English Bitter/Draught

Hello there, Yeah I would have thought the OG may have been a bit higher maybe. I would leave it for another couple of days and you might get another point or two. At the end of the day the yeast will do what it does and then its done. It ll be great and for your first brew dont forget to note everything down in your brewers note book. Cheers

G'day, yep a two can will finish high, each can has all the unfermentables in it needed for the style that it is, so the english bitter alone will finish around 1.011 maybe higher, and the draught probably 1.008-1.010 ish. added together I'd probably expect something like what you got, there'd be a small amount of unfermentables in the enhancer too I'd think, depending on which one.
As Finroo said leave it a couple more days and see what happens. Even if its finished it will still clear up a bit as the yeast falls out etc.
I would expect that this beer will quite bitter, if it is some aging will be its friend. I always found the English Bitter kit was bitter enough on its own. I only really enjoyed two can recipes with the Dark Ale and Stout kit. I understand it seems a popular thing to do lately with all cans, but things can get very bitter fast since, as with the unfermentables, each can is bittered for its style and no real extra bitterness is needed. If I am adding hops, especially boiling hops, I'll usually pick a low bitterness can because the hops will add a lot more, for example if I wanted to make an IPA and boils some hops for it, I would start with the pale ale kit, not the IPA kit.
Hope it turns out great mate, Cheers!

Niceone Chris, As far as stressing the yeast goes im under the impression that yeast really prefers higher temps but the problem is it doesnt produce very nice tasting alcohol.
I have had coopers yeast finish at 1013 in a similar brew years ago but not always.
I good thing for hoax to do would be to brew the same again and change the yeast and noting the results in his brewing log.
I dont know whether or not coopers yeast is no good . Why would they put shitty yeast in with their brew kits, doesnt sound like a good practise to me.
Anyway, great disscusion boys cheers. Takecare.

1 According to Beersmith 1/055 is spot on for that brew.
2 Coopers is a tough yeast, even US05 manufacturers recommend rehydrating at 27c., I dont think 30c would stress it too much, not enough to halt fermenting once it had taken off, I dont think it finished high at all, again Beersmith estimates 1.014 for that brew, its the two can thing, they really arent made for it, though some combos do work, in my opinion for the big stouts, otherwise I dont like them, but thats personal taste.
3 Yeast again is more a personal taste thing, but since he actually didnt finish high, its not a problem. I do prefer other yeasts but again thats a personal taste.
Cheers!

Thats great it turned out! Would be better to use both yeasts but since it turned out, who cares lol..
With a tin of 1.7kg and 500g of Light Dry Malt you'd be looking at around 3.5% @ 23L
Cheers!