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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...

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...

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...

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 -...

Sooo! A week after carbonation due to scientific concerns (and budget limitations) I am feeling the buzz from the first 4 500ml of my first brew. :mug: I hear the amens from the HBT community! 3 weeks after starting my first brew I decided to get the ball rolling on my second. I did...

For my first batch I used a Cooper's IPA with 300g extra dextrose. After a week I added 1oz of cascade. After two weeks in the fermenter and now 4 whole days in the bottles I just had to try my first one in the name of 'experimentation'! I was kind of concerned it wouldn't be carbonated...

Afternoon all. I've been reading loads on here and watching youtube videos before I actually took the plunge. Well today I did - literally! Bought basic brewing apparatus last week and a Coopers IPA extract kit today. Sanitized everything carefully and went to work. Dissolved the...