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If you have his book, BCS, check out page 41. His recipes are designed to leave 6 gallons in the kettle at the end of the boil. This is where he is taking his OG reading from. Even though your are fermenting a batch of only 5 1/2 g the OG comes from the 6 gallons. I downloaded your recipe into...

I'm a constant listener to JZ on the BN. He belive he alwalys states that they are 6 gallon batches, only 5 1/2 go into the fermentor, he leaves 1/2 gallon behined in the brew pot. This have have something to do with your calculations. If you change your batch size to 6 gallons does it fix you OG?

I used the plastic spoon that came with the kit, just checked the pot it says 18/10 stainless steel on the bottom. The water, because I was unsure of the mineral content, I used 3 gallons of bottled water, reverse osmosis, and two gallons from the tap for the boil. I opened a couple more...

Hello all, I have been looking at this sight since my brother got me the Cooper's Kit, I have enjoyed reading about other brewers' experiences and finally decided to add my own. I opened my first bottle of Cooper's Lager and it has a very distinctive vodka/metalic like taste to it...