thanks for the advice, I'll be sure to follow that for the next kit and see
where it takes me.



"hevimees" <hevimees.1zfepu@usenet.brewtank.com> wrote in message
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>
> I've made quite many beers from Cooper's kits, and all of them have
> started
> bubbling after approximately 12 hours. So maybe the yeast in the kit
> was in
> bad shape since it was rather old.
>
> Anyways the instructions in Cooper's kits are OK as long as you
> remember to
> do two things that aren't mentioned: aerate the wort and rehydrate the
> yeast. These are two very important basic things missing from many many
> many
> beer kits' instructions. Sad but true...
>
> Boiling the wort in these kits isn't necessary, and it won't improve
> the taste
> one bit (it might even make it worse), you're just doing unnecessary
> extra
> work.
>
>
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