Coopers Traditional Draught

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3.78 stars - based on 9 reviews
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October 3rd 2011
5/5 stars
#1668

Pretty good Pale Ale

Brewed with 1.5kg coopers liquid light malt extract, 2nd gen coopers kit yeast and SA05, < 20deg or so 2 weeks ferment, finished with 120g home grown cascade 90deg steeped 1hr. Kegged, very good looking golden ale. Very Fat Yak like palate, fermented pretty dry but a little sweet malt and great hop palette and aroma. V good Pale Ale, what does trad draught really mean anyway, draught is how you serve it isn't it?
October 29th 2010
4/5 stars
#1242

Coopers Traditional "Ale"

 A tin of Coopers Traditional Draught that was about 6 months past it's best by date, a tin of Bacchus & Barley Light Malt, and some fresh yeast. It turned out totally unlike what I was expecting; I have an exceptionally pleasant almost-red ale with a thick creamy head. Been in the bottle for 3 months, and improving all the time.
December 19th 2008
4/5 stars
#913

Coopers Traditional Draught

 Made this with 3.3lbs Coopers liquid Light Malt and a liquid US lager yeast. Primary fermant at about 60F, lagered at about 50F. Kegged - a nice, easy drinking lager, could have used some finishing hops.
March 27th 2008
4/5 stars
#834

not bad

Brewed kit, 1.5 wheat malt (coopers) and 25g cascade (boiled 2 min, stepped 20). Safale 05 (US56) then 12g cascade dry. Was way to hoppy straight away, but after 3 months is a lovely drop. The hoppiness has lightened, and the wheat malt has imparted a beautiful flavour. Would do again and wait 3 months min. Maybe try some ammarillo and saaz instead of cascade, and drop the amount of wheat malt
February 18th 2008
4/5 stars
#820

little creature pale ale

Brewed with 1.5Kg Wheat malt, 12g chinook and 25g cascade (dry) using Safale in hope of a LCPA clone. Tasted alright two weeks after bottling, and two months later is not a bad beer, just needs a month or two to mature and its hoppiness to mellow.
January 14th 2007
2/5 stars
#620

Too Malty

Made according to instructions with 1.5kg LLME, also used 2 tablespoons of wheat DME. Brewed using Safale S-04 at 20 degrees for 13 days. OG 1045 FG 1009. Tasted at 2 weeks. Nice golden colour and great creamy long-lasting head, impressive for a beer this young. However, as another reviewer noted, it's just far too sweet & malty. The maltiness really hits you, then afterwards there's a sort of unpleasant bitter aftertaste. Pretty disappointed with this one. It could probably be made better with some additional hops.
May 14th 2006
3/5 stars
#507

needs flavour but great look

Brewed with LME according to instructions. Temp 19-20 deg. Resulted in great looking beer, light colour, wonderful creamy head with excellent retention. However taste is quite disappointing. Needs some hops and maybe some specialty malt. Will be a great base for 'kit plus' brewing.
January 9th 2006
5/5 stars
#436

Pleasant experiment

Bought this kit with a view to attempt a coopers Pale Ale clone. Added 1kg of Ultrabrew and 12gm Cluster standard method. Ended up at only 4%AVB but tasted absolutely fantastic. When I took my initial SG Reading and saw that it was low I had a look at the can...they recommend using 1.5kg of LME so I'll try that next time, but I was pretty impressed with the overall finished product. Perhaps a bit light on the body, but the 1.5kg LME next time should fix that.
May 13th 2005
3/5 stars
#274

A bit disappointing

Made according to recommended instructions - 1.5kg LME, 23L water, yeast as supplied, temp low 20s. I was expecting big things from Coopers premium range but was disappointed with this beer. Very “green” after 4 weeks, smoothed out after 2 months. Too malty for the style of beer it is trying to emulate, a bit too sweet and has a definite "home brew" taste. Didn’t rate very well with the 6 tasters who sampled it. Also rated badly in a side by side comparison with the ESB 3kg kit equivalent.
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