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Hi guys I am sitting out on my deck with pop in the 80s on drinking a few hobgoblin what a great pint that stuff rocks!

Thanks for your comments I think I will use as a FV and try to use one as a boil kettle with electric heating element I let you know how it goes

Hi guys I just got 3 stainless steel drums 25L I was thinking of using them as FV or bright tank. The were used to store 2-propanol and are spotless inside I know nothing else has been stored in them. Can u guys think of other things to use them for in relation to homebrew beer. Do you think...

Hi guys just brewed the IPA Sunday night 3.5 kgs coopers IPA 1 kg muntons light DME 0.6 kg crystal 60 Made a hop tea with 10g of fuggles The OG was 1.074 and I hope it will finish around 1.016. S04 rehydrated and had started fermenting in 7 hours now have a 4" head of foam can't wait

That is a great beer love only ever seen one bottle in my area love to get my hands on more

Thanks for all the help Sweetcell

This my IPA i just double up a coopers IPA recipe to get around 7.5% ABV. They said to steep 500g so I went for 1kgs should I stay with 500g 3.4 kgs coopers IPA 1 kg of muntons plain light DME 1 kgs crystal 60 to steep 30g of fuggles to dry hop for a week S 04 yeast Thanks for all your...

Thanks for the reply this my first time using grains I hope it turns out ok! I'm from Ireland and love America been there on holidays a few times.

What is the minimum amount of water you can use to steep 1kg of crystal 60 I want to add this to a coopers IPA kit, but want it to be cool enough to pitch the yeast when I top up to 23l

I have just made 3 batches using coopers kits I have a st. Peters ruby red ale in my FV at the moment. I don't have that much space or time yet to do any brewing with grains but hope to be able later this year. My recipe is as follows 3.4 kgs coopers IPA 1 kg of muntons plain light DME 0.5...

Thanks for the help guys I hope to start the batch this weekend

Hi everybody this a great site and I have learned so much from here in the last few weeks. I plan on making an IPA with a OG 1074 and FG of 1018, I plan on using S 04 ale yeast will the yeast be able to ferment to over 7% ABV. I will be using pre hopped extract and DME to make the 20 l of IPA...