Place the Carapils Malt in a plastic zip-lock sandwich bag and crack them using a rolling pin.
In a good size pot (around 5 Litres) bring 2 litres of water to approximately 60-70°C, add the crushed
Carapils Malt (we recommend wrapping in a mesh cleaning cloth, pulled straight from the wrapper),
and let steep for about 30 minutes.
Remove the Carapils Malt by gathering up the corners of the mesh cloth and lift, allowing the liquid
to drain from the malt back into the pot.
Bring liquid (wort) to the boil for 5 minutes.
Add the Chinook Hops and remove from the heat.
Leave the hops to steep in the liquid (wort) for 30 minutes with the lid on.
Cool the liquid by placing the pot in a bath of cold water for about 15 minutes.
Add the Thomas Coopers Golden Crown Lager and Thomas Coopers Light Malt Extract to the cooled
hop and malt liquid in the fermenting vessel (FV) then stir to dissolve.
Top up with cold tap water to 15 litres and stir thoroughly.
Check the temperature and top up to 21 litres with warm or cool water (refrigerated if necessary) to
start the brew at 18°C.
Sprinkle the Coopers American Ale Yeast and fit the lid.

Place the FV in a location out of direct sunlight and ferment at 18C to 22C.
Fermentation should take around 9 to 12 days.
On day 5, add all of the Strata Hops (we recommend wrapping them in a mesh cleaning cloth, pulled
straight from the wrapper).
On day 7 check the specific gravity (SG).
Check the SG again the following day and so on

The brew is ready once the SG has stabilised over 2 days, expect about 1009 to 1014.
Gently fill clean PET bottles to about 3cm from the top.
Add 2 carbonation drops per bottle and secure the caps.
Store the bottles upright in a location out of direct sunlight at or above 18C.

After at least two weeks, check for sufficient carbonation by squeezing the PET bottles.
A hop driven beer such as this is often at its best when young.
When ready to drink, chill the bottles upright.
The chilled beer may be poured into clean glassware, leaving the sediment behind.
Expect the alcohol content to be approximately 5.4% ABV.