I agree that the Brewhouse kits are an excellent kit as well. I also can understand how many homebrewers can be put off by "wort in a bag" concept. Especially with so many bad kits out there! I think it's just like extract brewing was 15-20 years ago, not very good for a whole host of reasons.
Now that extract has come a long way and the quality has vastly improved. More respect is given to that type of brewing. With pre-made wort trying to find a place in the market, we should expect to see that product experiancing several of the same reactions as extract did. I think for pre-made to make a bigger mark, the cost may need to come down futher to be more attractive than extract kits yet mantain thier quality. From the sounds of other discussions, there are some pre-boiled kits that apparently suck while others totally rock (ie Brew House).
I think those few reasons will continue to keep many AG and extract brewers skeptical of pre-boiled wort. I can't totally disagree with what was said previously that using the Brew House kits is not "brewing" because by definition, we're not brewing the wort ourselves, unless you hack the kit and re-boil the kit with other hops or malts. If you don't do that, then we're really mixing and fermenting. Nonetheless, the brew that you can create is exceptionally good. So good in fact, various competitions do not prohibit these kits from competing against thier AG and extract brethern. And some have said that people are winning with these kits (I have not competed yet). I conducted yet another taste-test with friends on my Honey Blonde Ale (I hacked it with sweet orange and corriander) vs. Blue Moon. And yet again, everybody thought the homebrew was the commercial and the commercial was the homebrew. The comments ranged from "thin in taste" to "pale in color" when they tasted the Blue Moon - which they expected a home brew to exhibit. Where as the homebrew had "strong, fresh flavor" "great color" and "full taste" which they expected a commercial beer to have over a home brew.
More importantly, I'm glad to see more and more people talking about these kits here - when I first got into this, very little seemed to posted - and even less on follow-up threads or updates on the progress of how these kits were turning out. Consequently,
I advocate for the mods to look at the idea of creating a Brew House (and variations type kits) board since these are an odd kit that do not fall neatly into an extract or AG discussion. However, there could be a down side to having a board for this type of kit, in-put from members like the Big K that have a wealth of knowledge could become limited since these kits or discussions may not appeal to a lot of senior or premium members. Even though we don't boil, we still benifit from discussing secondary ferment, adjuncts, yeast, techniques and equipment just like everybody else. So maybe there would be a limitation to having a pre-made wort kit board. But, something to look at and see if it's worth the trouble.
Cheers!