kit pimping

funkyslime · Apr 22, 2016

Hi all I've been kit brewing for a few years but a few months ago I made the move to all grain (best decision I've made for ages)
The thing is during my move to all grain I had a birthday and being very kind and generous my family bought me a few kits.
Wilko stout and sweet newkie brown
Coopers English bitter
Kilner bitter and a wherry.
Looking for ideas on what to brew with these kits now I have access to grains .
Cheers in advance

Covrich · Apr 22, 2016

I would do partial mashes then use the kit as a base, the English bitter is a good base kit apparently (I never done it)

you could mash the remainder of the fermentables boil with some hop schedule, perhaps use some EKG and fuggles say..

I haven't ever done a partial mash with a kit before only plain partial and full AG so cannot help with precise amounts, I would go easy on the bittering as the kit will already be bittered

funkyslime · Apr 22, 2016

This is my problem I've done kits I've done ag but never mixed the two.

IainM · Apr 22, 2016

I've been reading around, as I also have a spare kit I want to partial mash with now I've moved to AG. This is a pretty useful guide to partial mashing:
http://www.babbrewers.com/files/story/2003/04/Partial_Mash_Talk.pdf

It is mostly based on the using the lighter Coopers kits, but you could easily sub the Wilkos Stout and do the stout recipe. Even for your other one-can kits, it will give you a guide to how much grain to use. As the Wherry is a two-can, I'd probably just brew as is, subbing the yeast and perhaps doing a dry hop. I think the kilner is also a two-can, but low abv, so you could always boost that with a smaller partial mash.

funkyslime · Apr 22, 2016

Cheers ianm really useful Ã°Å¸ÂÂ».

chub1 · Apr 22, 2016

funkyslime said:
Hi all I've been kit brewing for a few years but a few months ago I made the move to all grain (best decision I've made for ages)
The thing is during my move to all grain I had a birthday and being very kind and generous my family bought me a few kits.
Wilko stout and sweet newkie brown
Coopers English bitter
Kilner bitter and a wherry.
Looking for ideas on what to brew with these kits now I have access to grains .
Cheers in advance

Not yet progressed to AG, doing Extract's at present.Could always steep some grains and add along with hops.I did this with a Wilko Hoppy Copper bitter which is carbing but actually tasted and smelled quite good from the sample tube before bottling.
For what it's worth i did a Wilko stout a good few months ago, just with dark spray malt,1/4 tin black treacle,demerera sugar and some Youngs beer enhancer, brewed short to 19 litres and hopped up,plus a dry hop of Willamette. Must say it's improving with every bottle and is actually quite a decent pint.

wfr42 · Apr 22, 2016

You could try a 2 or 3 can monster a bit like the coopers ris with the stout and one of the bitter kits.

Or if you have some left over hops and demi John or two you could split the batch and dry hop differently.

funkyslime · Apr 22, 2016

I did think about a alcohol monster thinking along the lines of champion ale 7.2%

Gaspode · Apr 22, 2016

This was posted a while ago and has some interesting things you can do with Kits.

It is Coopers focused but pretty sure the theory, if not the result would be the same with other, similar style kits.

http://www.aussiehomebrewing.com/Customize/CustomizeCoopers.html

Robin54 · Apr 22, 2016

Gaspode said:
This was posted a while ago and has some interesting things you can do with Kits.

It is Coopers focused but pretty sure the theory, if not the result would be the same with other, similar style kits.

http://www.aussiehomebrewing.com/Customize/CustomizeCoopers.html

you beat me to it....excellent site

MyQul · Apr 22, 2016

Gaspode said:
This was posted a while ago and has some interesting things you can do with Kits.

It is Coopers focused but pretty sure the theory, if not the result would be the same with other, similar style kits.

http://www.aussiehomebrewing.com/Customize/CustomizeCoopers.html

Thats great Gaspode. I've never seen that before

Edit: just nicked it to make a sticky along with the recipes from the coopers site

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=578929#post578929

terrym · Apr 22, 2016

Gaspode said:
This was posted a while ago and has some interesting things you can do with Kits.

It is Coopers focused but pretty sure the theory, if not the result would be the same with other, similar style kits.

http://www.aussiehomebrewing.com/Customize/CustomizeCoopers.html

But don't boil grains as in Method 3.

Gaspode · Apr 22, 2016

MyQul said:
Thats great Gaspode. I've never seen that before

Edit: just nicked it to make a sticky along with the recipes from the coopers site

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=578929#post578929

I'm pretty certain I saw that on here and saved to favourites. It could have come from JBK though as thats the only other forum I visist but I don't think so.

HarrowBrewer · Apr 22, 2016

There are a few good recipes on this thread

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=55390

I'm just conditioning an ESB I made using the Coopers English Bitter as a base, I'll add the recipe later.

terrym · Apr 22, 2016

Gaspode said:
I'm pretty certain I saw that on here and saved to favourites. It could have come from JBK though as thats the only other forum I visist but I don't think so.

You're right. It gets recycled on here from time to time. No harm in that though :thumb:

MyQul · Apr 22, 2016

HarrowBrewer said:
There are a few good recipes on this thread

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=55390

I'm just conditioning an ESB I made using the Coopers English Bitter as a base, I'll add the recipe later.

Was looking for that the other day. Have moved it to kit brewing and stickied it :thumb:

funkyslime · Apr 22, 2016

I think we have a winner good night Irene .

MyQul · Apr 22, 2016

My names MyQul. How dare you call me Irene!

funkyslime · Apr 22, 2016

Shirley you can't be serious

funkyslime · May 5, 2016

Quick update
Brewed the other weekend and used the coopers bitter kit.
3kg pale malt
200g crystal
10g ekg 60min
20g ekg 30min
20g ekg 10min
Added kit to the boil .
1052og down to 1012 now transferred into secondary . Trial jar was nice malty with a bitter finish will see how it tastes in a few weeks after bottling.

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