A Quickie...

[Stomach]

Hi Brewers

I wa wondering if there is a kit that is pretty fast from making it to supping it. Basically a quick ferment and condition. a mate is coming to visit with his family and I want to get another brew going. he may be down in the next 3 - 4 weeks. He likes what I have made so far.

I will have a Tom Caxton Best Bitter and a John Bull Irish Stout ready. The dregs of the Muntons Smugglers Ale wont last till then!

But i want to get another brew on quickly so he has another to try.

I presume bottleing would speed things up too!

If it helps, locally the health food shop stocks quite a bit of Tom Caxton and further a field in Chester, there is more choice but I dont know what he has at the mo!

Cheers.

Matt

[Geezah]

Coopers stout.
in primary for 10 days.... then kegged and drinking in another 5 days.

Coopers APA
in primary for 14 days..... then kegged, left to condition for 10 days and supping slightly cloudy

Both improve with time but are still fantastic pints in my timescale

[aleian]

+1 to Geezah

Coopers are a fantastic kit, fast to ferment and ready to drink in 2-3 weeks. If you go with Ditch's Stout recipe you can't go wrong, it's almost drinkable out of the fermenter after a week (not that I'd recommend it, of course ) and a week in the keg makes it superb. I've just done an APA with additions and it's lovely just 2 1/2 weeks after starting it.

[Stomach]

Cheers guys!

I have done a Coopers before and it was super quick, less than 3 weeks I was cracking the bottles open! I wont do a Ditches Coopers Stout this time as I have a John Bull Irish in the FV, Ditch style. My local HB shop doesnt stock that much Coopers and he certainly doesnt have APA of Stout anyway.
I will ask him what he has got and take it from there.
I am due to order from an online place as I have some vouchers so I may stick some Coopers on that and save the postage. Or I bite the bullet and risk doing another Tom Caxton, Yorkshire Bitter or Real Ale and the health food shop near work has those!!

Ooo decisions!!

[pablophoney]

Check your HB shop for Brewmaker kits, I did a Shire Mild as a "bog standard as per recipe 1st kit" and seem to remember it boasting "drinkable in 11days on the can" I don't know if rest of the range is the same but I believe they are a very tried and tested range of kits, the Mild one turned out alright.
Pablo.