I've just gone out and bought the following for my first attempt at a homebrew stout. The tin is an original series Coopers Stout:
• 1.5kg Thomas Coopers dark malt extract
• 1kg Dextrose - but probably only going to use 500g, or should I use more?
• 50g Fuggles hop pellets.
With this recipe hopefully I'll get it around 7% right?
What I really need to know is how to treat the hop pellets? Should I use all of them, or half, a third...?
I think I boil them in water yeah? How much water and for how long?
I know these are probably newbie questions, but I'm still only a newbie.
Any additional suggestions - possible things to add?