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Okay, thanks both of you. I'm going to relax now ...

This past weekend I made my first brew with added hops: I boiled 500g of DME in 3 litres of water, added 20 grams of Fuggles pellets, simmered for 10 mins, turned off heat, added 20 grams Goldings pellets, then added 1kg of BE1 and a can of Coopers Real Ale. Topped up with cool water to 23...

Thanks, both of you. I'll give it a try. The hops are all pellets.

For my next brew, I want to use the "Coopers Unreal Ale" recipe (from the Coopers website), but I'd like to start experimenting with adding some hops as well. I have the following: Kent Goldings, Cluster, Fuggle and Saaz. Any suggestions? The recipe as it stands uses 1 can Coopers Real Ale...

Only bottled this yesterday -- let it sit in the fermenter for a full three weeks, despite the relatively high temperature. Airlock was still bubbling occasionally after two weeks. Fermentation was never vigorous and there was very little krausen in the fermemnter. Don't know what that says...

Thanks for the input. The strange thing is, even though it's beeen brewing at a pretty high temperature, the rate of fermentation doesn't appear to have been very high. It never bubbled very vigorously, just intermittently at a pretty steady pace. Now, after a week, it's slowed down somewhat...

This relates to the other thread I started about the Pilsener colour ... I started brewing at a far too high temperature (26C) and the temperature has remained close to this for the past week, maybe dropping to 25C or so. If I can now lower the temp and continue fermenting for another week...

Thanks for all the feedback. I certainly have learned a lesson I'll never forget -- not to try and brew a lager or pilsner unless you can maintain a suitably low temperature. Alf, your experience at least gives me some hope that mine won't be a total disaster either. Seems like our brewing...

Thanks both of you. I only added 500g light dry malt and 300g dextrose (as per the instructions). I do realise the temperature is somewhat high and that's something I'll be working on for future brews. But surely one should be able to follow the general instructions that come with the kit...

G'day from South Africa! I'm a relative newbie, but have brewed a few Coopers kits with varying degrees of success. I started a batch of Thomas Coopers Brewmaster Selection Pilsener just over 4 days ago, and it's been bubbling away at a steady pace (slowing down a bit now). It's pretty hot...