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Hi I am wanting to brew a chocolate and chilli pale ale, which is light like a golden ale in colour but with Chocolate and chilli flavours for a Mexican themed birthday party for a friend. I have a few questions 1) I know that you can get nice chocolate flavours from speciality malts but...

The bitterness comes from the stout can kits, there will be no added bitterness from the hopping I do as it will be after flame out and dry hopping. I may reduce to 18L so it becomes a thicker beer though.

Thanks for the IBU formula that will make things a little easier for other brews as well. I dont mind bitter tasting beers but 90+ might be a little too much maybe I should add a little lactose to sweeten it up a little? I just need to know how much? It is also going to be heavily hopped with...

Hi I was thinking of doing a double coopers stout kit brew and was planing on adding some floral hops to turn it into an American Style stout. But have a few questions: 1) will it be overly bitter? I can't seem to find the IBU for a can any where, would using two cans make it twice as bitter...

Hi I have been hearing about cold crashing a brew in a fridge for a few days to lower temp so that that it sends all dormant dead yeast to the bottom of the fermenter. I bottle condition my beers with a sugar solution for carbonation. My question is can you crash cool and then bottle...

Thanks for reply. No there is no boiling up of hops, it is only a dry hop addition after 5 days then leave for another 5 before bottling. (Its a starter kit malt extract, water, yeast) then dry hop. aa are 4.5-7 for the cascade and 11-16 for the columbus. Those are the hops that come with...

Hi new to both brewing and this forum. I want to hop up a kit I am brewing. "Mangrove Jacks robbers gold" its a starter craft kit were they give you a bag of 50 grams mixed Cascade/Columbus to dry hop after 5 days. Last time I brewed it , it was a tasty beer but I like mine hoppy so I was...