Recent content by Lucky_Seven

Hi Guys and Girls..Please tell me there are some other girls brewing out there too :onestar: ..?! OK, so in my early days of home-brewing I bought a Toohey's Special Lager kit. When it came to doing some research of what to add, lots of people commented on how weak tasting and thin it was...

I've heard a lot of people say about using the US-05 yeast instead of what's supplied with kits. I haven't tried adding hops or grains to kits yet as I'm new to the hobby/obsession :) but I will give it a bash soon enough. I have a Tooheys Special Lager kit in the cupboard, but I've not heard...

Thanks, yea the temperature is sticking around 18degC at the moment. That percentage sounds about right with the calculations I've done.. I'm really looking forward to bottling the Coopers Wheat next week, smelt and tasted so good when I was brewing it up :mug: Can't wait to crack a few once...

This is my first time with the Blonde kit..A lot of people are saying it's a nice brew.. The Coopers Wheat kit which I did last week smelt amazing as I was making it..

Yea ChillWill, that's the temperature of the beer. I don't take any notice of the instructions when it tells me to brew between 21 and 27degC after reading plenty of forums saying low temps are best for flavour development etc..

Hi guys.. Who has tried this kit and what kinda method did you use? I made the kit yesterday using the recommended BE1 plus an extra 500g LDME. When I took the OG reading (1060!!!) it tastes sweet and malty yet quite bitter which I'm hoping will mellow out a bit during fermentation...

Hey thanks for the reply.. I did taste it when I did the OG reading, it was sweeter and malty but still a little bitter but I guessed that came from the style of beer that the Blonde is. I think cos I got a bit of the wort from the can on my hand my instinct told me to have a taste haha.. It's...

Hi guys, I'm new to this forum so hoping I can get some tips for improving kits before trying to add grains and hops etc :ban: I brewed up the Coopers Canadian Blonde kit today, used 500g LDME and Coopers BE1 (never used them before). Used the yeast supplied and pitched it at 26oC. When I...