Coopers DIY Beer Canadian Blonde Homebrewing Craft Beer Brewing Extract

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Riquísimo

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2023

Style: Mexican CervezaVerified Purchase

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Great Beer, But You've Got To Age It

M42

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2019

In the past I've found you have to age Cooper's beer longer than the two weeks they recommend. Normally five weeks does it, but at five weeks this one was a bit week and had a slight off (extract) taste. I was disappointed, but a month later I tried one and it had developed into a very flavorful, full flavored ESB. Excellent in every way. It has a nice color and a small head. The flavor is better than local craft ESB's. If you make this one, don't rush it and give it plenty of time to develop. I didn't add any hops, just three lbs of golden LME.

Joe Borkowski

brewed 3 batches

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2022

I brewed 3 batches of this and they were 6 months from expiration, but they came out great and tasted wonderful. All except 1 arrived in good time (3-4 days), one arrived in a week and a half. They were at $23 a tin. Now it's $42, which is almost 3x the cost of simple LME... I will be going all-grain from now on, since doubling the price on an extract like that is unacceptable. Good product, bad price range.

Made Big Batch Commercial Beer Taste Like #$$^$#

Joe Yankee

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2020

Style: Canadian BlondeVerified Purchase

I hadn't used my beer making gear in nearly twenty years so I chose this as a rather basic no surprises expected variety to make some again after the long layoff (summer of 2018).

Followed the instructions, used corn sugar instead of their drops for carbonation. Worked fine. Tried a bottle after four weeks or whatever it is they said is the time and it can be drunk but it's really not there yet. Takes three months before it starts to hit its stride and gets better after that. I still have about 12 bottles left, still good.

I still had some big name big batch commercial beers in the fridge when the Coopers came of age so there was a crossover period when I would have one or the other and I was impressed by how foul the commercial beers started to taste compared to the Coopers.

Would I buy it again? I guess so but given how many other styles they produce to try it's not likely I'll get around to having this one again.

I was expecting something like a Heineken, but...

D. Park

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2020

This is nothing like a Heineken. I was expecting something like what was pictured on the label.
I bought one of these on May 2018 and hung onto it for 2 years before brewing it. It got pushed aside and forgotten. However, due to Coronavirus, we're going through our pantry pretty thoroughly, now that we're locked-down at home. I didn't bother checking the date, but needless to say, the LME was certainly waaaaaaaaaaaay past its "Best By:" date. I wasn't too worried that it was going to go "bad" though; it's basically liquid sugar...right? Apparently, LME darkens with age. The yeast can also be hit or miss. I brewed up the batch, added more sugar, and sprinkled in the yeast and the next day I checked on it disappointed to see no airlock activity. She just needs time since it's old yeast, and a lager strain, right? After a couple of days go by of no activity, the airlock comes to life slowly burping bubbles. I had just completed a small 1-gallon ale and only after 12 hours the airlock was bubbling away. I move the batch into the cooler basement where it finishes fermentation after 2 weeks. I was absolutely THRILLED to see the yeast had flocculated to the bottom resulting in a beautifully dark but clear beer and somewhat fizzy. I'm so happy with the results even with this "old" LME, that I ordered another on April 2020, and has a "Best By:" date of 20/06/21. It'll be interesting to see if there's a noticeable difference with fresh LME. If you do a search on "LME darkens with age", on of the first links you'll find is a guy that did a side by side experiment on new and old LME. The end result was that people could tell the difference, but they were split on which one they preferred.

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Pre-hopped Extract Makes for a Quick Brewday

viaChicago

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2012

After listening to the BrewStrong podcast on kit beer, I thought I'd give pre-hopped extract a try. Bought two cans; Amazon must have pretty good throughput as both appeared fresh. I was quite pleased with the outcome... a very sessionable pale ale.

The main bonus of pre-hopped is that boiling isn't required other than to pasteurize the DME (should you go that route instead of sugar). It's also a great option for experimenting with different hops and yeast, since you can avoid all the gyrations of all-grain or the full 60 or 90 minute boil.

My tweaks:
-- Used 3lbs of extra light DME, instead of sugar
-- Used distilled water
-- Did a 15 minute boil, with hop additions at 15 min and flame out (Centennial for one batch, Nelson Sauvin for the other); extract was added at flame out
-- Pitched Wyeast 1056 in the first batch, used Wyeast 1318 for the second.
-- Dry hopped with Centennial/Nelson for first and second batches, respectively

Can't speak to following the directions as written nor using the included yeast packet; but for a more experienced brewer, it's well worth a go for a quick brew day and/or fairly controlled yeast/hop experimentation.

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DdgFraser

Good Price, well known product.

Reviewed in Canada on October 8, 2020

It's hard to know how this will turn out, as the can is officially 3 months out of date, and it cannot be returned. Time will tell.
UPDATE after 3 weeks:
It's OK, a bit blah, and not nearly as good as the newer dated can I got locally. That's a REALLY GOOD beer!.

Felicity

Grea

Reviewed in Canada on July 1, 2019

Great beer we really enjoy it. Have ordered again

Cliente Amazon

Da provare

Reviewed in Italy on March 20, 2021

Birra amara, ambrata, con retro sapore di liquirizia.
A me è piaciuta.
Buona la qualità.

VINCENZO

buon prodotto

Reviewed in Italy on May 11, 2020

Style: Mexican CervezaVerified Purchase

Prodotto Buono, ma pensavo che la birra venisse leggermente più aromatica... un po' troppo "Light", non si accosta molto alla Corona

Francesca

Ottimo

Reviewed in Italy on March 16, 2021

Buonissima fragaranza