Intermediate Instructions for Brewing Beer with a Coopers Beer Kit

How to continue to brew good beer when you want to experiment with specialty grains and additional hops. Coopers beer concentrate kits are designed to provide you with an easy-to-make, consistently good beer every time. Of course, half the fun of a hobby is experimenting. So, how do you continue to get good consistent results, while experimenting? If you are adding specialty grains, and/or hops, there are a few steps you need to take before following our basic How to Homebrew instructions.

Step 1

If your recipe calls for use of specialty grains, heat your brewing water to just under a boil, then allow to cool to <180°F. (about 5-10 minutes). Put your steeping/specialty grains into an oversized nylon bag, tie off the bag and steep grains for 15-20 minutes at 150-180°F, then remove bag. You can squeeze bag to remove any extra color and flavor if you wish. If you are adding additional hops, go to Step 2, if not, proceed to our How to Homebrew instructions.

Step 2

Bring your brewing water back to a boil and add your first addition of hops. Your total boiling time will be 30 minutes. Add any other hops at the times called for in the recipe.

After 30 minutes turn off the heat and remove your pot from the heating element. Proceed with How to Homebrew instructions. There is one additional step. When transferring your wort to your fermenter, you will want to run your wort through a strainer to catch the hops. This may require two people.

See, that was easy! You may notice that our easy-to-follow instructions do not follow the standard orthodoxy of intermediate beer making. 

You can always contact us at brewmaster@makebeer.net with any questions you may have as well.