About to try 1st brew with a Cooper's IPA Kit. Any tips ?

Hello there.

Long time lurker 1st time poster here on the forums. I would appreciate any advice before I start my first brew.

I am going to be using a Coopers IPA kit which is a no-boil type kit. It says to add sugar, the contents of the kit, and yeast into the fermenter and that's it ! I was wondering if there are any tips or suggestions you could give me to maximize the quality of the final product. I was hoping to do a more "from scratch" type brew like what is suggested in John Palmer's book but there seems to be a shortage of Hops in my area.

In a semirelated question do you have any suggestions for mail order brewing supplies for those of us in Canada?


Thanks in advance for any tips.

MC

There is a thread going on in the extract brewing forum as we speak about this kit.. Lots of ideas to get you started...

and welcome to HBT!!

My suggestion is to keep it longer in the primary, at least 2 weeks!