Jan 17 2012
A toucan brew is simply one done with 2 cans of pre-hopped extract. The Coopers Stout that I brewed last year tasted nice but I felt it lacked head and body. It was a bit on the light side and I reckoned it could benefit from more concentration. So it seemed an ideal candidate for …
Feb 22 2011
I’m calling this one ‘Nelson Amber Ale‘ because it features Nelson Sauvin hops and I’m brewing it in Nelson. I used the handy Kit & Extract Beer Designer spreadsheet to work out the recipe quantities. It’s basically in the style of an American Pale Ale or an American Amber Ale, but more towards amber than …
Feb 04 2011
The Coopers Stout kicks out one hell of a big foamy krausen: To deal with this mess, I pulled out the airlock cleaned and sanitised it, cleaned off the mess off the lid and stuck the airlock back in. It’s still foaming out of the airlock a little bit but under control.
{ So following on from my previous post, mashed at 75 and sparged at 82 - still extracted tannins tho, its such a light hazy any... } – Jun 17, 7:25 PM { Great stuff, just what I'm brewing although slightly different with centennial instead of Zythos, exactly the same mash temp but did do a quick sparge... } – May 29, 7:30 PM
{ I have been making toucan brews for a couple years now. Until now I have only done beers of the same family, example Pale Ale... } – Mar 06, 5:02 AM
{ What happened in the end? Was the second batch tasty? Thanks for writing this up. } – Aug 24, 3:33 AM
{ is the water additions for all of nelson water? } – Nov 05, 7:23 AM
{ my gut feeling is that you get more out of the hops by letting them go 'free range' as opposed to constraining them in a... } – Mar 15, 9:29 AM