Jim's Beer Kit

Do it. If you like Wychwood beers you'll enjoy this one - like a cross between Hobgoblin and Goliath. A really nice pint, I've only kegged it so I don't know how it is bottled though. Half way down my third batch

My assumption is that they are slow to finish fermenting due to the complex sugars, I always have this issue with all malt kits but the brupaks ones especially - I've always found em very foamy when bottled as well. Maybe leaving em in the bucket a while longer before bottling might help.

I have had sluggish ferments on occasion with the two can kits but never with Coopers - and I suspect its the manufacturer providing a piddly 6 gram packet of yeast to process 3kg of malt extract that's the root cause of a lot of the sticking personally. These days I always use either S-04, Nottingh...

Nice one =D> You'll have to get summat else on so you can keep your mitts off it until its fit to drink. Dunc, I see that you are drinking Almondbury Old, what shop bought ale would you compare it to? Tricky one - its definitely 'Wychwoody' in character but not as rich as Hobgoblin - the flavour is ...

With those fermentables the OG sounds right - I get 1038ish usually with just the BKE. The yeast is pretty attenuative, with the extra malt this will probably finish around 1007-8, giving you a smidge over 5% abv once you've primed. Its a cracking brew done with the Cascade though.

Its a good brew this one after a few months in the bottle. I'm getting mine on for Christmas in a couple of weeks.

they do with with additional hop and grain bags depending on the kit, I've made some of em and found the quality good. I like to do the Scottish 80/- as a double batch for the barrel - lovely stuff

trouble is that a 6 gram sachet of yeast isn't really enough for an all malt brew, so it struggles to finish. I tend to hoard the sachets and use two at a time for barrel brews, and use either Safale-04 or Nottingham for the bottle as the sediment sets better. Still, ten days is a good rule of thumb...

Coopers kits are excellent - follow the instructions and you can't go wrong, and the yeast is very reliable. You're best off using enhancer rather than spraymalt (DME) with a lager kit IMO, unless you like em full bodied and sweeter.

If the keg is kept pressurised I've found its generally fit to drink for about six months. Not that it usually lasts that long.

generally I wouldn't touch a two can until its been conditioning six weeks, some take as long as eight weeks to become properly drinkable. I would expect your Conkerwood will be a good pint in another three weeks or so. :) having said which, regarding the one cans I have had consistently great resul...

wherry, and most two can kits if using the supplied yeast, tends to slow down a lot after the first few days - just leave it to it. 10 days in the bucket will generally suffice as Trunky says - don't worry too much about the final gravity, as it will drop a little further in the bottle during condit...

A week in the warm after bottling to carbonate, then shifted somewhere cooler to clear for a few weeks is the consensus.

I did this in March, using Nottingham yeast, to 15 litres, with the addition of a 1lb jar of LME, a kilo of BKE and 15g of styrians steeped as a tea then slung the bag in the fermenter. Turned out 7% and rather nice as rocket fuel goes, after a few months conditioning. was passable after three month...

the brupaks 'beers of the world' czech pilsner is a nice one.

as for a portery beer, I like Almondbury old meself, woodfordes nog is good but a bit chewy for my taste and took quite a while to condition fully.