Head and Lace – You “CAN”
28 Jul
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This is a response video to TakeSomeAdvice who makes a subtle claim that you can’t achieve a decent head and lace from a can of Cooper’s malt extract. Clearly, from this video, a properly brewed home brew kit can produce great results, including head retention and lace. The question is, do these things really tell the story about how good the beer is? Here is the link to the FAQ where you’ll find the article on boiling the Cooper’s extract: coopers.com.au Should I boil the kit to remove break? We brew beer, malt extract and home brew worts in the same way. All worts are boiled and produce hot break, which is then removed in the whirlpool. Rather than being cooled down for fermentation, the malt extract and home brew worts are centrifuged and transferred to evaporators where all but around 20% of the water is removed. At this stage the malt extract and home brew is packaged then cools down but does not throw cold break material because the extract is too dense for it to precipitate. Once you add water, the wort becomes thin enough for the break material to precipitate. This break material is completely harmless to the brew and will settle out during fermentation. If boiled the break material may clump together giving the impression, incorrectly, that it is hot break. Boiling home brew (hopped malt extract) will only darken the brew and drive off hop aroma. However, if you are following a specific recipe and using additional hops, you may like to boil some of the malt …
Here we have a taste of the Black Rock beer kit we brewed earlier. Below are some links to home brewing products from a very reputable online home brew store. (click this text box) Sodium Metabisulfite Contact Sanitizer: www.highgravitybrew.com Sodium Metabisulfite Contact Sanitizer: www.highgravitybrew.com Star San No Rinse Sanitizer: www.highgravitybrew.com Brew Belt: www.highgravitybrew.com Mini Auto Syphon: www.highgravitybrew.com Purchase airlock: www.highgravitybrew.com Rubber Stopper for airlock: www.highgravitybrew.com Basic Brewing DVD: Introduction to Extract Home Brewing: www.highgravitybrew.com Home Brewing Equipment you’ll need – The whole kit! www.highgravitybrew.com Cooper’s Lager Malt Extract: www.highgravitybrew.com Cooper’s Draught Malt Extract: www.highgravitybrew.com Carboy – Better Bottle 5 Gal. www.highgravitybrew.com Cooper’s Irish Stout (highly recommended): www.highgravitybrew.com Fermenter lid with hole for airlock: www.highgravitybrew.com Fermenter Bucket 6.5 US Gal: www.highgravitybrew.com Tubing (3/8″ for bottling) www.highgravitybrew.com Bottle Filler: www.highgravitybrew.com Long Stir Spoon: www.highgravitybrew.com Hydrometer Thermometer Combo: www.highgravitybrew.com
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:L You can get good head.
My Cooper home brews have a great head and lace after just 1 week in bottles (well under the conditioning time for a home brew so it goes to show it does happen).
But lets be honest, even craig will tell you its not the head, it not he lacing, its how much you enjoy your own home made beer. Its that simple.
thanks for the help criag
Craig, be proud and make beer!
isn’t that enough? I agree we are all into beer, so get along and make more!
Right on!
@bigmig54 Yes indeed.
you the man craig you helped get me started on the home brew scene, so keep on truckin
I really like what you said! Cheers ^^
@1979timdog True. And he’s not helping anyone. He’s just scaring people away from brewing.
@1979timdog Well, TSA has done his share of bashing, but he has a more sarcastic way of doing it. Nige is just an abusive ass. It’s a side show. I don’t pay attention to it. I did make a video about TSA, but I am waiting for the right moment to post it. I don’t like posting crap on my channel, but the guy needs to be exposed.
about my last comment. i checked back,and the actual bashing was not by tsa. it was from a channel called nige4958!
just out of curiosity,i checked out the tsa videos. i guess they have nothing better to do than bash someone who is actually trying to help people!
You’re right mate!
The good way to help people or give an advice is been polite and friendly and of course there are many ways of making homebrew. Take care and cheers!
@CraigTube Once again you have hit the nail on the head!!!!!
ok i got my keg kit just waiting for you craig my beer is allmost ready man
Bring on the kegging videos, I can’t wait…I will be building a keezer soon to hold 3 corny kegs and will be closely listening to your advice Craig. Don’t worry about that other guy that likes to stir the pot, he isn’t worth it, keep helping people and you will go far.
Having watched many taste tests, I enjoy the educational process represented. I’d like to see some blind “group panel” taste tests. Perhaps you can get a group of brewed beverage enthusiats together for a sampling session. Maybe you and TSA could co-chair a taste test panel. Keep up the good work!
@Markmark1356 thanks mark….video was pretty informative…cheers!
anyone? lol
@moedogger21 Yes, I’ve looked on there. Nothing so far. Someone offered to give me one, but I haven’t heard back yet. I don’t know where they live either.
craig do you have a craigslist in canada? i bought a year old chest freezer off of there for 50$ and made a 6 tap kegerator out of it.
Craig – Home Brewing the Easy Way made me start brewing!
I make great beer with extract, but after a couple Cooper’s kits I started making my own simple recipes using extract and hopping it myself. I think people would love to see a video of that – you can still do it in an apartment but you can start developing your own styles. If I send you one of my recipes maybe you could do a video and try it o
Craig – Home Brewing the Easy Way made me start brewing!
I make great beer with extract, but after a couple Cooper’s kits I started making my own simple recipes using extract and hopping it myself. I think people would love to see a video of that – you can still do it in an apartment but you can start developing your own styles. If I send you one of my recipes maybe you could do a video and try it out
Nice sound edit to accentuate Lace and Head (of which there is plenty)! I just hooked up a new sound system with subwoofers to my com- really comes through strong:) Looking foreward to watching kegging vids-recently received my keg syst and getting CO2 tommorow. Thank You so much for your vids,Craig! Lots of clicks for you!- Cheers
@tnm140 I used munton tabs w/o much success due to “floaties” ….have you any same experiences with the coopers? cheers…
@supercheekykiwi I don’t like doing a secondary when bottling. You need some of that haze (yeast) to ferment in the bottles. I believe that doing a secondary is great for kegging. Bottling cloudy beer will give you more sediment in the bottles, but it’s old school to be afraid of sediment, and perfectly clear beer is not necessary. Personally, I don’t like bottling clear beer. It will clear in the bottles in about a week, trust me.
thanks so much for explaining the secondary fermenter thing to us. i’ve been very curious about it and how it would effect the carbonating.
So if you wanted to have a clear beer would you add finings to the primary fermenter a couple of days before bottling? would doing that have the same effect as secondary? ie take longer to carbonate.
If its a ladies beer then get supping you big girl hahahaha
To me it looks like frothy pi55
@78recordrepair Excellent advice! Thank you!
Best way to chill a glass/mug: take a clean glass with no soap residue or hard water spots, place a small amount of water inside, swirl until all surface area within is wet, put the excess down the drain, then pop your drinking vessel into the cold icebox for two or slightly more minutes. Remove for a lovely frosted vessel.
well i guess your gonna have to be outraged with the world. Thats just how it is
@frequencydude I’m actually outraged that you’d defend his exist remarkks with more of your own.
AY – O and a bottle-o beer dude… you friggin rock the tube . we love ya here in newfoundland . keep up the great work craig … bottoms up friend!
oh come on he just meant its lighter which more women seem to like. There are differences in men and women in case you didnt know. my wife likes a lighter drink than me also . If you ever go to a bar im sure youll notice more men drinking beer and rum and more women drinking coolers and light liqours and stuff. gimme a break.
Ladies beer! ROFL
Well, it’s something I’ve never done, so I can’t testify as to how well it works. I would predict that if nothing else it would produce a beer with an awesome head.
You should see if you can find a product called Munton’s Beer Kit enhancer. It is only $6.99, and it contains about 500g of light dry malt, 500g of dextrose and, I’ve been told, a small amount of wheat malt to aid in head retention. $9 for 500g of dry malt is overpriced.
hey craig,,u recomend a few different types of sugar or sucrose based syrups for brewing(corn syrup,honey,corn sugar) but have you ever used or can you use mollases or treacle for brewing,i didnt want to waste a kit trying this without consulting the master,,,my guess is treacle will give very dark colour and unusual flavour but thats just a guess,,if it does work could you do a vid using this type of sugar
yes craig i agree i made this one very weak
Ladies beer? You sexist.
Hey Craig,
I was wondering if you have ever used corn syrup as your fermentable. I was thinking about using karo light corn syrup. I can get 3 16 oz. bottles for under 5 $. alot cheaper than DME. But, would it give it a cidery taste? or would it even be worth the savings? I would probably be using it with a coopers lager or Muntons american light. Thanks…
nice add of your music vid lol
Thats why they are called lawnmower beers.
maybe uploading the video and making it private for the first 2 days will help ? I dont know for sure but that might be worth trying.
LMAO!!!!!
Craig: “It’s a ladies beer”
Regarding the single-stage vs two-stage debate – I usually don’t bother putting my ales into a secondary, but I do with my lagers. Lagers are generally a more clear beer and this helps a lot. Unless youleave them in too long, there’ll still be plenty of little yeasties in there to help carbonate the beer. I think temperature has more to do with that anyway. Interesting vid as always Craig – thanks!
Your home brew will clear on it’s own after sitting for a few weeks.
Complaints? Well I guess you can’t please everyone all of the time. That’s life. But I and many others have taken a little or a lot from your vids so I say thank you. As i always say “If you like it….drink it”
Glass shape has some impact on head retention. High Ball style glasses are not the best. Good trick to get any glass to keep a head is to get a small piece of sand paper and tape it to the top of a pencil or anything thats long enough to go into your glass. Then right at the bottom of the glass, scratch the surface gentle a bit. works a treat!
hey craig…i had coopers draught for my first batch…is it a normally “darker ” beer?, or do i need a clarifier? what do you suggest for “clearing “a beer? cheers craig