Recent content by kenny23

My coopers stout Has been in the fermenter for 8 days now. I had 2 stable grav readings for 2 days about 1.17- fermentation was close to 20 deg . Now i have added some gelatine and stirred it around and put it in a cooler place about 10-15 degrees. Overnight it started bubling again. Im planning...

The stout is in the fermenter an was bubbling away vigerously after about 5 hours i think. its at 22 degrees which hopefully sld be ok

Does anyone use Pet soft drink bottles to bottle. If so what do you think. In my oppinion they are cheap any quite good. I left a beer in the freezer over night and where glass would have prob cracked and made a mess i lost abot a quater of the bottle and it was still caronated and actually...

I notice on the forums alot of people talking about how rubbish kit yeats are. Now im just new to brewing and havint had the chance of using a us-05 etc. I dont think that kit yeasts are bad if temp is kept right. is it really worth adding the 5 bucks extra to your brew if you allready have...

i just take mine out of the tap. Less exposure and chance of infection. If your tap is cleaned/sterilised before your brew you should be ok. Its never going to ruin your whole brew

the stout is in the fementer sitting at 22 degrees hopefully get it to about 20

Hey guys Im about to put down a coopers stout kit. Just goin to use 1kg liquid brewing sugar. Has anyone tried one of these and what are they like. Interested on any info thanks Ken

Yip used a kit

hey ive got a dark kit ale on the go. made up with 1kg coopers brewing sugar and 2 tbs of lme. the gravaty has now stopped for 2 days at 1.012. Its been fermenting 4 8 days and now ive put finings in and put it in a cooler place. Should i be okay to bottle

havehad a couple now ha ha. Seems to have a diferent alcohol to comercial beers much more mellow.

I just cracked my first bottle of coopers biter tonight. It was awsome, had heaps of head and entirely drinkable- much better when coldest though. I made this kit up using the stock coopers kit and 1kg of liquid brewing sugar, brewed at between 20 and 24 degrees. I am paticuarly impressed and...

thanks guys really helpfull. I bottled it up and had a taste. I think it will be quite drinkable

Hey ive just bottled a coopers bitter (kit) ive had it brewing in my hot water cupboard as n e were else would be to cold getting close to 1 deg overnight. The temp of the Hwc was bout 24deg . Any suggestions?