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I would like to ask if toasted oats can be used in an all-extract recipe. I've read here that unmalted adjuncts need to be mashed with a base grain in order to utilize the fermentables. Do the oats provide sugars, or just used for flavour, colour, and mouthfeel etc? thanks

Thanks for all of the comments!

Background - newb, currently have 3rd coopers kit in primary.... going to learn AG by BIAB, using smaller (10-15 litre) batches of SMaSH. KISS is key I am going to buy a sack of 2-row grain, and quite likely 2 1-pound bags of hops, to take advantage of bulk purchase (I am a cheapazz)...

Has anyone successfully used frozen aj conc. at bottling as the priming sugar?

Ahhh, I get it :) Thank you for the clarification. Yes, a full boil would be quite a big more volume to start with. Then, after loss to boiloff and to the grain... I get it. Thanks again .... there is so much info on this site!

Isn't adding the 3 and a half gallons to the 1 and a half gal in the same pot and then boiling it together what is known as a full-boil? I am a newb, looking to start small-batch stove-top AG, so just looking for pertinent info.....

Thank you everyone for the welcome and info.

After lurking and learning here for several weeks, I bought an rj spagnols starters equipment kit and started a batch of the apfelwein using the better bottle. It is carbing nicely in 2-litre pop bottles. I then bought three Coopers kits on sale at Save-On Foods... the first batch has been...

Thank you for the info. I think I will keep the yeast, for a cider later on. For this, my first batch of beer, perhaps KISS is best :) The blackberries can be frozen and used later..

Hello to the forum. I am new to homebrew, and have enjoyed learning here for the past month or so. I am just about to rack my first ever 5-gal batch onto some blackberries, and have a question or two. 1st - Coopers lager kit, 250 grms dme, 330 gms brown sugar, and dextrose to total 1.1...

A fellow poster from beginnertriathlete.com ....... triathletes love their beer :D