Success!
Fermentation day was a Sunday, and bottling was on the Monday. Fermentation temp leveled at around 22, then fell to 18 on the last day or so. Ambient was about 18. SG moved 1 point from the Saturday to the Sunday, so I put the heater on in the store to maintain about 23 and kept it fermenting for another day.
Come Monday the SG hadn't moved from the previous day so I started bottling. The little bottler was a POS, the end valve fell out in the first bottle, so when I pulled the bottle out, beer pissed all over the floor, much to the love of our puppy who who got sprayed with beer and went on to start licking it up. I fished out the valve from the bottle and threw the contents down the drain.
I then proceeded to fill the bottles with just the tap, with a strategically placed puppy under the tap catching the drips.
It filled 27 out of the 30 bottles. I would've thought 28 were the go, given less 1 for the bottle down the sink and 1 for SG readings.
Bottles stood in the store in plastic crates (given stories of exploding bottles, I thought best to put them in crates to minimize the damage from any exploding beer covering the store and stinking out the carpet for years to come), with the heater on to maintain 23C. I relaxed after a few days, happy that the heater on in the store wasn't going to burn the house down. A week later, the heater was turned off and the bottles left to sit at around 16-17C.
Tasting night was last night and I was firstly impressed with the head, it wasn't over the top nor was it flat. The bubbles too were quite fine (I was expecting more soft drink size bubbles). First taste and I found it to be a bit acidic and bitter, but this improved with inebriation. Overall it's beer, made by the hands of man. I can appreciate the comment that with this kit it will make 'beer', but theres more to making a 'good beer'. The taste was quite one dimensional, although a good drink, lacked some character.
I'm looking forward to getting the next beer under way which will probably be early spring. I'm very much looking forward to trying something a bit different.