miek - Reviews
Coopers English Bitter | February 1st 2015 | |
Great kit adding more maltMade many times now settled on adding 500g crystal malt + 1KG dry malt, along with included Coopers beer dry yeast to 23L, bottle age at least 4 weeks, we find 3+ months really improves the flavor. Similiar in style to our local brewpubs bitter but much cheaper to make. Have made it with Wyeast Irish Ale 1084 yeast which makes much smaller carbonation bubbles, and Wyeast ESB 1968(finiky yeast but good), and Wyeast 1028(yeast profile got overwhelmed by kit flavors). Introduced to this kit by some all-grain brewer posts who make up this kit when they have limited time and they dry hop(Willamette/Fuggles) + add 1.5KG dry malt, 21L. We also prefer it maltier so add the extra malts, as the base kit is very bitter and too thin for my taste adding only 500g dry malt. Still this is an English Bitter kit and much more bitter than lager type beers so make sure you like a bitter beer to drink. |