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Title: Competition - How did you do? and what kit did you use?
Post by: LordEoin on March 05, 2013, 04:46:15 AM

So how did everyone do?

Here are my scores, base kit, style:
40 - Coopers Wheat Beer - Witbier
31 - Coopers Pilsener - Saison (frankenbrew)
30 - Coopers English Bitter - Standard/Ordinary Bitter
30 - Brupaks Belgian Tripel - Belgian Tripel
25 - Coopers Australian Pale Ale - American Pale Ale
18 - Coopers Pilsener - Standard/Ordinary Bitter (frankenbrew)
13 - Coopers Canadian - Blonde Anerican Pale Ale (only 2 weeks in the bottle)

Title: Re: Competition - How did you do? and what kit did you use?
Post by: ColinC on March 05, 2013, 09:36:37 AM

25 - Coopers Australian Pale Ale - American IPA
35 - Coopers Dark Ale - Northern English Brown Ale

Title: Re: Competition - How did you do? and what kit did you use?
Post by: LordEoin on March 05, 2013, 03:15:04 PM

Is that Northern Brown Ale this one? (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1356715096)
I only used the Coopers Dark Ale kit once, with the kit yeast and bog standard 1kg DME and it wasn't very impressive.
I love chocolate malt and hear a lot about the Danstar Nottingham yeast but never used it.
This recipe is now added to my to-do list :)

Title: Re: Competition - How did you do? and what kit did you use?
Post by: ColinC on March 05, 2013, 04:14:26 PM

Yep, that's the one alright.

Turned out a nice tasty drop! I tried one after a week or 2 in the bottle & the chocolate was quite bitter but it mellowed out lovely. And the Nottingham yeast is nice and clean but I prefer US-05.

Well worth brewing (only takes what, about 40mins all in?!). I think I'll do this one again.

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Brewing Discussions => Kit Brewing => Topic started by: LordEoin on March 05, 2013, 04:46:15 AM