FESTA BREW WEST COAST IPA

I brew this beer twice.  The first time, was my first time brewing ever (pretty simple to brew).  I bottled the beer in 750ml bottle, 2 weeks fermenting (4 days in primary, 10 days in secondary), 4 weeks in bottle, WOW !!! The result was perfect for my tastes, not too hoppy with just a bit of bitterness with 6.3% alchool.

Now, second time I brew this, 3 weeks fermenting (4 days in primary and the rest in secondary).  I've putted it in keg (yes it didn't took me long to get everthing for kegging), then carbonnated it for 2 days and half at 25psi... then this day came WOW !!! Same great taste (6.5% this time)...

So for me, it's a must have in one of my keg !!!

Roasty

I have brewed it a few times now i find the best way is to 20L with morgans roasted dark  Malt has real roasty falvour to it similar 2 the coppers origanal stout kit Probly a little beter in my opion. Ps it does it need it but 250g of choc malt just macks it that much better

Inkeepers sparkling ale

Made to repicpi plus 12g of pride of ringwood comes out good not as malty as the old thomas copper kit not as yeasty as the real thing all and all a good kit

Bitter with age

I have brewed this a bunch of times i found the best way is 1 can of coppers light malt 12g of POR hops and a morgans lager yeast i try to brew it around 15 degrees comes out true to the stlye i give it 4 stars if u add the hops and yeast 3 stars if u just brew per to method on can best after 3 months 

Great Beer

Brewed with 1 kg LDM and kit yeast ....finned after 10 days bottled after 14 day ... SG 1040 FG 1006 .... has a great deep rich amber brown colour and creamy white lingering head ... smooth malty taste with nice hint of hop ...  highly recommend as it is easy and tastes great ... commercial beer drinkers love it ... 

Easy drinker with a smidgen of lager style sweetness

Lovely easy drinking beer ... this light amber Blond is an easy drinker in the new light Ale style but to me is reminds me of a Lager. I always have some of this aging .... great after a months better after 3 ... Last brew made with Kit yeast and 1/2 kilo each of LDM and Dex ... SG 1040 FG 1006 ABV 5.057% ...  

Wish i could nail this ...

Made kit but it finished way to fast as I had issues with temp control .... was cloudy in bottle and the monthly tastings showed little potential .... now been in bottle for 5 months and has developed nicely ... cloudiness has gone and flavour is good ... have since fixed temperature issues and just did another brew at 12 - 14 degrees finned at 12 days and bottles at 14 .... needs another 2 months in bottle before ready and hope it is as good as I have heard ... will return and up date ... 

Great Brew

used kit yeast with 1 kg LDM .... great smooth taste .... wonderful dark colour with lingering white head ... finned at 12 days bottles at 14 ... brewed at 12 - 16 degrees ...  its a 5 from me 

this was a fail for me ...

Brewed this twice and dispappointed to say It was a fail .... 1st brew was way too quick as i had issues with temp control that brew was cloudy in the bottle had loads of ester flavours and even after 5 months has not improved enough to say that it was a success although cloudyness has gone... second brew was done as per the 1st but with 1 kg of LDM and brewed with better temp control... was brewed at 12 -16 degrees .... fined at 12 and bottled at 14 ... after a month has same taste issues as the 1st brew .... will leave for a few months and revisit review ... but as of this moment will not be doing again unless age turns it into a huge winner ... for mine a tough brew to master ... 

Diabolo

Tried a year old version brewed by a friend.  Tastes true to style to me, actually like a Belgian beer, even if I did find it a bit sweet.  But that's what Belgian beers are like .... I'm not a fan but I can't fault the kit, it does what it says on the tin, it makes beer that tastes like it's Belgian !

Woodfordes wherry

I bought a number of these kits from wilkos when they were on special. First two i made as per instructions and both came out rubbish. Had that homebrew twang to them and way too bitter.

After that i split all the cans up and used them in my own hybrid extract recipes. I would not recomend this kit.

Very Good

i drank couple of bottles that was made by a mate. Kit is perfect. he added 50gr cascade dry hop. Result was perfect

Cooper Ale review

Found a kit in the garage which was 4 years past its best before date.  Took up a challenge to make a palatable.

Ingredients:

1 x coopers real ale kit, 500g Amber malt (DRY), 300g dextrose, 500ml honey, 300g Crystal grain (Steeped) , 300g oats (Mashed), 20g SAAZ hops (Steeped), 20g cascade dry hopped), M44 mangrove jacks yeast. Added water to make 23l

Fermented in the primary for 10 days.  Bulked primed with dextrose.  Bottled conditioned for 4 weeks.

Very good result and was surprised the flavour of the hops very pronounced.  already have another one of these down as all of my freind prefered this over the 10 batches i have the beer fridge.

A New Favourite

Light tasting with a hint of bitterness like a Pale Ale...love it!

Added 500gms of LDME along with 750gms of Dextrose and made 20L (I think).  Added additional 1/2 pack of US-05 yeast and a small amount of Heading Powder. Brewed at 24C for a day then reduced to 17C for the remaining 3 weeks.  Racked straight from Primary to Keg and chilled with carbonation for 2 weeks. Came out to aprox 5.7% alcohol.  The head was a little more than I would have liked so I will definately stay away from the Heading Powder next time.

smooth for an out of dater

Was about to buy coopers english stylemy cornin  bitter and ended up swapping for this kit at last min half price $9au cuz she waz out'o'date by 6month. Thought what the heck. brewed with rebitched us-04n yeast, 0.5 kg ldme, 350grm brew sugar, 20ltr, fnish hop with Equinaut 25grm steep for 10 min. kegged. only have drank the 1.5 ltr that wouldent fit  in my corny. force carb with carb cap on keg day. it was rater yeasty due to shaking etc but dang, wow imean one of my best brews and kit was out o date by a fair stretch beer will only improve and its lready the shiz. Im a big big fan of tha equinaut with this style brew.

One of the worst

I brewed a lot of hefe with wyeast 3068 and used a lot of different kits. Port66, muntons, brewferm Tarwabier and this. This was the thinnest beer of them all and lack of mouthfeel really is a killjoy with wheatbeers.

Best English bitter kit

I love this kit. Comes almost everything you need to make a good beer (I add 500gr light malt extract or sugar) and after two months bottle conditioning the taste was priceless.

Pros: comes with good yeast

3kg malt extract 

Really tasty

Comes:takes about 2 months for best results

No dry hops included

IRISH BEATER

Last brewed 13 Jan 2016 and now getting towards the end of stock. I agree with other reviews, this is one of the best Stouts I have brewed or consumed 

A great beer

Made as per the tins instructions. Fermented between 20 and 23 celcius. Bottled on day 10. A very nice  beer that will improve with time. The kit is a little pricey .....but results justify cost.

Wow what a great beer.

Purchased after reading great reviews on Amazon. Strictly speaking this is a cream ale. Followed the tins instructions and used the supplied Williamswarn dry malt extract and yeast. Fermented at 20 to 23 celcius and bottled on day 10. A very nice example of this style of beer. Kit is a little pricey...but end result justifies price.