Coopers 835 Bootmaker Pale Ale Homebrewing Hopped Malt Extract Thomas Brew Can

I made this once already, however didn't realise you're supposed to use an added dry malt for best results. No worries though, I simply used a kilo of sugar instead and some heading powder alginate when bottling. Perfectly smooth IPA with a decent head and maybe just a little bit stronger than the suggested dry malt version as I had misread the malt additive was 500g and not a kilo! Shows how good a malt extract it is if you can still get a decent brew despite my mistakes.

Easy to do, got a lot of drinks out of it value for money definitely. Ideal for doing at home.

I brewed this on 22 Oct 20 and now tasting it out the bottle on 11 Dec 20. I am seriously impressed. I brewed it using bottled spring water (the cheap stuff from our well-known larger supermarkets), 1Kg Youngs brewing sugar and 500g of Munton's Light Spray Malt and it came out at 5.1% prior to priming in the 500ml bottles using 1/2 teaspoon of granulated sugar. It has a great body, a bit of fizz which can be adjusted for a head whilst pouring to a glass, and very little sediment left in the bottle, but always good to keep an eye on the pour to avoid this in the glass. Taste is superb and may try and add some hops next time just to polish it off, but for me this is a fantastic kit and well worth the money. I am ordering more right now!

Along with adding the Spray Malt instead of sugar, and priming the bottles with brewing sugar instead of normal sugar, this made for probably the best tasting beer I've ever had!!It went down an absolute treat, and everyone of my friends and family loved it and couldn't speak highly enough 🍻I really do recommend, and definitely use Spray Malt instead of sugar 👍Mine came with an Aussie yeast (as anticipated), but on my next batch, I'm going to use a Munich yeast, just to experiment a little more with different types of yeast.

It must be the best home brew I've done!! Tasted fantastic. Making a gain and again!!

Arrived next day, very easy to make up. Now the wait for the finished product!

Good flavour and produces a nice foam on pouring. Only a little deposit carried through so no trouble in needing to lose any beer from each bottle. Only thing is that no instructions given on how much sugar is needed for bottling. I used 400g for my batch which has worked well but was more guess work.

I thought I was ordering a complete beer kit as I’ve done many times before. Unfortunately this price doesn’t include the malt that takes a lot longer to deliver!Update…. The malt has finally arrived and about to start 😤 only to discover there’s no yeast in the kit either¯\_(ツ)_/¯