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i understand what your saying, its gonna be 23% alcohol, not really after a tasty brew like before, this time its more for the alcohol content without distillation, to see if it can be acheived, any sugar water and yeast soloution is not gonna taste so great, but its a wash and i was just...

i made a batch of coopers stout and i was very pleased with the results, now i am going to try and brew this triple still stuff, apparently i can get 23% abv from it. obviousley this is going to taste pretty rancid, i was wondering is it possible to add some kinda fruit flavouring as its...

the stout turned out lovely, 4 weeks in the fermenter then bottled, no infection, very dark in colour, and smooth, i put one carb drop per bottle and it turned out gorgeous, sadly only 23 litres of it, the plastic cooper bottles were very good, easy to fill and it was a pleasure doing it, had...

heres another question, some one could help to put my mind at rest. i started it on tues about midday its now 11pm wednesday and i have a strong smell of alcohol coming from the cupboard my fermenter is in? seems a bit early to start smelling of it, its not a bad smell nor over powering, maybe...

its not really my first brew, i did make wine about 23 years ago when i was just a young lad :) but that was to get drunk, this is to savour.......... and get drunk. any help is greatly appreciated, and to be truthful im more interested in the hobby and the science behind homebrewing..... and...

so how long can i keep it in the fermenter? its at a constant 22-24c? and to be truthful i dont understand why i need to carbonate it, tis a bit like the guinness they serve in england, seems to have a slight fizz to it, here in ireland its like cream. never heard of fizzy stout. thanks for your...

it does say in the instructions that it should be bottoled within 6 days, but if i can leave it in the fermenter barrel for a month i shall, i was not sure if this would spoil it. thanks for the info. And i will invest in some correct bottles

i have just started to brew coopers irish stout, now in 6 days or so it needs to be bottled, the only 'bottles' i have are 2litre plastic milk containers with screw top lids, are these ok for the job? and how many carb drops to a 2 litre bottle? it says 1 for 375ml so i think 5 will do, but im...