Are you using Mr Beer??

"Craig Bennett" <craig_b@no-spam.com> wrote in message
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> I've brewed just one batch successfully, it was a brewhouse wort-in-a-bag
> type kit and came out very good, in fact it exceeded my expectations. I
> started a second brewhouse kit and that is coming along nicely.
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> I've started a third coopers IPA kit, (it was on sale at less than half
> the price of the brewhouse) and 36 hrs after pitching the yeast, I still
> see no activity. both the brewhouses kits were fermenting aggressively by
> this time.
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> The expiry date on the coopers IPA was 1/26/06 - just 2 months away (hence
> the reason for the clearance price I guess).
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> for brewing the coopers kit I pretty much followed the instructions on
> [url]http://www.bodensatz.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20020413075309659#choosing[/url]
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> However, I now read conflicting ways of brewing these kits - some say
> follow manufacturer instructions, others say toss the instructions and
> follow alternate instructions such as those in the link above.
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> What are the chances that the yeast that came with the coopers kit will
> still be good ?
> is there anything I can do to start it fermenting ? Will it harm it / do
> any good to pitch some fresh yeast into it at this time ? ...or should I
> just wait a little longer ? ...or should I ditch it and chalk it up to
> experience...(If it seems to good a deal to be true, then it usually is)
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> Any advice welcome,
> Thanks,
> Craig (Ajax, ON)
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