PortersBrew
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Being as keen as eager as I am, with little patience it seems lol, while the Coopers Real Ale is conditioning, I have set up my second brew in the FV which is the Coopers Mexican Cerveza kit. I'm already itching to try my hand at AG but thought I'd get these kits brewed and some experience under the belt.
I was thinking of dry hopping this Cerveza kit but think I'll hold of trying this as plan top use cascade hops with the Australian Pale Ale kit I have.
Thought I'd take a few photos and make a thread to keep track of my experience and results with the Cerveza kit.
Started of this morning with a trip to Wilko to get some Bruclens.
Sterilised the FV and rest of the equipment this afternoon while my son was out at a friends party.
On to the 2.5 litres of boiling water and in with the kit and also 1kg of Coopers Brew Enhancer 1 and then a good mix to dissolve the ingredients.
Topped up to 20L mark on the FV and temp was reading 28ðC on the thermometer. Another 3L of cold water and had a temp of 26ðC.
Took a SG reading and it came back as 1.040, then in with kit yeast, lid on and left to do its thing.
Now to decide what to use to prime the bottles with when the primary fermentation is finished. I have Coopers Carbonation Drops but wondering whether to try something different (too many ideas in my head after reading posts on this forum lol).
I was thinking of dry hopping this Cerveza kit but think I'll hold of trying this as plan top use cascade hops with the Australian Pale Ale kit I have.
Thought I'd take a few photos and make a thread to keep track of my experience and results with the Cerveza kit.
Started of this morning with a trip to Wilko to get some Bruclens.
Sterilised the FV and rest of the equipment this afternoon while my son was out at a friends party.
On to the 2.5 litres of boiling water and in with the kit and also 1kg of Coopers Brew Enhancer 1 and then a good mix to dissolve the ingredients.
Topped up to 20L mark on the FV and temp was reading 28ðC on the thermometer. Another 3L of cold water and had a temp of 26ðC.
Took a SG reading and it came back as 1.040, then in with kit yeast, lid on and left to do its thing.
Now to decide what to use to prime the bottles with when the primary fermentation is finished. I have Coopers Carbonation Drops but wondering whether to try something different (too many ideas in my head after reading posts on this forum lol).
