anyone use brewhouse?

[Kronin]

The brew house

just curious if these are any good?... looks like a good site and they claim the all grain process they use is producing superior results...

they sell these kits at a LHBS in my city for about $38 Canadian...

 

[lurker18]

I have one that is waiting to get started. Look around here and everyone seems to have a pretty high opinion of them.

 

[Jmac00]

Yes, these kits IMO are very good. I've done 3 of them so far and i really like them. Basically pour wort, add 8L of water, then follow the rest of the instructions. Pretty hard to screw up, just keep an eye on the date as some LHBS might have old stock if not selling many....

also, $38 cdn is kinda high priced....they're $30 around here....not sure why the higher cost up where you're at. Usually everything is more expensive here...LOL.

 

[Memorex88]

Fantastic kits. It's all grain sept the 8 liters you add. This is where hacking the kit becomes fun. There's a few of us that do this with great results.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

This might be the wort produced from that farm/malting house/brewery my Dad said he saw on the news a couple nights ago. It's in Saskabush somewhere. Of course he forgot the name and the town (and he's from Saskatchewan originally!)

 

[Kronin]

sounds good, I will probably grab an IPA kit from them for my next brew, or the holiday spice one...

so you can then screw around with steeping specialty grains and adding hops etc to create something different? sounds fun

 

[Memorex88]

Yup they even have a few recipes on their site. Check it out...

The brew house

I'd try without mods first. You really want to see how great the beer comes out as is. Then the next one you could tweak it to your liking

 

[Jmac00]

Hey Memorex, i see you did the cream ale.....brewhouse? how do you like it.....thinking of doing that one for my next brewhouse...just looking for some feedback as nobody i know has done that one. Anything to compare it to commercially?

 

[FlyGuy]

These kits are the highest quality beer kits money can buy, and are extremely easy to brew. I have lots of buddies who have won many competition medals by hacking these kits (even an MCAB medal).

I can't put my finger on them right now, but I have posted on this topic a few times, and have posted some great 'recipes' to try with these kits. With some steeping grains and different yeast and different amounts of top-up water, you can make some very different types of beer.

Denny -- the brewery in Saskatoon you are thinking of is Paddock Wood, I believe.

 

[Picobrew]

Is there anywhere to get these in the US?

 

[Memorex88]

Hey Memorex, i see you did the cream ale.....brewhouse? how do you like it.....thinking of doing that one for my next brewhouse...just looking for some feedback as nobody i know has done that one. Anything to compare it to commercially?

hmm the cream ale is hard to point to a commercial beer. From the commercial beers I drink, the best I can think of is a mix between Newcastle and Molson Dry. (if you can imagine that)
It's really good but I've tweaked (I don't like the work hacked) the last 2 I've made.

Another one I've been working on is a Kilkenny clone. I've come real close to the taste using the Munich Dark Lager + DME and cascade and fuggle hops.

PM me if you want some recipes.

I'm still trying to figure out how to use these kits into beersmith. FlyGuy is helping me out on this but I'm not getting far and loose patients and go back to my notes.

 

[Memorex88]

Is there anywhere to get these in the US?

Yes, give em a call at 1-800-663-0954 and depending on where you live, they will tell you.

 

[Drustanos]

$38 is too much. I get mine for 10 bucks less. That being said, these are good super easy kits. I have done the pale ale, pilsner and american premium lager is in the 2ndary right now.

 

[Memorex88]

$38 is too much. I get mine for 10 bucks less. That being said, these are good super easy kits. I have done the pale ale, pilsner and american premium lager is in the 2ndary right now.

Yes I think you should haggle the price down. I get mine at 32. It used to be 26 last year but the HOP prices cost everyone

Drustanos how did you like the pilsner? I haven't tried that one yet.

 

[FlyGuy]

I have never made one, but one of our club members did a pilsner kit with a real German pilsner yeast (Wyeast 2206 I believe) and lagered it properly. It was fantastic.

 

[Drustanos]

Drustanos how did you like the pilsner?

Its pretty good. Tastes like a lighter, slightly more bitter verson of the pale ale.

Which ones have you done, and which was your favorite?

Edit: I guess I could have just looked under your post with whats in your keg.

 

[BoyScout]

I've done 4 of them so far, and tweaked (hacked) two of them. The Red Ale isn't too bad but it's kind of boring.
The Honey Blonde turned out great, but I added an extra 1kg of honey to it, so I called it a Double Honey Blonde. It was fantastic actually, my wife loved it. I have two bottles of it left that she's saving for a "special" occassion.
On their website they have 5 different ways of tweaking their kits. I'm doing the Russian Imperial Oatmeal Stout that they suggested. Was my first time steeping grains. It's got at least another month to go, to finish bottle conditioning, but I have tasted a bottle already and it's tasty! They'll be ready just in time for my 40th (the big F-O). That should make the night a little more memorable.

 

[Memorex88]

Its pretty good. Tastes like a lighter, slightly more bitter verson of the pale ale.

Which ones have you done, and which was your favorite?

Edit: I guess I could have just looked under your post with whats in your keg.

Yes all those in the signature are all Brew House Kits I've tried and the 2 creams and Munich Dark I tweaked. Before that I made them straight like the kit says.

 

[hopsalot]

oh Canada...

 

[Kronin]

$38 is too much. I get mine for 10 bucks less. That being said, these are good super easy kits. I have done the pale ale, pilsner and american premium lager is in the 2ndary right now.

I will shop around a bit... the website states a few places in saskatoon that sell em, only seen em at the one place so far... a $10 difference is pretty significant in my eyes.

 

[Memorex88]

I'm doing the Russian Imperial Oatmeal Stout that they suggested.

Your definitely going to have to tell us how this turns out!

Another one I'd like to try is the Imperial India Pails of Ale, but that's got 8 oz of hops and at $4 an oz that the price of a whole other kit!

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

I don't think it's paddockwood. I'm not sure what town. There was a thing on the news about how they were a grain farm then got into malting, then opened their own brewery and sell the wort (and beer?) in kits.

 

[BoyScout]

Your definitely going to have to tell us how this turns out!

Well, I've tried two bottles of it so far. One after it'd been bottle for 2 weeks, one after it'd been bottled for a month, and so far I'm giving it two thumbs up.
I was spot on with the OG - 1.080, and the FG was 1.010, so that'll give me 9.1%. not too bad.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Found the one I was talking about. They are using paddockwoods brewery for now. (leasing some vats??) The article he saw said theyw ere selling (or about to start selling) there wort in kits.

Home*-*Brecknock Brewing
Brecknock Brewing to Launch Soon « Canadian Beer News

 

[Kronin]

another great example and argument to the great market opportunity for anyone in the grainbelt to start a large-ish fully organic hop yard. $$$$$$$$

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

another great example and argument to the great market opportunity for anyone in the grainbelt to start a large-ish fully organic hop yard. $$$$$$$$

Go for it man! uh... as long as you sell me hops on the cheap.

 

[Carrion]

I've made 2 of them. Honey Blonde Ale and the Winterfest Ale. I just bought the Mexican Cerveza kit and will be using the Wyeast 2112 yeast.

 

[lurker18]

Carrion and others that have tried the Honey Blonde. I have that kit (as my first ever). Any pointers or things to avoid.

 

[Jmac00]

I made the Honey Blonde, it was my very first batch. Turned out good. I did it according to the directions.......next time i make it, i may add some extra honey to it. I don't like adding or hacking these kits until i try the original first...gives ya something to compare to.

 

[Memorex88]

Carrion and others that have tried the Honey Blonde. I have that kit (as my first ever). Any pointers or things to avoid.

Use the best possible water. (or should that be best water possible?)Then again this should go with any beer made.