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I tend to go very easy on the oak flavouring, it's better to soak in oak chips and add a few drops of flavour per bottle before drinking.
I wouldn't use the whole 25ml.

Char the chips under the gorilla or in alfoil on a hotplate with a heavy fry pan on top (this way is less smokey). Leave to soak ...

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The stout certainly is a feisty one alright :shock:
I tasted a bit this morning, it is quite sour, smells and tastes good.

The thing I am worried about is my 80L fermenter that has only done turbo yeasts for ethanol. I am wondering if a Coopers lager will impart any flavours when I finish doing it ...

I put the stout down with the BE 1 and 500gm of Light malt this afternoon.
I hope it goes well. I have borrowed a beer fermenter from a mate, and only topped it up to 22L as it was close to the top. I will try hops on the next one. I was going to add a bit more dextrose as I wanted it to have a kick ...

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awesome answers guys, thanks for taking the time to write it.
That gives me some ideas to start.
The HB shop here sucks, so I have been buying from Coles, luckily they have a bit of stuff to work with.
I have got sanitation down pat, I have never had a problem with bugs in the wort.

I will buy ...

Hello
I am new to beer brewing, but I have been distilling for a few years.

Currently I have a Black rock IPA, a Coopers Lager and a Coopers Stout.

I live in Bundy and I am wondering what to do first.
I have read that Lager prefers a cooler fermentation so I was going to leave this until it gets ...