Taste Test = HORRIBLE

[Kharnynb]

The coopers kits I've made have been way above "pub" standards.

Of course, i used dme instead of sugar as extra fermentables, which is where most people go wrong.

As for temperature going over a bit, while it won't give you the best results ever, it should be okay after 2 weeks fermenting and a few weeks in the bottle to clean up.

 

[zippy84]

The coopers kits I've made have been way above "pub" standards.

Of course, i used dme instead of sugar as extra fermentables, which is where most people go wrong.

Same as that. The 2 can kits are even better, all be they a little more expensive. Not sure what's available to you in Finland or the US but over here there are a good selection of 2 can kits. Woodeforde Wherry is the last kit I did, an English Bitter - very good!

 

[Clonefan94]

1) i'm fine with being helpful and informative, as long as it's truthful.

2) it's 11:34 pm here, therefore i've been drinking for some time now, therefore my attempt at pointing out a non-truth in a humorous way came off wrong.

shart.

How is what I said not truthful?

What I said is at least as truthful to his beer, as you telling him about yeasts that he didn't use to brew an IPA.

Maybe I could have been more specific, but from the original post and him saying it was an IPA, I didn't feel the need to inject information on hefe and Saison yeasts and confuse the person.

The information I gave was truthful based on an IPA.

 

[squompie]

thats great advice thankyou. yep thinking of moving onto extract, or just get another kit and throw something else in there like more hops or sour cherries or something???

 

[Gavin C]

Make your own kit would be a decent route to take

Loads of great recipes in the database. You don't need to restrict yourself.

Get a recipe to work off, some quality extract, hops, yeast of YOUR choice, some distilled water and you will get really good results.

A couple of tasty brews under your belt and there will be no stopping there I imagine.

Following on from the other thread, the canned kits are extract, (sometimes with hops already incorporated).

BEst of luck with the next steps.