Tom Caxton bitter kit

[goodly dudscrew]

Has any one tried Tom Caxton bitter? If so could you tell me if its any good or not?

Thanks.

 

[Dunfie]

Has any one tried Tom Caxton bitter? If so could you tell me if its any good or not?

Thanks.

Not since 1990 when I was a student. Prolly not much help am I :P

 

[Wez]

Has any one tried Tom Caxton bitter? If so could you tell me if its any good or not?

Thanks.

Not since 1990 when I was a student. Prolly not much help am I :P

:lol:

I've never tried it...

 

[jamesb]

I tried it about 9 years ago. From memory, it was ok. I was a student at the time though and would probably have drunk anything.

 

[lazydog]

i hope it is ok i have 46Lts going in FV at the moment i used the hop stuff in the satchet and dark malt 500g and glucose 500g in each batch smells good and working well another few days a i can sample a bit when i barrel it

 

[rickthebrew]

I bottled 40 pints of this on the 10th sept - haven`t had a taster yet as the one thing i`ve learnt is that all the kits taste better after the four week mark! Hard to keep your hands of it - just need to get ahead with your brewing! I have around 140pints bottled in the spare room - some ready but most conditioning!!

let me know how the tom caxton is !! when i try mine i`ll update you!!

 

[Polymath]

That was the first homebrew beer kit I made. I remember thinking it was great at the time, but then I had nothing to compare it to at the time. Quite drinkable I seem to remember it didn't last more than 2 weeks thou ....

 

[The Seer]

A friend of mine made 40 pints worth recently it was ready by mid September. The taste is ok, certainly drinkable, nothing to write home about though.

Mind you the kit was over ten years old!!!!!!! :shock: :shock: (yeast sachet wasn't used for obvious reasons)

 

[rickthebrew]

i bottled 40pints about a month ago - its OK but not great - the cheaper geordie bitter is slightly better then this but neither is a patch on a 3kg all malt kit (woodfordes etc) still you`ve gotta try!

i recentley bottled a coopers bitter - if its as good as there lager then i look forward to it being ready!!

 

[The Seer]

I wasn't that pleased with my Geordie Bitter, the Yorkshire Bitter was certainly better though. Seemed to respond well to a warmer temperature for drinking. :wha:

 

[lazydog]

well i got to the first barrel last night and its ok but no smell or taste of hops even though i used the full satchet of hop enhancement no better than a youngs kit using the same extra's and they are £7.50 not £11.50

 

[rickthebrew]

the geordie range is a bit thin! I tried the geordie mild which was awfull - really awfull - but at 7.99 a kit in wilkos it is cheap!!

 

[rickthebrew]

i found the hop sachet pretty useless - no hoppy taste in the finished product

after trying loads of different kits and extract brews i`m nearly ready to do my first AG brew - just waiting for my coolbox to arrive - hopefully early next week - make it into my mash tun and off i go !! :twisted: