Sounds to me as if you need to leave it alone for a while longer. It may get no lower than 1012 but leaving it for a few days after fermentation has finished can be a good thing. It gives the yeast a chance to "Clean up". I find that if I give it 2 full weeks in the FV it clears quicker and...
Although the Coopers kit comes with a lager yeast- I would be tempted to get a specialist lager yeast. I would try to find somewhere where the temperature is slightly lower than 20c- preferably about 14c- Then its about patience- 4 weeks to ferment then 3 months in the bottle.
I tend to brew...
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Think it depends which Guinness you mean.
I have done kits that turn out fairly similar to Guinness Original (normally bottled or canned) but nothing like Guinness in a pub.
I left it for about 4 weeks before I cracked into it. It did get better towards the end of the batch so longer is probably better.
3 months is impressive willpower.
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Had a John Bull Bitter kit on the go for 12 days. Its finished fermenting -down to 1010 but...
There is still a large yeast head on top, with not much sediment on the bottom. It also smells a bit cidery and is much cloudier than recent brews- could this have gone wrong?
It was a standard...
I quite like the Tom Caxton- it comes with an extra sachet of hop extract that you can use or not.
John Bull or any of the Woodfordes premium kits are also good.
I love Hobgoblin, however, I will no longer buy it as a "bottle store replenish purchase" as it is a bugger to get crown caps on them.
Does anyone else have this problem? Is it my capping machine?
Bottle it- I find I get much better results. It takes longer but its ultimately more enjoyable.
I suspect the only way to enjoy decent keg beer is to invest in a cornelius keg (corny)- you'll find loads of reference to them on this site.
Cheers
SHB