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What other cans are good as far as stouts go?

I want to do a Stout/dark ale for my next brew and wanted some opinions on the recipie ive peiced together. I enjoy dark English beers, Guinness and coops best extra. Recipie; 1x can coopers stout 1x can amber malt ext 500g brewers sugar 15g fuggles @ 15 min 20L batch I am debating whether to...

quick question from a noob, how important is speed control? cant you just run it flat out? thinking ill use a hard drive case as it has a power supply already and slide the fan n magnets in.

about to pitch my first harvested yeast into a brew. im doing a starter with the CPA yeast but dont have a stir plate, am I better to pitch the whole starter or let it settle and just pitch what is at the bottom? also what do you guys reckon the ferment temp range for this yeast is? I dont...

id like to get the grapefruit through. only used hops for the first time in my last brew but it was definitely delish! + one on the milkshake I reckon haha. I did a 30 min & 15 min addition boil but want more aroma/flavour than the bittering. go the five and dry then hey.

whaddayareckon? cascade pellets in kit n bits........ dry hop or boil? if boil, 5min/10min or at flameout?

that sounds great! have to sort a free day to do it. id definitely chip in the dosh for a cube of goodness too! is an electric (glass top) cook top able to be used for this? also, whats the smallest amount you can boil with? thanks for all the info everyone too!!

gelding and others who mentioned it: how hard is a mini mash and what sort of extra kit will I need? any threads/websites I could get a beginners rundown on it?

oh, I have a coopers pale ale kit for my next brew. any advice on the best hops and grains to pimp it? aiming for a hoppy pale with a decent malty backbone rather than a full on IPA.

wow lots of info. im actually going to be doing my first grain steep in my next brew. is it good to boil my hops in the water from the steeped grain? ill be doing all malt with the kit too. I dont think my pouring style is an issue (im a bar manager after all, haha) but glass care is an issue...

so ive been brewing for a little while now, kit n Bits, and I keep having the same issue. I have stuff all head retention on my beers, what affects foam and retention the most, malt?

hey all. my woolies has coopers cans going cheap and I have some harvested CPA yeast and some cascade hops. anyone recomend a recipie? I was thinking of getting some light malt ext and a dry hopping with something nice, isnt cascade more of a bittering hop? whats your fave hop ATM?

I just tried the little creatures IPA. great beer. not all it could have been. what was the best you've had tonight?

this has worked well for me first go! I want to try a dead guy ale next, get some Pacman. what is everyone's favourite beer to harvest from?

oh and big thank you to neils for this method. super easy for new brewers. I just swirl/shake whenever I pass it on the bench in the kitchen in leiu of a stir plate.