Does anyone have a recipe for Coopers Pale Ale?!
Does anyone have a recipe for Coopers Pale Ale?
I want to start a micro brewery and serve my beer on tap (for myself not commercially)
Where can i start?
Answers:
If you check their website they have a section on homebrewing. The Pale Ale is a nice beer, but I prefer the Sparkling Ale or their Best Ever Stout.
All I know is if I lived in Australia I'd have purchased one of their homebrew kits by now.
COOPERS Pale Ale
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Stage 1 - Wet the Grain.
Mix only the grain with 5 litres of 60-70degC water in a pot till well mixed.
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Stage 2 - Mash.
Mash grains @ 66C for 60 mins, drain the wort and add another 5 litres of 70-80deg C water and rest for 15 minutes.
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Stage 3 - Finish the Mash
Drain the grain.
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Stage 4 - Boil.
Boil the collected wort in a large pot with boiling hops for 60mins.
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Stage 5 - Malt Extract.
Add the tin of malt extract to the fermenter.
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Stage 6 - Invert Sugar.
Boil the invert sugar pack in 1 litre of water for 10 minutes and pour into fermenter.
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Stage 7 - Cool.
Turn heat off and place closed pot in a sinkful of ice cold water.
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Stage 8 - The Sparge.
Strain into fermenter, and top up with cold water to the 23 litre mark, check temp (around 24degC), aerate vigorously by stirring or by pouring between 2 fermenters.
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Stage 9 - Pitch the yeast.
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Stage 10 - Fermentation and Racking.
Ferment at 18-22C racking AT FINAL GRAVITY.
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Stage 11 - Priming.
Bulk prime at a rate of 6-8 grams of cane sugar per litre of beer.
You could probably start at their website.
Btw, an excellent Aussie brew!
If you have never brewed beer before, go here first:
http://www.howtobrew.com
Then find a local home brew shop and get all your gear and a few recipe kits.
After a few batches, read this book:
"Designing Great Beers" by Ray Daniels
http://www.amazon.com/designing-great-be...
Good Luck!