Has this ever happened to you

Back in October I bought a Nobel trappist ale kit form midwest. It finished out great. I brewed another of the same kit that I bought in Jan. This one was much lighter in color. I think they switched the malt extract. The first kit had golden amber extract and the one I just made was Pislen extract. I sure hope it comes out as good as the first batch. I don't know if they made a mistake of if they substituted. If it was the latter they should have asked first.

Those sneaky bastards!!Do you have a LHBS nearby?I just make a list and get exactly what i need.If I payed more attention to what i put in which brew I'd get good consistency that way

Kit's are nice because you can buy one thing, and get everything you need (ingredients wise) to make a beer. I don't trust them farther than I can throw them though. Well, tbh I can probably throw one pretty far, so I don't trust them *even as far as I can throw them*.
My first beer ever was a Brewers Best, American Amber kit. It was a good kit, and the results were an entirely enjoyable beer. I gave some away, everybody thought it was good for a first beer. I was thrilled. My second beer was a Brewers Best English Brown kit. It had the same ingredients as the American Amber. I don't mean mostly the same, I mean exactly the same. It was the same kit, with a different label on it. It was still a very good beer, tasted exactly like the first one. I got another EB kit, thinking that it was just a mislabel. Nope, same thing as the first two.

Kinda like ramen noodles. Different "flavor packets," but they all taste the same.

mattmcl said:

Kinda like ramen noodles. Different "flavor packets," but they all taste the same.

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I disagree : D oriental and chicken ramen> beef and all the other nasty kinds.

I always thought that most Belgian brews were based on the pilsner malt. You should be fine.

Possibly some kettle carmelization on the first batch. Do you always stir while boiling? That could account for the SRM difference.

eschatz said:

Possibly some kettle carmelization on the first batch. Do you always stir while boiling? That could account for the SRM difference.

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Yes. I stir often. I, sure it will be fine. It is a very big notice in the color.
I Bought a few clone kits from AHB, a Smithwicks and a S.N. pale ale both turned out great.