Coopers Austrailian Lager

While I do not claim to be a beer expert, this is just my experience and how it all made me feel.  Right or wrong, I enjoyed writing it.

This was my first attempt at homebrewing after months of research, should I, shouldn't I, and hours of "craigtube" - he's a real help.

The kit came with everything i needed, clear instructions and they were easy to follow.

Everything went well, left it for 7 days, then put it into 2nd FV which had my bottling wand - great gadget, saved time and no mess. Left in the bottles for 2 weeks, tasted great, refreshing, full of flavour.

I used the carbonation drops that came with the kit, and again they saved time and no mess. ( can you tell i don't like to clean up mess, ha!)

I gave loads out to family and friends because they'd all encouraged me to get into it, and obviously wanted some free beer. I glugged about 20 bottles myself, in about 2 weeks 99% were gone, and towards the end of the 2nd week (4th week in the bottle) they were tasting nicer and nicer.

I left 4 bottles for a further 4 weeks and then opened them and the taste blew the first bottle opened out of the water. I'd recommend leaving it in the bottle at least 4 weeks before opening.

This is a light, skippy, dancing beer that actually has a great taste, nothing like the commercial lagers, much better.

go for it, especially during the summer.

(bought from http://www.brewuk.com/  )

Choosing a Beer to Brew

There was only ever going to be one type of brew for the first one.  All my friends and most of my family just drink lager, the golden gassy commercial beers. 
As I was always going to share out 70% of the beer, there's no point in giving someone something I know they wont like before they've even tasted it.
So good old Lager it was.

I ordered this from http://www.brewuk.co.uk/ where there is a wide ranging selection of all sorts of beer kits.  An easy site to navigate with a friendly forum as well which i use a lot to see if I'm on the right road.  Go check it out.

The kit contents were; the can of malt (pictured), sachet of 6G Yeast, 1kg Brewing Sugar and a bag of Coopers Carbonation Drops.  Simple. 

The instructions inside covered every angle and weren't complicated.

Although personally I wanted to brew up an ale of some sorts, I felt this was a great choice and had good reviews.