Kits

Hey guys I was wondering how often you make pre-packaged kits as opposed to coming up with your own recipe? I'll be brewing my 5th batch this weekend 2 are recipe's I put together and 3 are kits, Austin's $20 deal was too good to pass up. I was just curious what ratio for other people was. Thanks

 

I like kits. I do mostly AG now, but have from time to time grabbed extract kits due to time constraints, or when I want to make a style I am unfamiliar with I will get an AG kit.

I have always been very pleased with the AG kits from AHS, btw.

 

I'm of the opinion try the kit straight up,then see how many good brews you can get out of it by tweaking it.

 

My first three batches were kits, sort of... I modified all of them to some degree (the last one to a greater degree than the first two)... After that, I started coming up with my own recipes... Been making great beer ever since...

I do, sometimes, look at other recipes for reference, but I still tweak them to make them my own. Just feels like something I need to do... I equate this to the same way I cook... I look at it the same way I do making chili... Some people use pre-packaged seasoning mixes where all they need to do is cook up some meat, add water, and dump that in... I make mine from scratch. I might not get the exact same thing every time, but it's always great.

 

I'm pretty new to this game, but I love starting with a kit and then tweaking the next few batches myself. It helps me see what different changes (yeast, hops or temps) in recipe turn into.

 

I love tinkering with kits the coopers kits play well with tinkering ala fruits and veggies added to them.