Recommend a bitter

[craigjoneswales]

can someone please recommend a great bitter ?

have only tried the youngs one and it wasnt great
cheers

[craigjoneswales]

yeah i made the first one with sugar

then i found this forum.

learnt a lot in last few weeks

cheers will look to my local supplier for the kit

cheers

[woodworm]

try one of the geordie kits with a light or medium spraymalt imo tastes pretty good

[PureGuiness]

Or try a 3kg liquid malt kit like Woodfordes Wherry. Even at conditioning stage mine tastes great

At the end of the day though it's all a matter of personal taste.

[PureGuiness]

Just bare in mind that any premium (2 can) kit made with Muntons liquid extract are prone to stuck fermentation . These include the Woodfordes Range, the Brupaks Pride of Yorkshire Range and the Muntons own 3 and 3.6kg kits. If you search around for stuck fermentation you'll find plenty of examples.

A recent poll showed that 57% of our members have experienced this problem viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14480

Yes. Mine struggled to get down the 1014, it stuck at 1016, but with a little nudge (light stir and a small bit of yeast vit) it got there after about 10 days. Being my first brew in a while I'd put it down more to the prevailing conditions.

I'm doing a Brupaks Scammonden Dark now but this time I ensured that I aerated the wort vigorously for 10 minutes before pitching the yeast which I had rehydrated and adding a teaspoon of yeast vit. I'm also using a brew belt this time. It's certainly started off with a bit more oomph than last time!

I'll see how this one goes.

The other concern I have is that the water contains chlorine and I don't know if that can cause slow fermentation or whether it just has an effect on taste. From a taste point of view it's probably more of an issue for lagers?

If this one struggles then I may look at the 1 can kits with beer enhancer next.

[brysie]

woodefords wherry. done 3. all been good. i fupped one by adding 250g of demarara sugar but i had one tonight and its lovely.

[Wolfdog]

[quote="Chris-x1"]One of the best single can kits is Coopers IPA made with 1kg of spray malt (just follow the instruction but instead of the 500g of dry malt extract and 300g of dextrose or whatever it suggests, just add 1kg of spray malt). The only difference between an IPA and a bitter is IPAs are usually a little hoppier but there's not a lot in it.

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I Agree! Ive just drunk a Coopers IPA, used 1.5kg of Amber LME (Which stalled, then got it going again with a little stire and a bit of yeast) then primed with suger cane, It was lovely, had a bit of a dandilyon and burdock taste to it? but it was lovely and set me on the road to home brewin'. I am now brewin' a Coopers IPA using coopers light LME! Can't wait
I think I may have a Coopers IPA always at hand whilst trying other brews on the side, untill I can progress to full mashin'.

[WishboneBrewery]

One of the best single can kits is Coopers IPA made with 1kg of spray malt

I'm looking forward to doing this kit in the near future, I just need loads of free bottles so I can bottle!