Hello

[minimincs]

Hi everyone : , just saying hello for the first time. I brewed my first kit a Coopers bitter kit on Christmas day and it turned out ok but it is definately improving as it is getting older :drink: . Coopers said that a week would be enough for conditioning and yes it is conditioned but I read that 3 weeks was more normal so I`ve brought it back into the warmth to see if it makes a difference. I`ve also made a Coopers stout kit :thumb: , which is definately less carbonated than the bitter so I`ve brought that back into the warmth for a while, good taste and I think I`ll stick with the stout for future kits.
My wife was not impressed when the syphon tube detached from the little bottler tube and allowed some stout to flow like a stream across the kitchen floor whilst I was bottling. :lol:
All the best :

 

[abeyptfc]

all the best with your bottle tree drainer!

 

[robsan77]

hello.

1 week is enough to get carbonation done in the warm but your beer will taste better in 3 weeks from cold conditioning. No need to bring back in the warm, keep it cool from now on :thumb: :

 

[minimincs]

Thanks for the welcome and information, I`ll try to be more patient and leave it alone for a while.

 

[Tony]

Hey mm!

I brewed my first kit a Coopers bitter kit on Christmas day

I have to ask... was it a christmas present?

My wife was not impressed

So was she ok when you sneaked away from the celebrations on christmas day and started brewing?

Sounds like you'll fit right in here perfectly!

Nice to meet you
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[minimincs]

Hi Tony, yes it was a Christmas presant from my wife but I did wait until everyone had gone home before starting to brew, although I did get a dirty look :x when I took over her kitchen ! and it took longer than I expected because it was
-10 outside and the tap water was next to freezing.
She was not impressed either when I used the Christmas tree lights to provide the heating for the carbonation especially as they were too long and three quarters of them were draped on the freezer :nono: Thats when I got an extra presant of a thermostat :party: to regulate my brewbelt.
Now she has to help me to take the bottles back to the shed but as I told her she wo`nt have to carry any beer home from Morrisons for me anymore, always look on the bright side of life, di dum di dum :whistle:
: thanks for the welcome

 

[mugsey53]

yep the wife getting in on the show is the best ,,,, show value for money and they are putty in your hands :thumb: keep on doin brewin

 

[minimincs]

Thanks, ye and I`ve emphasised to her that it works out at only 35p a pint so she is well pleased. : k

 

[Yorkslad]

Women are funny creatures aren't they :lol: