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Bottled it last night. It smells REALLY strong, and has a massive alcohol bang off it. I regret forgetting to take an initial gravity so I can find out what the volume is now. While it's going, I might do something less strong that'll be ready when the sun comes out proper over here.

Busyness stopped me from transferring the beer until tonight. Had a taste, it's definitely beer! Tastes a lot better than my first attempt, at any rate, and the colour is very gold. Have a couple of gigs at the end of the month, so might put off bottling until I get back on the 2nd or 3rd. I...

Took the first gravity reading today, 1.006. The leaflet says 1008 - 1014 is good, so dunno exactly what my lower number means. Should I take the gravity again tomorrow and then assume it's ready if it hasn't changed? EDIT: Included a picture of the stuff, for reference.

First day in, it's in my studio, the warmest part of the house, bubbling away pretty solidly. The room now smells slightly of beer, it's already quite nice.

Well, I got it going today, a little later than I planned. Should I have stirred the yeast in? Because I just sprinkled it on the top. Also, should I check the gravity tonight?

Hi, BD, thanks for the words. Why does a high gravity beer need a longer condition time? I'm mostly racking it to get some sediment out. My new tub doesn't have a tap, whereas the Cooper's one does, so my thinking is that racking to that one, cold crashing to make the sediment solid would help...

Hi, all, first time posting here after reading the thread. I brewed for my first time a beer from the Coopers kit, and although it's alcoholic, it didn't turn out quite as planned. Pretty sure this is due to the dodgy temperature here in Ireland in my old house. At any rate, I got this kit...