Success first time!!!!

[Wolfdog]

Success First time!!!!!Coppers IPA + 1 tin of Coppers amber LME, primed with suger cane. I got a phone call from my wife to tell me that the tap on my keg was leaking! when I got home I realized that I must of over primed the barrel so with out further a do I grabbed an empty bottle to pull off some of the ale in hope of releasing the presure, MEGGA FROTH ! So I had to unscrewi the lid a little (I thought that the pressure release valve should have delt with any over pressurisation?) having done this I was left with some ale in the bottle,........it look like ale (bit clowdy still),....It smelt like ale,......I drank some,......BY GOD I'VE MADE ALE!!!!!!! bloody lovely it was too!
I now have to wait another 2-3 weeks till its fully ready for supin', but I'm now totaly sold on home brewin'! The taste is lovely, a little bit toffee flavoured, but nicely! I thought it might have some odd flavours being a kit, but its fine and I would recommend kits to anyone who is just starting out. I think the use of LME may have well inhanced the body of the brew as well as the flavour, I would do this kit again in a breath!!!
Just like to say a quick thank you to all the folk that have given me advice on the forum and here's to many more brews in the future!!
CHEERS!

[Bryggmester]

Glad your first brew has turned out so well. There's no going back now

[brysie]

nice one

[WishboneBrewery]

excellent stuff it is addictive... even in our Kit brewing form, getting drinkable results from a plastic bucket is pretty special

[brewin_bear]

I've also just had a half pint of my first ever brew... a Wherry. It is only 4 weeks old (1 week in FV, 1 Week in keg at 20C and 2 weeks at 5-10C in garage) so very young still but tasted lovely already better than supermarket stuff (wife loved it as well). We are now leaving well alone for another two weeks and then will crack into it.

Already have 3 others underway so the brewery line is well under way

Ohhh and just started a turbo cider in a Tesco 5L montain water bottle using their pressed apple juice for fun

[THE EMBALMER]

got some ipa coopers of course brewing up at my mates should be ready to keg and taste next week saves me dragging mine up to his house so got him on the case
you cant fall off with these coopers kits i reckon ,i am going to try them all some time in the future got some real ale on the go with hops steeped for half an hour in the fv stinks of eggs, so hope it dont taste of cackle berries though
cheers glyn

[mickhew]

Good luck "leaving it alone" my Wherry has been in the keg a week, tastes nice so I'm drinking it already. I keep thinking "this is the last one then I'll leave it for 3 weeks" ! Until the next day..