Hopped Beer Kit Recipes
  • OKTOBERFEST
  • AMERICAN WHEAT
  • CERVESA
  • CREAM ALE
  • FROSTER'S LAGER
  • BUD LITE
  • Quick To Brew Hopped Recipes
    OKTOBERFEST $39.95
    This is a rich traditional brew for the cooler days of Autumn.  Brewed with a full 6.6 pounds of malt extract for a little stronger malty sweetness and higher kick. Imported German Hallertau hops provide perfect balance.
  • 1 Coopers Bitter
  • 3 LB. Sparkling Amber DME
  • 4 oz. Caravienna Malt
  • 1 oz. Finishing Hops
  • 2 ea. Hop Bags
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 5 oz. Priming Sugar
  • 60 Bottle Caps
  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle.  Put the flaked barley into the a boiling bag and place in the water.  Bring the water to a boil and remember to remove the grain bag just prior to the boiling point.
  • Place the hops into a boiling bag and add them to the pot.  Stir in the amber malt extract and boil for 15 minutes.  Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the Coopers Lager malt extract.  Keep stirring to ensure syrup is fully dissolved, taking special care to run a spoon along bottom of pot.
  • Add one gallon of cold water to the kettle.  Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort.  Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • BLACKBERRY WHEAT $39.95
    Brew up a batch of summertime refreshment.  This easy to brew, quick recipe is a hit with homebrew connoisseur's as well as those few people out there that think they don't like beer.
  • 1 Coopers Wheat Beer
  • 46 oz. Blackberry Puree
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 5 oz. Priming Sugar
  • 60 Bottle Caps
  • Place ½ gallon of water into brew kettle.  Bring the water to a boil then remove kettle from heat. Dissolve contents of wheat beer can in the kettle of hot water.  Add 1 gallon of cold water to brew kettle and stir.  Pour into primary fermenter.  Top off with more cold water to 4 ½ gallons.
  • Pitch yeast when temperature is 70 – 80 degrees F.
  • After one week, pour can of puree into 5 gallon carboy and rack contents of primary fermenter into carboy. 
  • After one more week, top off with distilled water and ferment for one more week.  Rack beer into bottling pail making sure to leave the sediment (fruit puree) behind.
  • Prime and bottle using your usual methods.

  • REAL ALE $32.95
    This kit is a perfect summer brew using a quick brew method which produces a beer for when the weathers hot.  Here's the "down under" take on the traditional English session ale.  Mild is a perfect brew for summer due to it's lower alcohol and refreshing, thirst quenching flavor.  Kind of a "light beer" with real beer in it.
  • 1 Coopers Real Ale
  • 2 LB. Golden Light DME
  • 1 LB. Malto Dextrin
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 5 oz. Priming Sugar
  • 60 Bottle Caps
  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle and bring to a boil.  Remove from the heat and stir in the dry malt extract.  Keep stirring until the powder is completely dissolved.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the can of Coopers Real Ale malt.  Rinse the can with hot water to get all of it.  Stir the pot to ensure syrup is fully dissolved, taking special care to run a spoon along bottom of pot.  Allow to cool in a sink of cold water.
  • Place 4 gallons of cool water in your fermentor.  Add the cooled wort to the fermentor.  Pitch the yeast when the temperature is between 70 - 75F. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • SLAM ATOMS $36.95
    Try this recipe for your next Boston Beer Party. It was developed by a bloke from down under after a visit to the States where he found that Sam Adam's was the only drinkable beer in America.  He said, "This is a very different American beer, with the color of a plain pale ale, the tangy flavor of a larger and the full body and bitter aftertaste of an Indian Pale Ale."
  • 1 Coopers Bitter
  • 2 LB. Golden Light DME
  • 1/4 LB. Caravienna Malt
  • 1 oz. Finishing Hops
  • 2 ea. Hop Bags
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 1 cup Priming Sugar
  • 60 Bottle Caps
  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle.  Place the hop pellets into a boiling bag and tie it closed. Put the caravienna malt into the other boiling bag and place in the water along with the hops.  Bring the water to a boil and remember to remove the grain bag just prior to the boiling point.  Leave the hops in the pot. 
  • Stir in the dry malt extract into the kettle and boil for 10 minutes.  Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the Coopers Lager malt extract.  Keep stirring until the malt is completely dissolved.
  • Turn of the heat and add one gallon of cold water to the kettle. Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort.   Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • AMERICAN WHEAT $32.95
    Another American classic for the Forth of July. American Wheat beer has the refreshing, light flavor of German Wheat beers without the heavy yeast character. American Wheat is perfect when served with a wedge of fresh lemon.
  • 1 Coopers Wheat Beer
  • 1 LB. Pilsen Light DME
  • 1 LB. Wheat DME
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 1 cup Priming Sugar
  • 60 Bottle Caps
  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle.  Bring the water to a boil.
  • Stir the dry malt extract into the kettle and boil for 10 minutes.  Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the Coopers Wheat malt extract.  Keep stirring until the malt is completely dissolved.
  • Add one gallon of cold water to the kettle.  Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort.  Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • FROSTER'S BREW $32.95
    Here's a classic beer from down under, unlike it's almost name sake which is actually brewed Up Over (in Canada). Froster's is one of my summer favorites and it's sure to convert a few of your neighbors to the joys of homebrew.
  • 1  Coopers Larger
  • 2 LB. Pilsen Light DME
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 1 cup Priming Sugar
  • 60 Bottle Caps
  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle.  Put the Carapils malt into one of the boiling bags and place in the water.  Bring the water to a boil and remember to remove the grain bag just prior to the boiling point.
  • Stir the dry malt extract into the kettle.  Place into the kettle and boil for 10 minutes. Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the Coopers Lager malt extract.  Keep stirring until the malt is completely dissolved.
  • Add one gallon of cold water to the kettle.  Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort.  Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • CERVEZA $27.95
    Here's a welcome recipe that is sure to get you ready for summer. Do you know that most Mexican beers are actually Bohemian Style Lagers? We've come up with a classic golden refresher that's quick to brew and great served ice cold on the deck or patio.
  • 1 Coopers Mexican Cerveza
  • 1 LB. Pilsen Light Dry Malt
  • 1 LB. Corn Sugar
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 60 Bottle Caps
  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle. 
  • Place the hop pellets into the boiling bag and tie it closed.  Place into the kettle and boil for 3 minutes. 
  • Measure out 3/4 cup of the corn sugar and save this for priming the bottles.  Stir the remaining corn sugar and the dry malt extract into the kettle.  Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort. Boil for 5 minutes.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the Cerveza Malt Extract.  Keep stirring until the malt is completely dissolved.
  • Add one gallon of cold water to the kettle.  Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort.  Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 74 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • BUD LITE $22.95
    A summertime favorite! A light bodies, sparkling, thirst quenching brew. This is as close to the original as a homebrew can get without being to embarrassed. I will confess that I brew and drink this recipe because sometimes you just want to be one of the boys or ladies.
  • 1 ea. American Lite Extract
  • 1 LB. Pilsen Light DME
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 1 cup Priming Sugar
  • 60 Bottle Caps
  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle.  Bring the water to a boil.
  • Stir the dry malt extract into the kettle and boil for 5 minutes.  Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the American Lite extract.  Keep stirring until the malt is completely dissolved.
  • Add one gallon of cold water to the kettle.  Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort.  Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

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