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the coopers recipe suggests using 2 which i thought odd but giving it a go anyway!

going to bite the bullet and get on with it, should be interesting! heres what i think i will do: boil up 2l bottled water and steep 30gms of hallertau hop pellets for 15 mins add a muntons beerkit enhancer instead of sugar use the 2 packets of saflager 23 yeast and leave at hopefully 12-15deg...

well i messed up thought i had a european lager kit in the cupboard so bought 2 packs of saflager s23 yeast and 50g of hallertau hops to make the coopers craft lager, would these additions along with a box of be2 produce a good flavoursome lager or shall i put it down to experience and just brew...

thanks for that, did you swap the yeast or keep the kit yeast, they say to put 2 sachets of safalager yeast in, i've never done that before would that make a big difference

Has anyone tried the recipe on the coopers website for this one? was wondering whether to mess about with this kit and came across their recipe which sounds interesting, or having not made this one before stick to what it says, i've done a few lager kits and the only one up to know that has been...

bloody didnt check under the lid when i bought my lager kit and some kind soul has removed the sachets of yeast and hops, does anyone have a contact email for tom caxtons as its a 30 minute drive to wilkos where i bought it, Frustrating as i got everyhting ready and sterilised everything can...

bottled mine about 2 weeks ago reading 5.6% used half and half of sugar and light malt cleared very quickly but does go hazy when in the fridge, have sampled one or two and its already very drinkable just a bit off putting being hazy will this go with time as i imagine it will get better over...

looks like ita going down the sink then at least its only 12 bottles :cry:

can i re bottle my beer to lower the fizz? last night i opened a bottle of a different batch and it practically exploded out of the bottle, what was left was far too cloudy to drink because of the amount of sediment, so can i re bottle it all without it going totally flat or should i try...

after asking for some help on here i have now bottled 24 500ml bottles of youngs lager first 12 were done on friday and they are already clearing nicely managed to do another 12 yesterday but ive now run out of bottles (doing this on the cheap so not buying any!) ive asked on freecycle locally...

back on after a few days of connection problems, it seems to have righted itself as the readings over the last few days have been better 1018 and then ysterday 1010, also todays reading is 1010 although there does appear to be the odd bubble still rising. should i leave a little longer or get...

yes in the instructions it says og should be 1040-1043 so if that is closer to it that means at the moment i have a brew of about 2.9% so slightly better than first feared but will take some more readings over the next few days and keep u posted, thanks for all the advice, if this comes out ok i...

temperature was room temperature when i took the first reading, i have it sat about 1m away from a radiator keeping it relativley stable temperature wise i would have thought, seems i may have to leave it a bit longer then, will take another reading tommorow and post it on here.

i calculated using the calculator on this site , og was 1.030 fg is 1.018 so comes out around 1.5- 1.6% should i add more sugar or leave it another few days

hi everyone had my first kit for christmas, a youngs brewbuddy 40 pint kit. i have followed all the instructions and now 7 days later have re read the hydrometer and it only works out at 1.6% i might as well drink water if this is all its going to reach! is there any way of improving it now or...