The Coopers beer legend as we know it today, began in 1977 with Maxwell Cooper when he began to provide home brewers with packaged unfermented wort. Before this time, Coopers beer was only available already brewed by the brewery.

Though originally just available to home brewers in Adelaide Australia, in 1984 they decided to concentrate this wort turning it to a concentrated malt that could safely travel well. Since John C.G. Cooper had been working with malt concentrates for his brewery as early as the 1920s, the information was already available and Maxwell working with this knowledge perfected the concentrates.

The Coopers Beer Kit as we know it today was born.

Each beer is created to the same standards and high quality specifications that you would expect from a product carrying the Coopers name.

Every one of the pre-hopped kits are designed, brewed, taste-tested, tested and tested again to make sure that you the home brewer gets the results that both you and Coopers can be proud of.

Lets move the date up a bit and in 1997 a very exciting addition occurred -- a new malt concentrate was added to the product line that didn't have the unique beer flavors that Cooper's was known for but one where the home brewer could use and create their own unique beer to their own special twist to it.

This allows home beer brewers to mix and mingle different ingredients together and allows them to experiment and push their beer brewing limits. to the max.

Between the Light, Amber, Dark and Wheat malt concentrate in a syrup form, and a Light DME lets you , the home beer brewer to add the malt, hops, yeast and water to your specifications. So although many people think that with Coopers Beer you can only create beers that are in the Cooper line you can also add your own special touches.

In 2000 Coopers upped the ante so to say with their BrewMaster Selection Series.

This series included Pilsner, Wheat Beer, Nut Brown Ale and India Pale Ale, which allowed Coopers to add styles that expanded their beer kit line-up beyond those of actual beers made in the brewery.

What makes these kits truly exciting and unique is that home brewers can use a beer kit that comes with yeast specifically designed for the style of beer being produced.

The Pilsner Beer Kit comes with a unique to it, lager yeast that produces a truly awesome lager beer while still being fermented at average room temperatures (65-70'F).

The Wheat Beer Kit includes a wheat beer yeast that creates the lighter refreshing summer style wheat beers like those of Northern Germany.

Both the Nut Brown Ale and the IPA ( the IPA is super special and a favorite) use a traditional British yeast that produces a clean, crisp British style ale.

Today the Coopers Brewery is still owned and operated by fourth and fifth generation descendants of Thomas. Dr. Tim Cooper.

So as you can see, with Coopers you have a long line of brewers creating kits for home brewers that are created to Coopers exacting standards and then Coopers also give the home brewer the option to experiment and grow their own beer making skills.

With Coopers you have the choice!