made a great deal today!!!

Well i made a great deal today...i found a wine store that i drive by on the way to work and decided to stop in and see if they had any brewing supplies...turned out that they had a back room with a little bit of everything...i saw 8 brewers best kits.sitting on a shelf...so i read the date code and noticed they were made in april of 2004...so i asked the guy about them and he said he was trying to unload all the brewing stuff just to get it out of the store..so i asked him if i bought every beer kit he had what he wanted ...he sold me every one for cost which worked out to about $12 a kit...these kits were marked at $23 each..what the hell i bought all 8..3 steam beers,2 stouts,2 american micro brewery pale ales,and 1 india pale ale...for a total of $96..no taxes because it's considered food at this stage...i may have to buy fresh yeast but it's still a grea t deal...lucky me...

Cool Deal. :rockin:

But what about the hops with the kits? Even if they're pellets vacuum sealed, do you replace 'em or go for it?


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nice steal... hops and dry yeast are cheap enough...

I figure i'll go for it..if the yeast is no good i can allways re pitch..and yes they are vacume sealed hop pellets...i'm gonna try everything as is in 1 batch and see how it works out...

Let us know how it turns out in a month or so.

If they were canned kits they may be contaminated. Check for bulging. If it's bulging it's gone bad.

Other than that...hops and yeast are cheap enough...great deal.

Good find!!! You might try the lighter pale ales to see how dark they get. I made a brewers best continental pilsner (4+ yrs old) that was as dark as a Sam Adams Boston Lager. I had a post about this... The guys said its common for old malt to turn out dark.

I though the hops smelled fine. The beer tastes good but its really dark. It has more body and bitterness than what expected. The malt was a John Bull light in a 3.3lb can and 2 lbs of light DME. I used the 12 oz carapils too.

Good Luck. - You might have some pot-luck ales!!!!