The Day Before:Line a pot (at least 5 litres) with a mesh cleaning cloth (pulled straight from the pack).
Place the grain in a plastic zip-lock sandwich bag and crack them using a rolling pin.
Add the cracked Chocolate and Crystal Grain and 3 litres of cold water, fit the lid and sit in the fridge
overnight.
Brew Day: Remove from the fridge then gather up the corners of the mesh cloth and lift, allowing the
liquid to drain from the grains back into the pot.
Place the strained liquid onto the stovetop, add half of the Brew Enhancer 3 and bring to a boil.
Add the Bravo Hop Pellets and boil for 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and add the Cocoa Powder and Cayenne Pepper/Chilli Flakes and steep for 5
minutes.
Set the pot in a cold/ice water bath to cool (about 15 mins).
Strain the malt/hop liquid into the Fermenting Vessel (FV).
Add the Coopers Dark Ale, Amber Malt Extract and all remaining Brew Enhancer 3 to the FV (no need
to stir).
Top up with cold tap water to the 18 litre mark.
Check the temperature and top up to the 21 litre mark with warm or cool water (refrigerated if
necessary) to start the brew at 18°C- 20°C.
Sprinkle the Safale US-05 and the yeast from the brew can and fit the lid.

Place the FV in a location out of direct sunlight and try to ferment between 18C - 22C.
Fermentation should take 7 to 14 days.
At around day 7 check the specific gravity (SG).
Check the SG again the following day and so on.

The brew is ready once the SG has stabilised over a couple of days.
Gently fill clean PET bottles to about 3cm from the top.
Add 2 carbonation drops per bottle and secure the caps.
Store the bottles upright in a location out of direct sunlight

After at least two weeks, check for sufficient carbonation by squeezing the bottles.
Bottles kept unrefrigerated should improve with age.
When ready to drink, chill the bottles upright.
The chilled beer may be poured into clean glassware, leaving the sediment behind.
Expect the alcohol content to be approximately 6.7% ABV.