Kit Brewers Challenge....PLEASE READ THIS!

[WalesAles]

There were rules?????? Hell I just winged it with what I had plus raided the kitchen cupboard

HAHAHAHA!
I was just thinking that myself! Rules? Rules went out the window about 2 weeks ago!
This is madder than a box of frogs!
I bet those `Posh People` are reading this and thinking `Bloody Hell Mun! They can`t even open the same Bloody Kit Can`!
Good Luck to us all!

WA

[Exiled Bradfordian]

LOL. There was a question about rules. I was attempting to provide reassurance!

[GAZ9053]

Have got a tweeked coopers English bitter on

[Exiled Bradfordian]

I take it we're all swapping bottles when we're done? Are the posh people engaging with us on this or are we just doing this ourselves?

[GAZ9053]

I take it we're all swapping bottles when we're done? Are the posh people engaging with us on this or are we just doing this ourselves?

ey i`m in for bottle swap.

[hazelbrew]

I'll give this a go.

not sure whether to order some more stuff in, or just "give it a go with what I have..."

I have:
- a coopers real ale kit
- 2 kg of Muntons brew enhancer (which is 50/50 light spray malt and dextrose)
- 1 kg coopers brew enhancer 1
- 1 kg coopers brew enhancer 2.
- some hops - some Centennial left not sure how much, and approx 50g of EKG left.
- a big dollop of Safale-US05 in the fridge from my last brew bottled this week (Way to Amarillo). specifically about 350ml of yeast/beer slurry. This was put into a sterilized bottle so hopefully should be fine to use?

the easily led part of me thinks to just make
- the coopers real ale kit
- 1kg muntons enhancer
- 1 coopers brew enhancer 2
- maybe make a hop tea with some centennial. or just hop tea with EKG and then dry hop?!

or do I need to get all fancy and order some darker extract in and maybe Challenger or fuggles hop?

[Exiled Bradfordian]

Hazel - it looks like you've enough gear in to get involved. There's no real prescription. Get on it!

Gaz - if you're in Birstall you're within 10 minutes of my wife's parents (East Bierley). If we're bottle swapping, we can save on postage next time we pop up to Bradford

[GAZ9053]

Sounds good to me EB

[WalesAles]

Day 7 tomorrow, Dry Hop with 40Gr EKG and 40Gr Progress!
Game On!

WA

[hazelbrew]

Hazel - it looks like you've enough gear in to get involved. There's no real prescription. Get on it!

Gaz - if you're in Birstall you're within 10 minutes of my wife's parents (East Bierley). If we're bottle swapping, we can save on postage next time we pop up to Bradford

no real prescription, but... but... there must be rules surely...! :/ ? how will I know if I am doing it "right"?

I will summon energy. Have bottled 40 litres in the last two days.. yuk. I need to find a quicker way of bottling, or another way of storing once done.

[Exiled Bradfordian]

Yep...bottling's a right chore innit! I've got 2 FVs on the go...not looking forward to de-labelling, cleaning and sanitising 80 bottles and caps!

[hazelbrew]

Yep...bottling's a right chore innit! I've got 2 FVs on the go...not looking forward to de-labelling, cleaning and sanitising 80 bottles and caps!

I started two FV just after Christmas. on the 27th. both in the same night, one with a 60 minute boil, the other normal kit. bottled one on wednesday, one tonight.

and yes, cleaning, sterilizing, rinsing, bottling, cleaning FV etc is a pain.

[Louis Macneice]

Brewed Friday 16th to 18l.

1 can Hambleton Bard bitter kit

+

800g Maris Otter, 45g flaked corn, 90g carapils, 100g crystal, 25g chocolate malt mashed at 65 degrees for 1 hour

+

100g golden syrup

+

10g progress @60 mins, 10g bramling cross @ 10 mins, 7g progress & 7g bramling cross @ 5 mins.

Pitched the kit yeast and this morning there's a healthy krausen. I'll be dry hopping in a week or so with some more progress and bramling cross.


Cheers - Louis MacNeice

[timbo41]

Day 7 tomorrow, Dry Hop with 40Gr EKG and 40Gr Progress!
Game On!

WA

Huff.... Diidnt faff about wiyh any poncey techniques like dry hopping!

[WalesAles]

Day 7 tomorrow, Dry Hop with 40Gr EKG and 40Gr Progress!
Game On!

WA

Huff.... Diidnt faff about wiyh any poncey techniques like dry hopping!

timbo,
You should have followed the Rules then!
Dry Hopped today with 41.2Gr Progress, 40.7Gr EKG. I was a bit heavy handed on the Hop presentation!
First Rule of Kit Brewing, There are NO Rules!

WA