What can I make?

[sawalke4]

hi Guys I have a limited amount of ingredients and its hard for me to get more. What I have is one can of coopers real ale, 5 lbs of light dry malt extract, 4oz of summit hop pellets, and one small bag of irish moss. I was thinking to use the coopers with 3# of DME, and 1 oz of hops for 60mins and 1 for 15mins. The package says 13.1%. I guess this is very bitter so maybe half the amount of hops?? Should I use 5# of DME instead of 3?? Thanks for your input.

 

[alcibiades]

I would use 3 lbs of DME, in addition to the real ale can, for a 5 gallon batch. I looked coopers real ale up online, it seems its pre-hopped. I'm not sure how many IBUs it has, so I can't tell you exactly how much summit hops to add. I would guess that adding 1 oz at 15 min and 1 oz at 5 min should give you plenty of hop flavor, while avoiding too much bitterness.

If you want a real hop bomb - add all 5 lbs DME to the can and all 4 oz summit, dispersed at equal intervals throughout the boil. It would be an imperial IPA style.

 

[BargainFittings]

Here is helpful chart

Your first idea will end up very bitter and medium gravity. Second would end up fairly high gravity with a less apparent bitterness. Those are some high alpha hops.

Third recipe is with half ounce at 60 minutes and ends up just on the slightly hoppy side.

Style: Generic Ale
Batch: 5.00 galExtract

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.057 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 55 IBU
Recipe Color: 7° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.014
Alcohol by Volume: 5.5%
Alcohol by Weight: 4.3%

Ingredients
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Dried Malt Extract, Light 3.00 lb, , extract
Liquid Malt Extract, Light 4.00 lb, , extract

Generic 1.00 oz, Pellet, 1 minutes
Generic 1.00 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes

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With 5 pounds it would be this;
Style: Generic Ale
Batch: 5.00 galExtract

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.075 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 51 IBU
Recipe Color: 10° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.019
Alcohol by Volume: 7.2%
Alcohol by Weight: 5.7%

Ingredients
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Dried Malt Extract, Light 5.00 lb, , extract
Liquid Malt Extract, Light 4.00 lb, , extract

Generic 1.00 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes
Generic 1.00 oz, Pellet, 1 minutes

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Style: Generic Ale
Batch: 5.00 galExtract

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.057 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 29 IBU
Recipe Color: 7° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.014
Alcohol by Volume: 5.5%
Alcohol by Weight: 4.3%

Ingredients
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Dried Malt Extract, Light 3.00 lb, , extract
Liquid Malt Extract, Light 4.00 lb, , extract

Generic 0.50 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes
Generic 1.00 oz, Pellet, 1 minutes