One of the best value kits around

The 4 star rating is because the kit, on its own, is really just the foundation for a superb brew. Unlike some more recent innovations, e.g. MJ's craft series, the rest is up to you. Add the right blend of malts and hops and you have a 5 star product. As a base kit though, it is a real threat to many a craft beer in it's own right. A little sweet, and not as bitter or floral as many IPAs, very much what you would expect from an IPA though. Good complexity and progression of flavours on the palate. The kit yeast is excellent too, no pressing need for upgrade. Pours quite dark and a little cloudy. Overall, it is well balanced IMHO. I prefer with some dextrose, rather than all malt as prescribed, to crisp it up. Also dry hopping with a little cascade and citra hop for a couple of days before bottling really gives it a boost. One you need to try, for sure.

One of Coopers best selling kits, according to the local brew place and it is a great IPA really.

This was the fourth kit I brewed and still one of the best in my opinion. I had some o.k. ones before it, but weak and some good ones after, but this was one of the kits I liked most so far. I never used a spray malt DME with it (just straight white table sugar) and it still turned out good. It's powerful if you over sugar it, lol. I got pretty wasted on only a few of them and that was before I got a hydrometer, so I suspect I brewed a very strong beer cause I was a bit over generous with the sugar and I bought an extra yeast packet to add a few extra grams of Cooper's ale yeast to it. The result was a nice tasting beer, with a serious kick in the teeth for ABV. I was not expecting that. Overall, it was a nice kit and I would definitely brew it again, "properly", just to see what it is like when you don't spaz on it. Hehehe. This is a great beginner brew, because it is kind of hard to screw up. I thought for sure it was going to be horrible, with what I did to it, (a bit extreme) but it still turned out good. Cooper's yeast is very hardy (I pitched it a bit too warm) and it ate up all the sugar and turned out a strong regardless, but not an offensive tasting brew that sat well in the stomach, surprisingly, even when drunk, lol. Even a friend really liked it too, so it can't be that bad. Certainly, a very drinkable brew, even if you think you screwed it up. Like they say, as long as you sanitise and not pitch yeast at a really improper temp. it is hard to screw up beer really. Especially kits. 

Good kit indeed...

I made this kit by using 1,25 kg. wayermann pale malt, 0,25 kg wayerman carared malt, half kg. table sugar, 15 g (cascade, mittelfrüh and herbsbrucker) hops last minute boil and 15 g. same hops for dry hops for 3 days. 2 weeks fermentation now 4th weeks in bottle maybe a few days or 1 week more. Result? Result is tip top. Very nice ipa indeed. as time goes by bittering hops inside kit lessen and surface my aroma hops. even though i squeezed malt bag to catch more sugar it has turned out pretty clear. Not crystal clear as lager but pretty clear for an ale. previously i had done some coopers kits like real ale, stout, english bitter and dark ale, mainly standart series. this ipa is better than them all. i used kit yeast. it is pretty neutral. i will rate out 4, but it is like 4,3...

Nice one

Made this kit 3 times. Actually I have never made it at is I have always added some Citra or Mosaic hops.

But in nutshell I think it's a great kit for the price / Litre.

The only downside is that somehow it has a small sour taste, I had this in all 3.

As-is, kinda wussy.

This kit makes a decent IPA if you are prepared to mess with it. I really recommend using a program like Beersmith if you are going to adjust hops like I did.

On its own, the IBUs are unimpressive, and not too malty. It makes a decent American style Pale Ale if you add hops at boil and flameout, and then dry hop. Cascade and Citra work well here. But one wonders, if you have to mess with it so much, why not just do your own from scratch?

Cheers!

Just hop-tastic!

This is really fantastic, even after only 10 days in the bottle. Lovey dark amber colour with plenty of hop kick. It has cleared really well in the bottles with a nice firm yeast sediment that doesn't mix up too much when you pour.  I used a 100g of Amarillo hops in the boil (just for a couple of minutes) and left the hops in during the fermentation. Lovely aroma hits you when you pour it out. Might try with a little more priming sugar next time - I used 1 Coopers drop per 500ml bottle and think 2 might be a little better. Don't know if it makes much difference but I made 20L instead of recommended 23L, to to give an extra bit of depth to the falvour. But overall couldn't be more impressed. If you like IPA you'll love this. 

dry hopped with Cascade: amazing

Made this with 1kg of LDME, no other fermentables, to 23 liters, fermented with supplied kit yeast at 20 degrees (temp controlled).

Bottled after 15 days.

Turned out at 4.3% ABV which is low for an IPA but within specs of this kit.

Dry hopped with 33g of Cascade pellets (added as is -> not recommended: use muslin bag next time) for last 8 days of fermentation.

Turned out terrific! Will certainly make this again :)

Cascade hops gave bitter lemon and grapefruit in the nose and initial taste, kit had sufficient bittering hops to compensate. Reminds me a little of the Fuller's IPA.

After some months in the bottle, the initial Cascade hop 'punch' has diminished a bit, it's still there though.

won't make again

This is my 3rd or 4th attempt at Coopers IPA and I have decided that this car wreck of a  kit beer is simply not worth the effort to panel beat into something that is acceptable. In its standard form it is very bitter and has a nasty edge to it. I have added extra Aroma hops, light malt and light crystal in my latest effort and it is now about 6 weeks old and is ok as long as it is not consumed too cold. For the effort I put into this I might as well have made an all extract beer from scratch. All in all a very disappointing kit.

One of the best

I decided to brew this after trying a pint of Hop Hog at The Brewery, Wollongong.  I added 25g of each of Amarillo and Citra hop pellets, and used a Dry Dark Malt brewing sugar.  I also brewed this kit with Safale S04 Ale yeast.  Somehow I managed not to drink any until it was three months in the bottle, but the wait was worth it!  A rich, aromatic deeply copper-coloured ale which felt substantial and really worth the effort.  Along with Coopers Sparkling Ale this is right at the top of my list of favourite beer kits.  I did make this kit without pimping it up with extra hops, and decent brewing sugar and found it to be perfectly alright.  However, these extra things seem to make a lot of difference.  I strongly recommend this kit.

Brewed with 500g LDME, 800g Dextrose and .5 oz Cascade Hop Addition.

Still fermenting (at 22 deg cel) and looks good. Topped it to 19 ml and had an OG of 1.053. Hopefully it'll end up at the potential 6.8% ABV. Thoughts? Check back for results. 

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