I put down a half batch of this yesterday. My second BIAB attempt. Pretty much hit all the numbers. OG 1039
I used us05 as I couldn't get my hands on any Nottingham.
Really excited about this one.
Hi SippinSudz
I'm not surprised that your brew is a bit on the bitter side.
A Coopers Dark can in a half batch will be something close to this
OG: 1.055
ALC%: 5.7
IBU: 77.6
It will mellow out over time in the bottle.
A recipe i saw on here once (coconut porter) used organic flaked coconut in the secondary, kind of like a dry hop. The coconut was roasted before it was added.