Anyone else brewed Muntons Gold Old English Bitter kit?

[Martin the fish]

I done two of these now. Big mistake. First i got over excited with strength and bunged in 2kg extra 'fermentables'. It's currently a month old in the bottle and really quite bad. 2nd i stuck to just the kit ingredients but added Sticklebract Hops and followed the great advice from DaaB. Considerably better but still not great. It's only 2 weeks in bottle though. Tastes like Burton from a crap Ind Coope pub
In hindsight i wish i'd not bothered with either. Compared to Muntons Nut Brown, Muntons Gold IPA(which was fabulous) and Brewcraft Bulldog and Honey Porter(Chocolate Redwood Ale) the old english bitter is a bit rubbish.
You live and learn eh?

[vacant]

Mine took a lot of prodding to get it to 1012. I only bottled on 20 Jan so haven't tried it yet. Sounds like I haven't got much to look forward to

[Martin the fish]

I'm hoping yours is better than mine. Mind you i do 'taste' mine after a couple of weeks in the bottle.

[Martin the fish]

My Fuggle & Sticklebract version tastes like someone came along in the night, empited all the crap beer out and filled the bottles with great beer!
That's really nice of them.

Just goes to show that leaving it the right time to condition pays dividends, it's really drinkable now.

DaaBs method of brewing up kits Rocks!!

Ta DaaB, your a star.

[Martin the fish]

My method of throwing in an extra 2kg of fermentables just cos i had them around doesn't work. Month in bottles and still foul. First brew ready for the drain... Oh well.

Can i be bothered to leave this any longer conditioning? I don't think it will improve at all.

[Martin the fish]

Lucky i gave it another week. Tastes great now.

[Martin the fish]

I know, i know.

I was rather eager but i think i've learnt my lesson there. My brew's aren't being sampled till at least a month old.

It feels loads stronger than it is though(according to me )

[vacant]

Fears unfounded. One of the best I've had, even just 3½ weeks after bottling.