Dark Ale Coopers beer concentrate 1,7 kg for 23 L of beer

Product characteristics:
This is a product by the Australian company Coopers used to prepare 23 L of beer.
Each can contains:
-1.7 kg of hermetically sealed hopped malt extract, with no preservatives added (the extract has a consistency similar to caramel/honey).
-a sachet of brewing yeast (included under the lid). The concentrate currently has a very attractive price related to its best-before period. Taking advantage of this promotion and brewing your beer promptly will ensure full satisfaction with the purchase and the result.
Microbiological tests conducted at the Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology in Łódź showed that these concentrates have identical microbiological parameters to malt concentrates with a current best-before date. Our in-house tests also confirmed that the final product maintains the quality of beer brewed from extracts within date. In a word: a bargain!

1. Top quality — the kit contains a high-quality hopped malt concentrate without preservatives and specially selected yeast. Thanks to this combination, you will make an excellent beer with a characteristic profile on your own.

2. Easy to make — with a Coopers concentrate, you only need basic equipment, water, and a sweetening agent to start your homebrewing adventure.

3. Excellent taste and aroma, noble color — Thanks to the Coopers Dark Ale Brew Kit, you will prepare your own dark beer with a light body, a bitter finish, notes of chocolate and roasted malt, a mahogany color, and a creamy head.

4. It pays off! The costs associated with making home beer based on Coopers concentrates are an investment that will let you proudly enjoy great beer — just the way you like it and whenever you want. You’ll spend less than buying ready-made beers, and the experience of tasting your own brew will be priceless — for your loved ones and friends, too.

5. Enough for everyone — one can of concentrate allows you to make 23 L of excellent homemade beer!

The Dark Ale concentrate is a product of the Coopers brand — the work of top-class Australian specialists who have been creating brew kits — hopped malt extracts for home beer making — valued worldwide for generations. Thanks to the creative combination of Coopers’ recipes with the experience of BROWIN, specializing, among others, in the production of yeast and a range for home microbreweries, making your own beer is now easier than ever.

The Dark Ale concentrate is produced from the highest quality selected roasted malt made from the best varieties of South Australian barley. The right choice of roasted malt and Tasmanian hops allows you to prepare your own dark beer with a full, clean flavor and a bitter finish. Dark Ale is a beer with notes of chocolate and roasted malt, a mahogany color, and a creamy head. All these features make this concentrate a standard for home microbreweries. Under the lid of the can containing the concentrate you will find the yeast, which makes making homemade beer exceptionally simple. The kit includes high-quality malt, aromatic hops, and specially selected yeast. The concentrate, sterile equipment, water, and a sweetening agent of your choice — that’s all you need to soon enjoy the remarkable taste and aroma of a homemade, golden drink of refined character. Tasting it with family or friends will become a source of pride and will enhance any gathering — one can of Dark Ale will let you prepare 23 L of high-quality homemade beer.

Flavor profile: roasty, malty, chocolatey

Difficulty: medium

Beer color (EBC): 650

Hopping/bitterness level (IBU): 590

The can contains: 1.7 kg of hermetically sealed hopped malt extract, with no preservatives (the extract has a consistency similar to caramel/honey), and a sachet of brewing yeast (placed under the lid).

Maximum alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.2%

Smaller additions of sugar will let you obtain a lighter beer!

A way to save money!

The price of the equipment is an investment in the future — all the necessary products: a fermentation vessel, caps, a capper — cost approx. PLN 200. Of course, over time you can develop your brewing passion, moving onto an increasingly professional path and using additional products dedicated to homebrewing enthusiasts. However, minimal, basic equipment is enough to enjoy beer you’ve made yourself. We especially recommend our MIKROBROWAR 1 (406000) kit, which is a great gift idea and a complete starter set for anyone wanting to begin their brewing adventure.

This expense pays for itself very quickly, especially since making beer from concentrate is more cost-effective than buying ready-made beer in a store. For example, when purchasing Coopers concentrates for 23 L of beer (average can price: PLN 70) — the cost per 500 ml bottle is PLN 1.5. By adding sugar or glucose (which improves the beer’s flavor), this cost will rise to PLN 2. It is still lower than or comparable to the most popular “regular” beers available in large discount stores, at promotional prices from PLN 2.5 to 3. Also remember that the pleasure of drinking and sharing homemade beer with friends and family is... priceless! For those who prefer more sophisticated flavors and craft beers, we offer Amber Ale, Long Play IPA, and Diablo IPA concentrates, allowing you to prepare up to 8.5 L of beer. These are more refined styles, often found in craft brewing, to which you can also add hopped malt extracts for an even more expressive flavor. The cost of making such beer ranges from PLN 2 to 3 per 500 ml bottle. Meanwhile, promotional prices for such beers in discount stores range from 6 to even over a dozen zloty. It’s easy to see that thanks to a passion for homebrewing we can not only save money, but also develop our brewing palate and impress others with increasingly interesting brews.

How to make your own homebrew beer?

MAKING YOUR OWN BEER IS VERY SIMPLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE! JUST 4 STEPS:

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED?

1.    Mixing all ingredients: approx. 20 minutes.

2.    Setting aside the wort: roughly 7 days.

3.    Bottling: approx. 40 minutes.

And when the beer is ready and chilled — enjoy it to your heart’s content!

Recipe for homemade beer:

1. Rinse all equipment thoroughly using potassium metabisulfite.

2. Pour water at about 28°C into a glass, then add the yeast from under the lid. Rehydrate for 15 minutes.

3. Remove the instructions/label from the can, then place the can in hot water for about 10 minutes.

4. Pour about 2 L of water into a pot and bring it to a boil.

5. Pour the contents of the can into the pot with water and stir thoroughly until the wort (syrup) dissolves.

6. Pour 2 L of cold water into the rinsed fermenter along with the contents of the pot, then top up with water to a total volume of 8.5 L.

7. Stabilize the temperature of the batch to 24–26°C, then add the yeast and stir vigorously.

8. Seal the vessel tightly and fit an airlock.

9. Ferment for 10 days.

10. Rack the beer into bottles, adding 1 Coopers Carbonation Drops tablet to each 0.5 L bottle. Place the bottles in a dark, warm place.

11. After 2 weeks the beer is ready to taste!

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