American Pale Ale from a Coopers Draught extract.

American Pale Ale
1.7kg Coopers Draught
1 kg Light Dried Malt Extract
300g Raw Sugar (Turbinado)
250g Crystal Malt 60L
100g Chocolate Malt

25g Cascade 15 mins
25g Cascade 1 min

Steep Crystal and Chocolate Malt in 2 Litres of water @ 60c-70c for 30mins.
Strain grains and top up water to 3 Litres.
Add the Raw Sugar and bring to the boil.
Add the first addition of 25g Cascade Hops.
After 14 mins add the other 25g Cascade Hops.
Boil for a another minute then turn off the heat.
Mix in the Coopers Draught can and the light dry malt extract.
Pour into fermenter and top will cold water to 23 Litres.
Add yeast at 18c-22c , I used SAFALE US05.
Ferment for two weeks then bottle or keg.
DRINK

planning to try this brew this w/e .. quick question .. I want to use galaxy hops .. I have 48grms . (4 packs of morgons , not my favorite way to buy them but i was in a hurry ) . so the question . should i add half at for 15 minutes and the other half at 1 minute same as cascade ? . I'm trying to achieve something vaguely in the direction of j,s hop thief ..

any suggestions will be appreciated . cheers .

The galaxy has a lot higher AA% then cascade so will make it a bit more bitter, maybe 10mins and 1 min instead, but yeah you could go half/half no worries!
Cheers!

thanks gash .. this is my first attempt at a part grain brew .. I'll report back laterz with a or .

Good stuff! Lookin forward to hearing what it comes out like!

Hey Gash,

I want to use the coopers tins as they are quite a bit cheaper at the super market than the Blackrock cans at my LHBS. Problem is they are pre-hopped (the un=hopped is dearer) and I'm not sure how to go about working that in with some fresh hop additions

Cheers

the cans are so lightly hopped i don't think it will cause you any problems .. this smelt really clean and good going into the kegs/bottles .. i have a feeling this will be a superb drop .. just now i had to fight the temptation to fast track a keg to the fridge ..

I just loaded a keg of this into the fridge and first impressions are its very clean tasting . even at room temp ..I had to have a taste . this is my first mini mash so.. so far it I'm expecting a good drop

Good stuff!