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The Coopers is far nicer than the Wilko IMO. I would keep them apart. Currently I have an 18l Wilko stout brewing to try and give it more body.

Wow. Replacement. Thanks iPhone.

I've done two bad cats, two evil dogs, and all commenced furiously within 12 hours. This cat smells delicious one week in :cheers:

The teplacmeent kit is 6 days in and smells absolutely delicious :mrgreen:

How long was it in primary? Mine had 3 weeks with a fish tank heater keeping it at a solid 23 degrees - and I used spring water - so it might not be comparable time-wise. I also only warm-conditioned which speeds up the process I believe. But all in all 8 weeks from pitching the yeast it was...

Nah it'll be fine. Just give it a full 3 weeks in primary to make sure all the sugar has been discovered and converted; because using your hydrometer won't be able to tell you due to the sugar not being dissolved properly. Obviously you won't know exactly how strong it is now. Otherwise - just...

Brilliant stuff. Finally, I've got my replacement kit on. This one smells entirely different. Brewed to 23.5l this time as well. Fingers crossed.

I always add the sugar/fermentables to the boiling water and mix that up thoroughly before adding the malt. The malt cools down the mix and makes it harder to dissolve the sugars etc. Then I add water 2l at a time (use bottled water - 17p a bottle at Tesco etc) and stir/agitate it thoroughly...

Yeah that sounds plausible to me. How's it tasting now?

Isn't it just! Mine ended at 1006 - but I've had plenty of beers go under that when left for 4 weeks. How long was it in primary? I'm sure it'll be fine.

An absolute treat. Best beer I've brewed. It's currently topping off Christmas - and myself - an absolute treat. Cheers all.

That seems par for the course in my experiences of Evil Dog. There's another long wait now before it's palatable; but then there's a fruity sledgehammer waiting for you at the end! Haha yes the old man said "normal beers don't cut it anymore".

Haha yeah you definitely should order some whislt they're on sale. The first thing I also did after tasting it was check the price on Tesco :) I gave my dad some to sample - he knows his beer and first computerised the brewing process at Bass - he was very impressed by this kit. He also said he...

That's similar to the experience I had. How is it now?

I didn't get round to counting yeast cells, but I can say this was a tremendous success! Easily the best beer I've brewed, absolutely lovely, creamy, no hint of the ABV at all. Could not be any happier with it. How's yours?

Thanks, that makes sense now. Have you brewed with Jaggery or just eaten it? It's really nice to bite a chunk from the block! The sickly smell is going away by the day and leaving behind a "creamy" aroma. Which is nice!

This kit gets right down to 1004 in my experience - so you will be at 7.5% with priming sugar anyway. Probably best to leave it be. Of all the kits to over-water you picked the best one. All is far from lost :)

See above mate. Your SG is spot on if, as I assume, you have got an FV that holds approximately 24l and you've topped it right up.

I think everybody has missed the point here. You say you "added 20l" - I take it you mean you've added this amount of water to the kit contents? When it says to top up to 23l that includes the wort - it doesn't mean to add 23l of water ontop of the kit contents.

So yesterday I kicked off a Wilko stout with; 520g Jaggery, 880g golden syrup, 420g treacle. So 1820g added fermentables plus 1.5kg kit makes for 3320g fermentables. I brewed to 23l and got an SG of 1.045. This was lower than the calculator suggested - is this a result of the Jaggery, the...