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Official Brewing Season

'Tis the Season to Start Brewing

Ninety, Eighty, Seventy, Sixty…as we watch the thermometer begin to inch down, we know winter is on its way. We find ourselves trying to keep warm, as well as prepare for the rush of the holiday season. Doesn't it feel like it's five minutes past Labor Day and we're already beginning to race through the holiday season with New Year's being the finish line?

Wait! Stop! Before we all get caught up in the holiday hustle and bustle, we need to remember to brew some beer for our holidays. We know it sounds early but if you start now, your first batch will be ready in time for Thanksgiving. Plus we have some recipes that would be at prime condition for the holidays if brewed now. We continue to add recipes to our Brewer’s Blog. Just in time for the season, we've included a Real Pumpkin Spice Ale recipe and a Holiday Passion Ale. Of course, “pumpkin spice” does sound like a member of an early 90s girl group, but we know that this spice can be just as big a hit during the holiday season.

Got Recipe?

Watch over the next few weeks as we add more recipes to our blog.

We would like to hear from our readers with their favorite recipes, beer related or not. If you have a favorite cooking recipe you make with beer or is good with your favorite Coopers beer, send it to us. We’ll put up on our blog.

You can even send us a picture of yourself, or the finished product and we will post it on our blog. Heck it can even be a one of your favorite dog, cat, hamster, iguana, Chinese fighting fish, stepchild…you get the picture.

Just send it to brewmaster@makebeer.net. If you do, we’ll send you a free gift. So make sure you include your address.

27 Oct 2008

Coopers
Sparkling Concentrate Beer Kit Package
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This ale displays fruity esters on the nose, full malty palate, with a generously hopped clean finish in the style

Coopers Sparkling Ale is a great beer for the holiday season. It's a great complement to any meal or holiday party.

Start brewing your Sparkling Ale and you will have a wonderful beer to share during the holidays!

Shout outs for Coopers!

We want to thank all our customers for the great things said about us and Coopers products!! We strive to be the best with our products and customer service. We’d like our beer-loving fans to have the chance to “Testify” on MakeBeer’s/Cooper's behalf. So we are setting up a page to let you put in a good word. You can either do a text or video testimony. We will have links throught our site leading to our testimonal page.

Once again we like to thank you, our customers, for helping get the word out about Coopers and Makebeer.net. We couldn't have done it without you! Cheers

Enter Testimonals HERE

* Shhh...we'll even send you a free gift if you do a video testimony. Just make sure that it's decent (that means no "F" bombs, etc.), so we can put it up on our site. All testimonials will be reviewed before posting.

Holiday Passion Ale
Ingredients:

1 Coopers Heritage Lager Complete Package

1 lb clover honey
2 inch peice of cinnamon stick
1/2 oz dried ginger root
1 oz dried orange peel

Step 1 – Mix
Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil, and then turn off heat. While leaving pot on burner, mix in the cinnamon, ginger root, orange peel and cover pot. Allow to steep for 10 minutes. Turn heat back on, bring to just under a boil. Strain out spices then transfer it to the fermenter. Add Heritage Lager beer kit, Coopers Light Dry Malt Extract, and the honey; ensure syrup is fully dissolved by stirring well. Top up with cold water to the 23 liter mark. Stir vigorously; then pitch the yeast.

Step 2 – Brew
Coopers Heritage Lager yeast can ferment at very high temperatures, as high as 22°C (75°F). Fermenting closer to 18°C (67°F) will give the beer a cleaner flavor and aroma. Allow to ferment 6-7 days until hydrometer readings are unchanging for 2 days.

Step 3 - Bottle

Questions about beer making? Contact us at brewmaster@makebeer.net