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5 of the Wilko 'Real Ale' 730 total

5 gallons of Coopers Dark Ale 5 gallons of Coopers Stout ...Can you tell I'm new? Total 460.5 gallons

Well got it done. 1st brew bottled, a Coopers dark ale. I kept strictly to the script and followed the instructions to the letter. Unfortunately the hydrometer that was supplied in the kit I bought was broken when I came to use it just prior to putting the yeast in, so I'll never know how...

Kyle, Many thanks for the advice. I'll see if I can source a new one tomorrow.

Well the kit arrived yesterday, had a row with the Mrs as I "had" to sort out the understairs cupboard. :cry: Not the best start. This evening, got the kit sterilsed and went for it, mixed up to 23L at 22c, just ready to measure the gravity and the damned hydrometer was in bits :evil...

Thank you Gents for your very warm welcome. Have to say I'm very excited about getting into this. A good thing for a mid 40's bloke with 2.4 children. Strangely the Wife has been neutral like Switzerland on this, which is nice.

Thank you Gents and thanks for the quick 1st post approval. Am I good to go now ?

My youngest Son was watching Mr T's craziest fools earlier. I'm one of them, how on earth can I not have thought about doing this before. I've got a Coopers dark ale kit on order which hopefully will be here tomorrow. I've got quite a few few questions to ask, which no doubt have been asked...