To me it sounds like a cake mix where you just add water and stir.
Cheese and Crackers, sanitize a carboy, dump the sterile wort in it, dump your yeast and put the airlock on.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
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?
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
Sanitation, Fermenting Temps, and Patience are the three sides to the triangle of good home brew!
ok so all the instructions are wrong...nearly all of the kits say to remove from primary in 4 to 7 days....
so does edwort concur...or does he stick to the 2 weeks primary recipe?
so does edwort concur...or does he stick to the 2 weeks primary recipe?
I honestly don't know why guys are saying that this brew will not be as good as say a partial mash or all-grain.
This kit is going to taste better then any type of beer made from extract.
For people in Canada this is perfect for winter brewing.
If you use a high quality yeast these kits will beat most peoples all-grain.
I'm not extremely familiar with these kits, so correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they essentially just hopped extract?
So, anyone who says these kits won't be as good as extract, PM, or all grain brews is purely speculating.
I'm sure it will be fine, but I doubt it will be as good as a properly done PM or AG recipe. Just like in cooking and baking, using fresh ingredients will always produce a superior product, and having complete control over the stuff that goes into your brew can only be beneficial.
I'm not extremely familiar with these kits, so correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they essentially just hopped extract? Why would this be better than an extract brew? This statement just makes no sense to me.
Nope. Pure all natural all grain wort
People in Canada are accustomed to crappy beer, so these kits probably are perfect for them.
Typical ignorant American
I have no doubt that an experienced all grain brewer (not to mention an experienced extract brewer) can make a brew that will put these kits to shame. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure they make a drinkable brew, I just find it extremely hard to believe they can produce a better beer than a well crafted AG, PM, or extract w/ specialty grains brew.
The bottom line is that brewing is fun and if your looking for a quick and easy brew there's plenty of good beer at the grocery store.
For the people who have done these brews, do you typically use the included dry yeast or use a White Labs/Wyeast instead?
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.
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