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05-30-2008, 11:32 PM
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does anyone have experience with festa brew
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just used a festa brew kit...just wort in a bag and add yeast to start.
wondered if anyone can say if this is good or bad?
thanks
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05-30-2008, 11:38 PM
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
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Well it's not as good as a kit that you add hops and grains to...or probably not even as good as a kit and kilo kit like Coopers....But you just made beer...It's a start on your new adventure.
Stick around here and you'll learn how to make great beer.
Welcome!
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05-30-2008, 11:41 PM
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To me it sounds like a cake mix where you just add water and stir. Sure, it makes dang good cake but it will be even better when you gain enough experience and knowledge to do it from scratch.
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05-30-2008, 11:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BrosBrew
To me it sounds like a cake mix where you just add water and stir.
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I agree. If your looking for an easy way to get beer, go to the grocery store. If your looking to create a good brew, avoid those kits and do it right.
BTW, Welcome artbrewer!
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05-30-2008, 11:56 PM
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Actually it sounds pretty neat. For $29 Canadian, you get their Red Ale
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23 L
Irish style Red Ale. Attractive red-amber colour. Moderate malt body and pleasant mild sweetness. Moderate hop bitterness, mild hop flavour and low hop aroma. A step towards darker beers, without the roasted components.
OG: 1.0492 – 1.0500, FG: 1.0132 – 1.0144, Yeast: Safale S-04, IBUs: 13
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Cheese and Crackers, sanitize a carboy, dump the sterile wort in it, dump your yeast and put the airlock on.
HOLY COW, It's easier than Apfelwein.
"Hey Hon, I'm brewing this Saturday. Can you give me 20 minutes?"
Go for it. Let us know how it turns out. I would like to know if their wort has any adjuncts in it. |
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05-30-2008, 11:59 PM
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i bought it from a brew on premises in canada...let it ferment for 1 week, racked it to glass carboy with airlock for 2 weeks, and just bottled it 1 week ago.decided to chill one last night and tried it this afternoon.....cidery and flat....maybe needs alot more time?
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05-31-2008, 12:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by artbrewer
i bought it from a brew on premises in canada...let it ferment for 1 week, racked it to glass carboy with airlock for 2 weeks, and just bottled it 1 week ago.decided to chill one last night and tried it this afternoon.....cidery and flat....maybe needs alot more time?
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Yeah 3 weeks at 70 degrees...
Here read this thread.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/stone-cold-lead-pipe-lockd-n00b-advice-54362/
as well as howtobrew.com
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05-31-2008, 12:04 AM
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As the others say, it is like the Kool Aid of beer! If you don't have much time on your hands, it can be good. Never tried it though.
What kind did you brew? Or is it: What kind did you dump?  |
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05-31-2008, 12:20 AM
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i dumped the blonde lager....by the way the toughest part of using this kit is handling the 6 gallons of wort...we are talking about hoisting 48 lbs of liquid into the basement for fermenting
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05-31-2008, 12:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by artbrewer
i dumped the blonde lager....by the way the toughest part of using this kit is handling the 6 gallons of wort...we are talking about hoisting 48 lbs of liquid into the basement for fermenting
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm always paranoid that I'm going to drop it and ruin all that wort, not to mention my glass carboy.
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