Did I screw it already..?

[l.houlbrook]

Hey guys, I'm new and noob at all this. Just bought the coopers home brew kit and watched some wrong video. So i poured the enhancer after I tipped the lager in. So went lager, water, enhancer... does this make a difference or ruin it. Also in Australia, in an apartment I couldn't get my temperature low... so had to do it all what seemed to be 28 degrees.. will this still work or will it ruin it? Atm got a cold wet towel with a fan blowing on the fermenter case lol. Cheers boys hope I havent ****ed it.

 

[Jag75]

Hello and welcome to the forum and hobby! I really cant help you on the coopers kit process as I've never seen one here in the States. I can help you worh your fermentation temp. You've done good by adding wet towel . You can set up what's called a swamp cooler . Place your fermenter in a tub of cool water along with the towel and fan . Search the forums and you will have access to endless info. It's your first beer dont sweat it . Hang around here and you'll be brewing great beer in no time .

 

[Moose_MI]

The thread title had me scared to death of what pictures might be inside.
Took me 10min to work up the courage to get here.

 

[Jag75]

The thread title had me scared to death of what pictures might be inside.
Took me 10min to work up the courage to get here.

Lmbo !!
Should this thread be redirected to the condom airlock thread haha

 

[l.houlbrook]

Sorry, just Australian slang I guess.

 

[Jag75]

Sorry, just Australian slang I guess.

It's all good mate no worries . We say basically same thing here , only difference is we add in the word up .

 

[myndflyte]

Never done a coopers kit but if it's just hopped malt extract, the "enhancer" and water, you can add them anyway you want. I would image the enhancer is just some sort of sugar and would be easier to dissolve it all in plain water. Either way you should be fine though.

 

[Moose_MI]

Sorry, just Australian slang I guess.

No apology necessary...In fact I owe you a big thank you. This is the most excitement I’ve had in 2 weeks of quarantine.

Carry on good sir!

 

[Kharnynb]

yea, cooper's kit "enhancer" is just some sugars and maltodextrine, doesn't matter which order you put them really.

 

[l.houlbrook]

yea, cooper's kit "enhancer" is just some sugars and maltodextrine, doesn't matter which order you put them really.

Ok sweet, I just bottled the beer after a week and smells alcoholic and did the hydrometer test but rookie and it. So seems ok.. but.. when I got to the end i realised all the sugar and enhancer was collected at the bottom and did not desolve properly. What does this mean to the beer, is this normal?

Also it all seems bit flat. Like doesn't bubble like a normal beer? Put the carbonation drops in. Is this what gives it the bubbles?

 

[Pkrd]

Yes the yeast left in the bottled beer turn the carb drops into CO2, which gives the beer the fizz. Did you do a hydrometer reading at the start?

 

[l.houlbrook]

Sorry, the gunk and sugar I was saying was in the bucket I did the first fermenting stage. So none in the bottles? I have put the carbohydrate drops in.

I did do a read and was about 1040 (didnt write it down exactly) new read is around 1010.

 

[Pkrd]

Theres always a bunch of junk at the bottom of the fermenter when it's done, thats normal.

Leave it bottled for a couple of weeks, should be bubbles by then.