Tom Claxon Real Ale kit

February 17, 2016

My wife bought me  Tom Claxon real ale kit for my birthday back in Jan so I decided it was time to put it on to brew

the instruction are very clear and the kit is very simple. it even has a hop enhancer (i do like a hoppy bear).

I wont list the instructions as they come with the kit and i didn't deviate from said instruction.

my initial gravity reading was 1.044 (approx hard to tell exactly with the foam) 

the instructions say to leave it in the bucket for 6 days but i will probably leave it for around 3 weeks. that way the yeast will start to self clean the beer. ill post back an update when i have one

 http://www.muntonshomebrew.com/tom-caxton 

Second reading 1.008 making it approx. 4.7%abv

Bottled on the 8th march. Looked very clear when bottling. Rather than priming the bottles i measures out 30 tsp of brewing sugar and devolved it in hot water. Once cooled i added it to a second (sterilised) brew bucket. I siphoned the beer into the second bucket. I left it for around an hour for the froth to settle and then bottled.  Would definitely use this method again.