought this kit.. I cannot see any other way of doing it like yours Craig. Thanks for the video.
i made my batch exactly the same way, nearly a year on & I've still got a few bottles left.. everyone who tastes it loves it
I like to add the liquid malt extract to the pot of boiling water before adding it to the fermenter. Take the boiling pot off the heat before adding the liquid can. That way, you can mix it and make sure it is fully dissolved before adding it to your fermenter.
these instructionals are always appreciated, my copper's american lager kit still isnt here yet, cant wait!
Followed this somewhat and got an awesome beer out of it. Thank you :-) !
- Coopers IPA kit
- 1 pound of DME
- 500g of corn sugar
- 1oz of cascade hops (pretty fresh) in the boil for 5 mins at the end.
Pretty good ! :-)
Never dry hopped before. Interested in what you have to say about it. Maybe i will have to give it a try on my next batch.
Thank you so much for this great video!! My buddy and I made a small batch of an IPA tonight and watched your video for inspiration.
Why do you add extra dextrose, does the brew enhancer not have enough in it?
Hi Craig, flattered that you'd ask my opinion. John Palmer sometimes uses the term "Finishing Hops" which may be a better term. Aroma does affect the taste as the sensation taste is a combination of mouthfeel, aroma, and the flavor of a food or drink and as such, your statement makes sense.
Maybe dry hop your go to Coopers and do a side-by-side with the original?
Enjoy your videos, Craig. Thanks and Cheers to you (and my fellow viewers).
Straight forward and friendly, thanks Craig.
Nice video. I have the same Cooper's kit. I am going to brew this weekend. I am going to use some Willamette hops, some extra liquid malt (unhopped) and some dry malt extract.
Nice to see how you add the hops, Ill try that next time with pellets..
I use to kickstart my yeast with 0,2 deciliter 20 celsius water in a sanitised shaker, then I mix the yeasted water to the beer. I feel that give a better mix to the beer with water.
Hi Craig, I just started brewing and someone told me a way to quickly cool the wort. I was wanting to know what you think. I will say that I am very careful to sanitize when doing this. I use a 7 pound bag of ice from the store made from purified water. I add 1 pint of water to make it a full gallon.
Thanks, Craig. This will be my first larger batch, after a number of 2 gal batches. Thanks for the information, and encouragement. bob
Great video there Craig, entertaining as always and I've ordered the IPA kit and hops. This'll be the first time I've added hops to a brew so I'm looking forward to seeing whether my batch turns out as enjoyable as yours evidently is!
That's a good idea. I'm thinking a sanitized paint straining bag would work perfectly. Thanks.
Hi Craig, I love the coopers IPA, and I don't use dry malt extract. I use just regular malt extract. My question is, if I do what's called "dry hopping" and just add hops directly to the fermenter, will I notice a difference? I've read different things online, some saying yes, some saying no, but I trust your judgement and opinion, given the experience you have in home brewing. Thanks in advance, Steve.
Hi Craig, I'm a new subscriber to your channel, and let me tell you, I've really learned a lot about beer brewing, you have been a great inspiration and a great source of practical knowledge. I 'm a beginner but already I'm brewing some great tasting ales. Keep up the good work!
Ive done this a few times now so would like to say thanks Craig this makes an excellent session beer.
I think the whole all grain vs extract thing is a lot like Salmon fishing, some say they should only be caught on a fly rod, I say catch them any way can........ Cheers
I did a Simcoe&Amarillo Hopped IPA AG that I finally got to keg this morning after almost 4 weeks primary and 2 weeks dry hopped in secondary with 1 oz of each. TASTE AWESOME 16.4brix OG and 6brix FG which calculates to .0999 when adjusting for alcohol. BIG BEER AGAIN WOOHOO !!!! I'll send you a bottle Craig 9.1%abv
Q. once I had put ingredients in Fv i had to let it cool before pitching yeast at 25 deg C and a hydrometer reading of 1040 noticed that it was not aeriated but thought it would be ok as yours was in the video after 3 days i have not noticed very much activity in airlock but tonight i took a reading and it was at 1008 will check it again in another couple of days thought that after not a lot of activity and only 3 days I was in trouble do u think iam sill ok, taste test was very pleasent cheers
This is a great brew method. Just done one and about to do another. I just used the IPA with a can of malt extract plus 300 gram of dry malt and 30 gram of Cascade.
Great job Craig, I just brewed a Brewers best american amber, maybe next ill try this coopers with hopps
great vid, im about to do this, but im going to do a mini mash with maris otter and cascade hops, hope it turns out as nice as yours cheers andy.
GREAT CRAIG...One question, hops pellet are used without filter bag simply adding in my pot and plugs hops are used in boil with filter bag and removed after boiling ?
back to the roots:)it seems that you dont use a new coopers fermenter anymore,any reason for this?another great vid,thanks
Effen awesome video, man! I like your swagger, I like your style! 🤙🏼
I am going to have to try that. For water I got 8-1 gallon jugs of distilled water from Wal-mart, used those then just refill them with tap water I filter myself with a couple of Britas, they cost 12 bucks each, factoring in the filter cost it costs me 6 cents a gallon. 1 day before making a batch I put 1 gallon in the fridge, the rest stay at room temp. I filter the day before. For both 2 and 6 gallon batches I get the right pitching temp.
Probably the easiest way to filter out hops is when you are transferring from the primary fermenter into the secondary fermenter (i.e. "racking" the beer). I just cover the tube coming out of the primary with some kind of (sterilised) fine mesh bag. This catches any hops that may be floating around. It is a lot easier doing it this way, as most of the crap is already on the bottom, and therefore won't be clogging up your bag, and you aren't handling hot liquid any more. Happy brewing.
I've been making wine for several years and I have a glass hydrometer. I must have got a good one from Coopers because both read identical. I'll try the 500g of DME on the next batch. Could I salvage this beer by making another concentrated batch and mixing it with this one? I have the current batch in a 5-gal keg. I hate the thoughts of throwing this batch out, but I can't drink it this weak.
Good work Craig, you made me drink at 10am in the morning can't wait to fire up brewing here, being summer here it is to hard to control the temp, drinkin some Aussie pale ale that I brewed a few months ago, not a bad drop mate.
Great video, I don't have hops or any dextose, just the can and the water.
Do you really need the hops mixture you made?
And once it's all in the fermenter, is it a week and half then its ready to bottle and drink?
is it not better to leave it mature or something?
Hey Craig what's up looking for a 60Litre copper tun fermenter, I like them, looks like they are easy clean if know we're I can purchase one please let me no if u can help.. I'm a singer and play guitar, fiddle, harmonica and keyboard and bass like your videos and music keep up the great work.. Charlie
Hi Craig sweet video. I just brewed a coopers ipa, and I want to try my hand with a partial extract. Is there a partial extract recipe you can recommend that includes a can of coopers ipa? I really want to try a partial extract brew and its hard because my local brew shop does not carry any (ITS OUTRAGEOUS). I do have access to grain and coopers cans. Anyways great videos and cant wait till Wednesday!
So Craig, I have an ounce of real flower hops (sent by mistake by the supplier instead of pellets...) - should I strain those out when pouring the boiled wort into the fermenter?
Thank you very much. You rock.
Just started brewing beer thanks to you. Had my first coopers lager last night
Hey Craig, this is Big_Mikes. I have over 20 Coopers kits under my belt. I decided to try this method and add hop's to my IPA kit just as you did with one exception. I Used Hallertau hop pellets instead of Cascade hops. As it now sits in the primary fermenter there is a fairly strong hop smell when i sniff the air lock. Should I be scared?
Very nice... I use to kickstart my yeast in a shaker at around 20celcius.. in ca 3 minutes. Then you are shure that the fermenting starts at once and with full effect.
By leaving the hops in the fermenter, will it add anything to the flavor and bittering during fermentation
I just took my reading on this and it smells and tastes amazing, I can't wait to enjoy a cold one later in spring. I'd highly recommend trying this one.
i did this recipe with canadian blonde and put hops in hot water for 10 minutes and threw in with brew, it had a little sathel bag for the cascade hops 25g before fermenting cheers, oh and i used 500g of dark malt ,200 dex, 200 corn will this be ok :)
im quite new to brewing and rushed my first kit so its pretty poor but drinkable. Have the canadian blonde in fermenter and the IPA to go next, just wondered if you think it will go well wth 1kg brew sugar and 500g malt?
Hi Craig, I'm curious if you've brewed any Coopers kits that you didn't like and would avoid in the future?
Cheers,
how long do you leave it in the fermentor and how long does it sit in bottle before you can drink it? my last few batches seem to taste like wine after 1 week in fermentor and 2 weeks in bottle
Hey Graig love watching all your vids. I used to have a Mr. Beer kit and I tried a few of there beers in the kit and didnt have much luck. Didnt really care for the taste they had. I'm not in the taste of beer like I used to be. I might try to do a Coopers some day. Anyways I been thinking about trying one of them California Connoisseur Wine Kits. I was wondering if you could do a video on one next time you brew up a kit. Cheers
Have you ever seen the inside of a residential water heater?
i did this brew today (tagged you on my FB post) thanks for the recipe i cant wait to taste it in a month or so! i tweaked the hop timing just just to get a bit more out if it for my liking but apart from that. cheers mate
Hi Craig another queston about the ipa, in your video you put everthing into the fv including the hops, do they float to the top of the beer as mine looks as if its yeast/ pieces of hops thats still laying on top after 9 days now..thx
hi craig! nice beer! i'm a beginner. i want make a honey beer, can i add the honey in the bottle? like a candy with fermentation?
regards from Argentina
Before adding the yeast I will stir the wort vigorously to oxygenate for better fermentation. Often I have good results adding the hop bag back into the fermentation vessel for the first 3-5 days of fermentation. The result is some really pronounced hop flavor with the resulting beers. Coopers Australian Bitter works great as well as the Draught and IPA.
Craig, have you tried to use a carbon filter to remove chlorine from your water?
TX, Joe
Hi Craig I take it you removed the hops from the pot before putting in the fv is that correct. Thx
Hi Craig.
Do you know the difference between the Coopers Brew A IPA kit and the Coopers IPA kit ?
Love your channel. its better then TV. in Ireland Anyway :-)
I can get any Standard Coopers... I can only get the Brew A type !
Thanks Tony
Hi Craig,
First off great video so easy to follow.
This is my first brew and my ingredients were as follows:
500g LME
500g Dextrose
1.5 oz Cascade Hops
I followed yours steps exactly but after boiling the LME and Dextrose for a fair bit I never hit the hot break!?
I continued on anyway with the hop addition and my wort has been fermenting at 23°C for about a day and everything seems fine.(Lovely Hoppy smell!)
Is it going to be alright?
Thanks
Daniel
How long do I leave the beer mash in the bucket for? How many days? Thanks great video!
Wanted to mention since others might not know, Coopers says that their yeast is specifically attuned to dextrose so don't worry about adding a lot of it. Also, where do you get those fermenting vessels?
New to brewwing and trying the coopers IPA. Very good video but have one question. You wash the can in steriliser then clean the lid in the wort. Will the remaining steriliser not kill all the yeast? I need a tip on the process between sterlising bottles and bottling please. Do I rinse the sterlilised bottles, warm tap water or does that just recontaminated them? Or do I pour beer into the bottles after the sterliser has been poured out? Or is the alternative a 70 deg C dishwasher with no dishwasher tablet?
Craig as seen in the video it is ok to just throw the hops in there without using a bag? Cheers!
Awesome technique! I think the dextrose would be better than more DME or LME. It helps keep the beer a little drier, helping to emphasize the hops. The ever famous Pliny the Elder uses Dextrose to dry the beer out, among other great IPA's. Great video; only bad part was when it ended. ;-)
i tryed this but i didn,t have the box of dry malt i put 800g of dextose in 23 liters. you think i should stir in an other can of the liquid ?
FINALLY!! someone else that dips the tops of cans in sanatizer...whenever i buy juice in a can to make a small batch of wine i wipe the top and dip it before introducing it to my can opener
i have been made fun of/poked fun of for repeatedly for doin that :D
I love it. Another great video from Craig. I want to try this next! CHEERS
I want to start brewing my own beer, and you make it seem so simple and easy! I love the way you get started by taking a taste of your beer. You had me sold at that point!!
Any recommendations on a keg, what you use and a video on how to use one?
Thanks. I have a kegging series on here. Just type in CraigTube kegging. You'll find it. Cheers!
Have you ever messed up a batch? I assume it would be pretty hard to do since in the old days beer was preferred over water because of taste.
Why do we need to cool it quick? You said I might he in trouble. I don't understand this part
Hi Craig I'm bottle conditioning my IPA following your recipe for adding hops and I tried it after 10 days(I'm impatient) it's a nice beer but it's very bitter I know its still got another 2-3 weeks before it's ready to drink,do you think the bitterness will mellow out a bit?
Quick question, because I'm wondering Craig... I know you do this kit allot, but I've been wondering why you keep doing the kit if you boil things up and add extra hops anyways? why don't you do regular extract brews with fresher hops?
Just to save time i guess? Or am i wrong? : )
Hi, if you was using Cascade & Chinook hop pellets, how would you go about adding them?
Thanks for another great home brew video.just wondering why you posted it today and not on HBW?
This is a great video, however, I made an awful mistake by accidently putting in 500g of the cascade hops! needless to say the beer was ruined. I have learned since then and this is a great beer! last time i did this, it was for a house party, but my question is... how long will the beer last in the barrel? as I would like to do it again but just for myself and my wife. 40 pts is a fair amount, so what is the life of the beer?
thanks for the reply yeah that sounds like a good idea ill give it a go next time. I'm fairly new to the home brewing business, i've only made 2 coopers kits, the first one tasted and smelled a bit like apple cider and this ones kind of the same, is that normal?
how does this ipa compare with third street brew house's spotlight ipa ?