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i have this in bottle after a mix up - they put that kit in a ipa box by accident. have to say its really good.

new favourite is Youngs IPA, love it. i have recently finished off a Courage Directors Ale and i must say its a splendid kit. really true to the original. i am currently brewing a john bull london porter, ready for bottling, added a little chocolate essence to this one. next up is a young...

my coopers stout, made to 15 ltrs, 1kg of dark spray malt, 1 kg brewers sugar, 100gms of brown sugar. very nice!

now that sounds up my street, not heard of those kits. my new fav is youngs american ipa. 6.5% of splendidnous!

i did a black rock golden ale but didn't think much to that. coopers never fails! my last one which i'm drinking now, i made to 15 ltrs and 7.3% and it's devine.

i have brewed the following with great success: coopers mexican cerveza coopers european lager - really nice coopers stout yougs american kits, IPA is lovely, pale ale is good. woodfordes sundew is nice but needs a bit more % in my opinion. muntons gold is also fairly nice too.

hi i have in my keg a rather nice sundew which has been priming for 4 wks now, but it's really gassey. when i open the tap it flys out. do i simply release some gas by undoing the cap? it settles down but it's way to lively. i did prime my barrel with 130 gms of sugar - i usually do that.

well, it turned out fine, about 4% in the end and kegged 2 wks ago. tasting it now and it's a cracking pint, another wk or 2 in keg and it's a lovely session points.

not sure if mines ok, i put an extra 300 g of brewers sugar so 1.3kg, and OG was 1048 and its now after 2 wks at 1020. does that sound fine to you? about to keg it.

mine finished at around 4.8%. tasted lovely when bottling and its now in the bottle in the shed conditioning for 12-13 wks. been 2 so far. :cheers:

well, after 3 mths, my cerveza is now gone and i have to say the final bottle which was SF for 3 mths was clear and cracking drink. mine turned out to be 5.3% in the end and was so light to drink, all my mates who hated homebrew in the past, now are converted. they even liked the coopers real...

it was put on the inside, i've now put it on the out and am testing it for leaks. thanks very much. :cheers:

hi my dad put a tap in the FV for easy jobs bottling up, i got a new bottling kit thing. the seal semms tight but it's dribbling and thus unable to brew a kit up. what could i use to get the seal and leak sorted, food grade silicone and if so, where do i find it?

cheers for the follow up. sounds nice. may buy some after my sundew is done. my coopers real ale has kegged and tasted lovely when it went in, finished around 5.3% vol which is good. waiting a further 3 wks before sampling. my cervexa is also now bottled, finished around 5% also and tasted...

onto my 4th brew with this one and has been fermenting for 10 days so now in to the keg. i used 1kg beer enhancer and 500 g of brewers sugar. OG was 1046 FG is 1006 avg ABV is 5.3% according to coopers guide. which should be nice. smell's lovely in the FV. adding to the keg now. straight...