Recent content by TheFurstyFerret

Hi Guys. This batch is a simple Coopers IPA can with some LME and a hint of dextrose. I just opened my fermenter to bottle after a month. I got a nasty shock when I saw the plastic lid from the LME floating on the top of the wort! Will this have damaged the beer? I saw no sign of...

7899 + 5 = 7904 5G West Coast Pale Ale

36 I emigrated to Canada 5 years ago from the UK/NI and disliked the mainstream beers here and they were far too expensive. I missed Fursty Ferret, Smithwicks, Guinness and others so I thought I'd try my own. I actually liked Saranac Lake IPA/PA so I thought I'd try - et voila! Even extract...

Thanks guys. Temperature control during a mash is something I'm gonna have to get a tighter grip on. Its bubbling away in the fermenter so hopefully yeast and time work wonders! Sent from my GT-P3113 using Home Brew mobile app

Having grown up in a fairly strict church, I was interested to note that the bible placed the negative on the one overindulging and not the wine. Id made my mind up on the matter when sitting in a Chemistry lecture at uni I heard the professor talk about an enzyme that the liver produces...

I had researched the use of oats in a stout and realised I needed to mash with some grain to extract the goodness. It was my first time using a grain bag and it all seemed to be going well. There were a couple of little boil over scares but nothing major. When I tried to lift the grain bag...

6394 +5G Australian Pale Ale +5G Coopers Stout with experimental oats 6404

Thanks guys. Guess I'll just wait it out!

Oh I bottled it last night! Just wondering if I need to do anything else to it. Thanks

Dynachrome, Could smell the cascade hops but no other aroma really.

Hey folks So I had a batch of Coopers IPA with a some light DME and some dextrose in primary in May. Soccer season took over then work got busy so I only got round to bottling it last night - 6 months in primary! It smelled and tasted ok and the FG was about 1.005 so 6.9% or so...

Hi Jeremy. I'm an hour SE of you in Cornwall. I got a beginners kit from a LHBS. You can get this for about $80 or so. Then add the pieces you need. For ingredients I travel to Ottawa to DeFalco's and other times Toronto Brewing Company - they are real helpful. Zack is very helpful -...

Good idea Jim! That sounds like a good plan! Cheers. :mug:

I can't believe how fast my first batch went! I'm about to bottle my second batch tomorrow and was thinking about pitching another 5G directly onto the yeast cake in the fermenter. A few things got me thinking. 1 - I used Cooper's IPA yeast. Is this stuff ok for a second cycle? 2 -...

4523 + 10 Gal IPA = 4533