Brewers Best Kits

[gruversm]

Anyone brew a batch of BB Kolsch with White Labs German Ale/Kolsch Yeast (WLP029)?

 

[Hibob!]

I brewed the BB Red Ale - initially unimpressed, no hop aftertaste, just blah. Pulled out the remaining two cases at Easter (30 days later) and got multiple atta-boys, people leaving with bottles in their pockets. It's not agressive-hoppy, but a very good ale.

 

[Hibob!]

Forgot - the BB Red Ale I handed out tastes exactly like Fullers ESB.

 

[bigdean]

I really like Brewer's Best... I am a big fan of the Scottish Ale! Hard to go wrong when using them... great for beginner's or if you just want an easy batch to throw together. I have had many compliments from friends who have sampled it.

 

[skipfab74]

I'm planning on the Pumpkin Spice Porter in August. Anyone have experience with that kit? Also, I want to make a quick batch for the summer. My wheat is almost gone and the summer hasn't even really started! Any suggestions?

 

[bd2xu]

I'm planning on the Pumpkin Spice Porter in August. Anyone have experience with that kit? Also, I want to make a quick batch for the summer. My wheat is almost gone and the summer hasn't even really started! Any suggestions?

Yes! Great beer but I wish I would have listened to others when they said to use less of the spice pack. I used the whole thing... Way too much. If I do it again I will use 1/4 or 1/2 of the pack. Longer aging on this beer a good idea too.

 

[soapy45]

Newbie to newbie, a great BB kit for a summer beer is American Light. I've only been brewing since March and I've only brewed BB kits so far. A-L was my first brew and I enjoyed it so much that I started another batch. Light LME, Pilsner DME, corn sugar, rice solids, just a little hops; many of the same ingredients as a classic American pilsner (which IMHO is a great summer beer) but fermented with an ale yeast. Lots of flavor, easy.

 

[Running_Crazy]

I'm planning on the Pumpkin Spice Porter in August. Anyone have experience with that kit? Also, I want to make a quick batch for the summer. My wheat is almost gone and the summer hasn't even really started! Any suggestions?

I wasn't impressed with this one. Too much spice for my liking. I would consider using less of the spice pack as others have stated.

 

[RM-MN]

I wasn't impressed with this one. Too much spice for my liking. I would consider using less of the spice pack as others have stated.

If you let it age a bit more the spices will be more subdued.

 

[skipfab74]

Just brewed the Summer Ale on Friday. Had a lot of citrus smell going on. Looking forward to it.

 

[Running_Crazy]

If you let it age a bit more the spices will be more subdued.

Mines been nearly a year in the bottle. It has mellowed, still a bit much spice for my liking. Just not a fan of those one personally. Others have said they like it. I give it to them.

 

[skipfab74]

I wasn't impressed with this one. Too much spice for my liking. I would consider using less of the spice pack as others have stated.

I am a fan of Southern Tier Pumking. More or less spice than that?

 

[RealLyte]

Love these kits. I'm on my third (saison) and like the instructions and ingredient s.

 

[USAFSooner]

Wasn't a fan of their dunkleweizen but their hefe was good!

 

[Kozzer]

I've got the BB American Amber in the cleanup phase, getting ready to bottle in a few days. The sample I tried when I took a hydrometer reading was very tasty. Next up will be the BB English Brown Ale (glad to see a few posts in this thread saying it's very good) and then batch #3 will be the BB American Pale Ale.

 

[dustinjkline]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Running_Crazy

I wasn't impressed with this one. Too much spice for my liking. I would consider using less of the spice pack as others have stated.
I am a fan of Southern Tier Pumking. More or less spice than that?


Much more. I would use half of the spices at most. It was almost undrinkable with the full spice mix.

 

[skcm2006]

Has anyone tried the American Cream Ale? Thinking of doing that next.....

 

[ugiweizen]

I just brewed my second dunkelweizen, My friends and I liked it, the irish red was good also. Brewed an American Light today, I hope it turns out good, the wort tasted bitter on the end

 

[ugiweizen]

I have put the dunkelweizen in secondary for 19 days, Turned out good. I noticed all bb kits recommend a secondary. Well the 5 that I have done