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    Biggest influence on beer quality

    My brews have improved greatly since I started treating the water. I got a water report from the Southern Water (I live in Southampton and our water is hard) and used Brewers friend to work out the additions, it has really helped. Fermentation temperature is also key. I only brew in winter as...
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    Coopers Devils Half Ruby Porter

    I had a look round to see if anyone had reviewed this kit, but couldn't find anything so I thought I'd post my findings... I brewed this kit back in July and have been enjoying the results for the last couple of months, I would say anyone who likes a dark ruby beer (That's all of us, right?)...
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    Inactivity! Newbie help!

    Luc - I'm a bit of a newbie myself, on about my 8th kit brew, but the symptoms you describe have happened to me twice. Your best tool in this situation is patience. It sounds as though a sort of low-level fermentation is still happening, so leave it until it's been in the FV for a week, because...
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    Coopers IPA review

    Just thought I'd share my results with brewing a Coopers Brewmaster IPA because I was so chuffed with the results... This was only my second go at homebrew (the first was a Coopers English Bitter which I was also very pleased with) but I thought I would have a good go at pimping it up...
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    Coopers, English Bitter

    Thanks for the comments and advice. I am still enjoying the Coopers EB but my next brew is already bottled! I've really got into the American IPA's recently so I tried to replicate them using the following ingredients 1 can Coopers IPA. 500g Light spray malt. 650g dextrose. Made a hop tea...
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    Coopers, English Bitter

    I have just cracked open my first bottle of home brew which was the Coopers English Bitter and I have to say it is a million times better than I expected. I brewed this with 1kg of Coopers Brew Enhancer 1, used the Coopers yeast, and left in the FV for 14 days (after reading advice on this...
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