Every once in a while we get a request for an Octoberfest style recipe. Below is a recent recommendation from Coopers Brewery on a possible clone using the European Lager beer kit. We have not tried this.

From BJCP style guidelines:

Are you looking for a lighter beer for these hot summer months? How about trying this one out?Zephyr Light - Makes 23 liters

Zephyr Light - 23 Liters

Ever wanted to use fruit in your beer? We have found that our Very Berry Honey Wheat Beer recipe fits the bill nicely. You can use just about any sweet fruit that is in season. The honey in this recipe gives the finished beer a slight effervescence that compliments the fruit flavors.

Ingredients:

• 1 can Coopers Wheat Beer Concentrate Kit
• 500 grams < ...

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Ingredients

2 pounds ground beef chuck
1 pound bulk Italian sausage
3 (15 ounce) cans chili beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can chili beans in spicy sauce
2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with juice
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 large yellow onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
2 green chile peppers, seeded and chopped
1 tablespoon bacon bits
4 cubes beef bouillon
1/2 cup beer
1/4 cup chili powder
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco™)
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper< ...

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Coopers Stout has enjoyed a cult following with home brewers. Many believing it is the closest home brew style to the bottled version. Sure, it's good. You can make it better!

Ingredients

• 1.7kg Coopers Stout
• 1kg Coopers Brew Enhancer 2
• Nothing Else!

Method
• Dissolve Coopers Stout and Brew Enhancer 2 in 2 litres of hot water.
• Fill fermenter with cool water to the 18 litre mark and stir.
• Sprinkle supplied yeast over the wort surface.
• Ferment temperature should be in the range 21C-27C.
• Bottle when specific gravity has reached 1.014 (or two readings the same over 24 hours). 

Coopers Best Extra Stout is an outstanding beer, hence the numerous awards. This recipe is an approximation to the former version of Best Extra Stout at 6.8% ABV, which was also sold as a bottled-aged product called Special Old Stout. The extra alcohol increases the longevity of the brew. It’s a great beer to cellar and taste periodically to see how it develops.

Ingredients
• 1.7kg can Original Series Stout
• 1.5kg Thomas Coopers Dark Malt Extract
• 500g Sugar/Dextrose

Method

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Gumbo, the ultimate Cajun food. It's really just a thick stew served with rice. This recipe uses chicken and sausage, but you can use anything that swims, flies, walks or crawls. Shrimp, alligator, turkey, ham, anything you like. This one is also a filé (sassafras powder) gumbo, which means no okra. If you prefer okra, you can add some, I just don't really like it that much if it's not fried. If you can't find filé in your area, it can be mail ordered, or you can leave it out, but the results will not be as good without it.

This is the original spicy Buffalo chicken wings recipe from the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY. You can adjust the heat by adding more or less cayenne and Tabasco.

There are many Buffalo chicken wing recipes out there, but if you want to taste the "real" thing give this a try. The chicken wings are deep-fried in the original recipe, but the hot oven works fine for the home version.

Makes 6 Servings of Buffalo Chicken Wings (6 per person)

The new International series English Bitter was inspired by Adnams Bitter.  This beer emphasizes the roasted malts and lifts the aroma with Styrian Golding floral notes. What follows is a fairly accurate representation of Fuller's ESB.

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Great Corona clone with Lime recipe (User submitted)

1 Coopers Mexican Cerveza kit

1 KG dextrose or even better Brew Enhancer 2

Made up to 23L

Kept in primary for 14 days at 18C

Day 10 added juice of one lime.  At the same time make up a homemade lime extract using the zest of three limes and two ounces of vodka in a cup, then covered with plastic wrap. The vodka extracts the green color and flavor oils from the lime zest which turns white after a few days. This extract smel ...

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