Tom Caxton and John Bull

[JeffDragon7]

Hi
many many years ago I used to brew these kits, it was cheap beer but not very good. However we didn’t know about enhancers and proper additives, basically chucked a bag of sugar in .
does anyone brew these kits now and have any recommendations TIA

 

[moto748]

I thought this going to be a joke!

So Tom Caxton and John Bull walk into a bar...

 

[trummy]

yes bin them and buy a proper kit, of which there are many

 

[JeffDragon7]

They’re still crack then
I’m after a good Bitter and a dark mild. Any suggestions

 

[Clint]

Try the Festival kits,St. Peters to name a couple.

 

[JeffDragon7]

Cheers

 

[Bernie]

Hi
many many years ago I used to brew these kits, it was cheap beer but not very good. However we didn’t know about enhancers and proper additives, basically chucked a bag of sugar in .
does anyone brew these kits now and have any recommendations TIA

You won't lose much if you ferment them. Many of the older 1 can kits may have suffered from fermenting in the airing cupboard at 30 C plus and malt extract etc as the additional fermentables makes a difference.

 

[JeffDragon7]

35 years or more when I made them, yes airing cupboard and adding plain sugar didn’t help, adds nothing but ABV.
a 1.5kg LMEwould have made a lot of difference

 

[Cwrw666]

35 years or more when I made them, yes airing cupboard and adding plain sugar didn’t help, adds nothing but ABV.
a 1.5kg LMEwould have made a lot of difference

Making them up to 4 gallons instead of 5 and only adding half a kilo of sugar made a huge difference to Tom Caxtons. Totally got rid of the `twang'.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I’m after a good Bitter and a dark mild. Any suggestions

Have a look through this thread -

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/best-brew-you-have-ever-done-kit-or-all-grain.97175/

 

[JeffDragon7]

Thanks Chippy

 

[JeffDragon7]

Festival father hooks bitter and muntons midland mild on shopping list
moving away from Brew2bottle as nothing in stock, such a shame as they were great