Spork
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Hi all.
I am planning a Coopers Toucan, because I want to use up the can of Larger and the Brew Enhancer #1 that came with my Coopers kit. As luck would have it my local supermarket had new stock of Coopers extract, and it was on special today! $8.something for a can of stout with a best before of Jan 2013! The freshest one they had. The Larger can from my kit isn't bad either, with a best by of Dec. 2012.
The plan - dissolve the brew enhancer and add the 2 cans of goop to 4-5 litres of hot water, stir it all up until mixed, top up to 23 liotres, cool to 18 - 20c and add yeast.
My questions:
1) Should I add both packets of yeast? Planning to use the stuff that came with the cans.
1.5) Would I be lots better off buying some safale s-04 and using that instead?
2) Do I need a "blow off tube"? Reasons I ask are: My "Coopers" fermentor has a "Krausen Kollar" but no hole for an airlock. With the "Kollar" in place I will have quite substantial headroom. My other FV has a screwtop that simply doesn't seal, doesn't even come close, so I use glad wrap with that one. Can't really see glad wrap and a blow off tube working, unless perhaps I drill through the very top of the FV and run tube through there. (Actually, I just though of that while typing this, could be the go).
3) Should I mix the 3.4kg (2 cans) of goop and the 1kg of BE#1 all together at the start and let it rip? Or maybe just the 2 cans, make up to 21 litres, then as fermentation starts to slow after a few days add the BE#1 dissolved in cooled boiled water? Or do the BE#1 and one can, then add 2nd can after couplefew days?
Thanks for reading.
I am planning a Coopers Toucan, because I want to use up the can of Larger and the Brew Enhancer #1 that came with my Coopers kit. As luck would have it my local supermarket had new stock of Coopers extract, and it was on special today! $8.something for a can of stout with a best before of Jan 2013! The freshest one they had. The Larger can from my kit isn't bad either, with a best by of Dec. 2012.
The plan - dissolve the brew enhancer and add the 2 cans of goop to 4-5 litres of hot water, stir it all up until mixed, top up to 23 liotres, cool to 18 - 20c and add yeast.
My questions:
1) Should I add both packets of yeast? Planning to use the stuff that came with the cans.
1.5) Would I be lots better off buying some safale s-04 and using that instead?
2) Do I need a "blow off tube"? Reasons I ask are: My "Coopers" fermentor has a "Krausen Kollar" but no hole for an airlock. With the "Kollar" in place I will have quite substantial headroom. My other FV has a screwtop that simply doesn't seal, doesn't even come close, so I use glad wrap with that one. Can't really see glad wrap and a blow off tube working, unless perhaps I drill through the very top of the FV and run tube through there. (Actually, I just though of that while typing this, could be the go).
3) Should I mix the 3.4kg (2 cans) of goop and the 1kg of BE#1 all together at the start and let it rip? Or maybe just the 2 cans, make up to 21 litres, then as fermentation starts to slow after a few days add the BE#1 dissolved in cooled boiled water? Or do the BE#1 and one can, then add 2nd can after couplefew days?
Thanks for reading.
