Thanks. I'm just figuring out which one to get. I've got an Irish Red from SoCo in primary now. I'm leaning towards their American Cream Ale.The brewers best kits I used when I started were of good quality. I wouldn't be afraid to reccomend them to a new brewer. Hope that helps.
You spelled week wrong.sometime next year
Thanks, unless they fell out of date at the warehouse the dates shouldn't be a problem. I only plan to get them as I'm going to brew.Kits are great due to the detailed instructions. One word of caution is to check the best by date on the box as well as the extracts and yeast.
yeah, I don't mean make sure YOU use them right away. Kits by their nature can sit on a vendor's shelf for a while.Thanks, unless they fell out of date at the warehouse the dates shouldn't be a problem. I only plan to get them as I'm going to brew.
BYO's Big Book of Homebrewing, 1e (2017 /1/), p 19 has a technique for measuring the color (and therefore freshness) of LME. Basically, for a 5% ABV beer, create a OG 50 wort in a glass and view the color. (Properly boiled, fresh LME doesn't darken 'excessively').unless they fell out of date at the warehouse the dates shouldn't be a problem.
They are not a bad place to start, and I have brewed with a few of them, but I am not a huge fan. Maybe if you can get them very fresh, but they tend to sit out at room temp for months with aging LME, hops and yeast. They also tend to skimp a bit on ingredients, likely to reduce the overall cost.When starting out has anyone used Brewer's Best kits? I just brewed a kit from another vendor, but I'm curious about this brand and how their product is.
Yup until I get my skills down I want to stick with the kits. I'm also keeping them to small batches a gallon at a time. I figure after some practice sometime next year I'll branch out and try to tweak recipes a tad.
My post about a week was partly in jest but I started with kits like many do. I had done several kits and had read a bit about all grain and was put off by needing a special mash tun and a braid or manifold and a mash paddle, and then, having bought half a dozen extract kits I read about BIAB and bought a Corona mill and a paint strainer bag and set out making a 2 1/2 gallon batch all grain. It was very difficult to go back and use up the kits after having made one BIAB all grain batch. It was so easy to get started with the biggest problem i ran into with that first batch was that it was supposed to come out to 1.050 OG and mine was 1.070 into the fermenter.You spelled week wrong.
I don't know if those kit's do all grain or not. However I started out with the one gallon all-grain kit from Brooklyn Brew Shop and bought their ingredient kits for my next dozen or so beers before going out and buying bulk malts and hops for recipes I found online that looked interesting. I scaled those recipes back to the 1 to 2½ gallon batches I currently do.. I'm also keeping them to small batches a gallon at a time. I figure after some practice sometime next year I'll branch out
Austin Homebrew has a handful of Cream Ale kits to choose from, in case you want variety.Thanks. I'm just figuring out which one to get. I've got an Irish Red from SoCo in primary now. I'm leaning towards their American Cream Ale.
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