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Yeah My fermentation was very fast as well. My stout tastes fine except that it tastes like its higher ABV than it actually is. Has a definite ethanol flavour in the background, I think its because of the overly warm temps in the beginning because I didn't cool the wort enough and had it in a...

I just bottled a batch i made at the beginning of january from mutilated1's lakeside lager recipe. I cant tell ya how the finished product is but it does seem very promising, the sample i had whike bottling tasted like it could be my best batch yet. Its my first all grain brew and I'm really...

I just had a brew day like that this weekend, got my first boil over and had a huge mess to clean up. On top of that I forgot to do the late addition of extract so while my wort was cooling I was frantically trying to boil all the extract in a small amount of water... didn't end well, the pot...

I was making a lager yesterday and pitched my yeast (s-23) into around room temperature (24C) wort but was afraid of stalling or shocking the yeast by instantly dropping the temp. Overnight I put it in the coldest part of my basement which is still around 18C (64F) which is a bit high for a...

I wanted to make an IPA for my next beer, I love strong citrusy IPAs and hear great things about Dog Fish Heads 90 minute IPA (can't get it here in Canada :(). So I was planning on following a clone recipe for it. One thing I noticed when tallying up the price of all the ingredients is that...

I noticed a few of you were fermenting it at higher than 70°, have you bottled/kegged any of these batches that were fermented at those temps? I wanted to ask how they turned out because ive read that you should keep WLP004 under 70°. i pitched my yeast yesterday for an oatmeal stout im making...

After emailing coopers about the tap they sent me a replacement the next day. I tested it out and it works MUCH better than the other one. I even tried yanking it in different directions to test it and not a drop leaked so it must have been a faulty tap.

If I put some lubricant on the rubber part of detachable spigot do you htink it would form a better seal? I know some people do this with their Kegs

Ah wow I'm gonna have to get these books! I never really thought about getting books about homebrewing. Thanks allot for the help, Ive only just joined this forum this week and have already learned so many useful things.

Ah okay, well I'm not too concerned with being within a certain style. I had one more question though, I know that you boil hops for 60 minutes for bittering and 15 for aroma/flavour, what exactly does dry hopping do? does it impart more intense/fresh aroma and flavour? The reason I ask is I...

Most of the recipes I see use similar styles of hops throughout the recipe. Is it general practice to keep hop additions similar to one another? like an IPA with primarily citrusy hops? or only use light spicy/earthy hops in european lagers? Well what I'm really asking is if there's any sort...

This is a very helpful thread for those of us just starting out with coopers kits. I just started my first batch in a coopers kit. Very easy, and hopefully will have decent results (I'm not expecting much given its a kit with no additions). I made the Heritage Lager kit with recommended...

Ah okay i might try the maltodextrine if it wont make it very sweet. Although getting 2row and just steeping the oats seems pretty straightforward enough to not forgoe it, decisions decisions. Thanks for all your help!

Ah okay so you say if I want to add the oatmeal I shouldn't substitute DME for the pale barley (I was gonna use 2row) or else there wont be any enzymes to convert the starches? Do you think the beer would suffer much if I were to still use DME instead of barley and just leave out the oatmeal...

Hi, Ive recently just started home brewing and have actually just bottled my first batch that I made from a Coopers Heritage Lager Complete Kit. I followed all the directions exactly and am not expecting much but it was fun and VERY easy. Seeing how the kit was so easy I'm thinking I wanna step...