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At the not-so-local (100+ miles) homebrew store where I got my kit and the ingredients for my first two batches, they sold me a can of Cooper's Stout and recommended that I add 2 lbs of "briess dried malt extract" when I boil the liquid hopped malt extract from the kit.
Do I add the dried malt extract INSTEAD of the 1 kg of sugar that the kit instructions recommend, or IN ADDITION TO 1 kg of sugar? Why are they recommending this dried malt extract? How will it make my beer better than the standard kit beer?
Also, the yeast that comes in the kit is "Cooper's brewing yeast - 7g." Several threads here seem to recommend using different (or more) yeast than the kit calls for. What should I do?
Thanks
Do I add the dried malt extract INSTEAD of the 1 kg of sugar that the kit instructions recommend, or IN ADDITION TO 1 kg of sugar? Why are they recommending this dried malt extract? How will it make my beer better than the standard kit beer?
Also, the yeast that comes in the kit is "Cooper's brewing yeast - 7g." Several threads here seem to recommend using different (or more) yeast than the kit calls for. What should I do?
Thanks