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Used this recipe kit from Kegland. As you'll read upthread, perhaps it wasn't the best choice as a first brew, but it's certainly wound up OK in the end. Currently have a Coopers XPA clone and Coopers Dark Ale clone going in the fermenters following the recipes on diybeer.com/recipes. They're...

Chucked some gelatine into the fermenter before I transferred it off to the keg then gave it other couple of days. Cleared up a heap and no doubt would continue to clear if I left it in the keg long enough. That, however, is unlikely to happen as I keep drinking the stuff! What do you think of...

Here it is, 24 hours post cold crash. FG is stable at 1.012 and it doesn’t taste like complete scheiße, so that’s a win! So, obviously it needs to clear up a lot yet. But I really wanted to dry a glass! Wow, there were a lot of lessons out of this for my first brew. I’m grateful for all the...

Yeah, I thought that was a bit of a piss-take to be honest 😂 I've been scanning the recipes and deciding for myself how hard they sound. I'd rather have a crack and get it not 100% right than not try it at all. Guess a stir plate's going on the next order, then! Damn it, @Grmblz 😂 I've...

Thanks, Philrob. I reckon "success" for this first batch looks like "learn lots" (tick) and "isn't absolutely horrible and undrinkable" (time will tell). I've got a Coopers kit lined up to try next. See if I can't make something that resembles their Dark Ale following this recipe. Cheers, -...

Squirted a sample out of the fermenter for a cheeky peek at progress. Certainly smells like beer, which is a good start. Also looks lighter in the tube than in the fermenter with a bit of light through it. Gravity looks to be around 1.022 from a 1.050 start, so we're about halfway-ish on the...

Mark, I've been watching a bit of this bloke's Brewtube channel and see this an example of a beer I'd like to one day make: So, yes, he's doing all grain and is a fair bit further down the road in the brewing sophistication/knowledge/understanding than me... But he's also a random YouTuber...

I’m sitting at about 14PSI, just under the max. We’ll see how it goes from here! :) —Andrew

Thank you all so much for your thoughtful replies. Far from being concerned at the criticism – this is fantastic feedback! It's wonderful to have access to such a supportive community like this. My expectations going into this brew were low: given I'd never done it before and my general...

G'day, all! I've yesterday taken my first tentative steps into the world of brewing with this kit from Kegland: Extract - Helles Fire Munich Lager - Recipe Kit Being an insufferable nerd and never satisfied with following the instructions, I've put a few twists on the instructions: Using...