Foresters kits are a brand by Pops Homebrew shop in Cheltenham. Every time I go in, he talks about selling them on the Internet and eBay, but I've not seen them yet, so if you want one you'll have to visit the shop.
I've done several of these kits before, and these are consistently the best kits I've made: they ferment right out, and the taste is just awesome, just like the best well-kept real ale from a decent pub. They're 2-can kits (variations of Coopers malt extract), plus yeast and one or two muslin bags of hops (2 with this kit). A bit more expensive than your average kit (£28.99) but worth it IMHO. They recommend fermentation at higher temps than usual (28C) but I always do mine at room temp (21c) and they work out fine, just takes a bit longer. The larger bag of hops with this kit only just fitted in my pan:
OG was 1042, was down to 1014 after a week but stopped bubbling (probably cos the temp in the house is down, due to this awful summer), I gave it a stir and off it went again, down to 1010 after 13 days. Transferred to keg and bottles last night, had a cheeky sample and it tastes just great already, a bit sweet like 6X but I'm sure this will mellow. In fact, the reason I bought this kit was that he had a sample brew in the shop and it tasted very similar to Doom Bar
. Have very high expectations, and know I won't be able to keep my hands off it, so will report back when it starts to clear :thumb:
I've done several of these kits before, and these are consistently the best kits I've made: they ferment right out, and the taste is just awesome, just like the best well-kept real ale from a decent pub. They're 2-can kits (variations of Coopers malt extract), plus yeast and one or two muslin bags of hops (2 with this kit). A bit more expensive than your average kit (£28.99) but worth it IMHO. They recommend fermentation at higher temps than usual (28C) but I always do mine at room temp (21c) and they work out fine, just takes a bit longer. The larger bag of hops with this kit only just fitted in my pan:
OG was 1042, was down to 1014 after a week but stopped bubbling (probably cos the temp in the house is down, due to this awful summer), I gave it a stir and off it went again, down to 1010 after 13 days. Transferred to keg and bottles last night, had a cheeky sample and it tastes just great already, a bit sweet like 6X but I'm sure this will mellow. In fact, the reason I bought this kit was that he had a sample brew in the shop and it tasted very similar to Doom Bar
. Have very high expectations, and know I won't be able to keep my hands off it, so will report back when it starts to clear :thumb:
