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Thanks for the reply. You should brew this too. Unfortunately, I won't be able to brew this until 2 weeks into October. I'm going with your hop suggestion. 6 tsp cinnamon, 4 tsp ginger, 1 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp cloves sounds good. Should be able to taste the spices without over powering the...

Thanks for the reply. I was thinking, what if I was to use 6.6 pounds of a light or pale liquid malt extract, then use 2 pounds of a plain dark dry malt extract. That should still give me a black beer with 1 1/2 pounds of chocolate grains, and 1 pound of carmel 40L grains, while the overall beer...

I'm planning on brewing a recipe that I'm currently researching for Christmas. I'm going to be buying the majority of my supplies locally, which may or may not limit my options. For this ale, all that I know that I want to use so far is Briess Chocolate malt grains in which I already have 1...

I'm working on a recipe for a Colonial style porter, the goal is to brew a modern day beer with Colonial era characteristics. My question is about specialty grains. I'll be using 9 pounds of Maillards Maris Otter malt extract syrup, 1 pound of pregelatinized flaked corn, blackstrip molasses, and...

Thanks for the information, I was going to post the same thing, but you beat me to it. Beer's during the Colonial era, are said by those into historical brewing, to not only contain hops, but to be very hoppy beers, like IPA's. One wonder's if this was done as a preferred taste, or to preserve...

Nope, I'm brewing this more so to see what a beer might have tasted like back then, but I guess one could use this for a reenactment, it would be reliving history if you could get it down perfect. I do remember reading in my research so far, that the cluster hops, were the first hops grown in...

I've been reading on Colonial style beer recipes, in preparation of brewing an extract based, Colonial style ale that's a close representation of what a Colonial ale might have tasted like in those day's. Here's the recipe that I have so far: 8 lbs Pale Malt Extract 4 lbs Wheat Malt Extract...

Just tried a second bottle of my Cooper's Irish Stout, this one is even better then the first.

Cooper's Irish Stout - Brewed on 4-8-2010

I'm new to home brewing too, just brewed my second, 5 gallon batch which is a ale. I've had my fair share of mistakes, all the way back to when i used Mr. Beer, but i haven't had one come out that i couldn't drink. I made a mistake tonight, i didn't monitor the temps like i should have and the...

I use One Step no rinse, i always rinse with everything regardless.

Thanks. I was going to order mine online, but if Home Depot has them, that saves me money on shipping.

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5 Gallons Copper's Irish Stout 5 Gallons Capone's (My Recipe) Total 10 Gallons

Thanks for the replies. I'm using a 5 gallon brew kettle, if i do a 2 gallon kit that's pre-hopped, no problem although it still takes awhile. But a full 60 minute boil, it just takes to long so i think the propane burner is what i need. I'll look into screens to keep bugs out.

I just brewed my second batch of beer, a recipe that I wrote and have been planning for over a month. This was my first extract 60 minute boil and It's obvious that the stove is just not going to cut it. While it works, it take hours to get up to a full boil. The only options i see for this...

I tasted it last night you can tell about the CO2 due to the head, but it tasted great. Any word about when i should add the corn sugar if I'm doing a 60 minute boil with hops, someone on You Tube said something about adding the corn sugar to wort once the boil was finished to prevent it...

Thanks for the help. I'm going to brew my 2nd batch tonight and i have one more question. If adding corn sugar to boost abv, should you add the sugar before you add the LME, DME and start the 60 minute boil or near the end of the boil?. I was thinking that adding it that early would cause...

Just 1 lbs of DME and 1 cup of sugar. If i brew a Coopers kit again, i will use 2 lbs of DME. I dont know when i will brew a Coopers kit again, I'm to the point in home brewing were I'll pick a style of beer i want to brew, look at many recipes and come up with a recipe on my own that's...

I'm drinking the Cooper's Irish Stout as i post this. Their is hardly any head, now that I've been drinking it for a few, just some lacing around the top edge of the beer, but the beer taste great for a brew that's only 2 weeks old. The first taste was a strong roasted coffee taste, now that I'm...