Place the Light Crystal Malt in a plastic zip-lock sandwich bag and crack it using a rolling pin.
In a good size pot (around 5 Litres) bring 2 litres of water to approximately 65-70°C, add the crushed
Light Crystal Malt (we recommend wrapping in a mesh cleaning cloth, pulled straight from the
wrapper) and let steep for about 30 minutes.
Remove the Light Crystal Malt by gathering up the corners of the mesh cloth and lift, allowing the
liquid to drain from the Light Crystal Malt back into the pot.
Bring the liquid to the boil for 5 minutes then turn off heat.
Add in half of the Ahtanum Hops and half of the Citra Hops.
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 15mins.
Add the Thomas Coopers Preacher’s Hefe Wheat, the Thomas Coopers Light Malt Extract, Coopers
Light Dry Malt and the cooled hop and malt liquid to the fermenting vessel (FV) then stir to dissolve.
Don’t be concerned if lumps of Light Dry Malt persist as they will dissolve over the course of several
hours.
Top up with cold tap water to 20 litres and stir thoroughly.
Check the temperature and top up to 23 litres with warm or cool water (refrigerated if necessary) to
start the brew at 18°C.
Stir in the Coopers Commercial Yeast Culture or sprinkle the Lallemand American East Coast Yeast,
then fit the lid.
Click here to view our how-to-video on Harvesting Commercial Yeast.

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 in the Strata Hops and the remaining Ahtanum and Citra 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 1013 - 1019.
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 6.4% ABV.