Favorite HME Brand?

[Texas]

I've to date primarily used Mr. Beer HME kits with and without steeped grains with some good results. Wondering if there any other brands worth trying here in US?

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

HME kits: Hopped Malt Extract.

Muntons has/had a couple of hopped dry malt extract products. Over the years, I've seen it (for a while) at various US-based online stores.


eta:
https://www.muntons.com/brewkit_type/spraymalt/
https://www.muntons.com/home_brewing/spraymalt-hopped-light-sachet/

 

[Texas]

HME kits: Hopped Malt Extract.

Muntons has/had a couple of hopped dry malt extract products. Over the years, I've seen it (for a while) at various US-based online stores.

Any experience in using them?

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

Any experience in using them?

No. The lack of recipes (at the time) kept me looking deeper into the product.

 

[fluketamer]

coopers diy beer is the parent company. of mr beer and has the freshest hme available here in the states. Often fresher than Mr. beer cause they tend to sit on shelves I don’t have proof but I’d say Cooper’s has a bigger turnover than Mr. beer but that’s just my opinion. HME availabilities extremely limited in the US cause it’s not as popular as say Australia or the UK . Recently a Canadian company just increased their muntains inventory a lot . I’ll shoot you a private message. they ship to us.

wait til they have sales

 

[lumpher]

WAAAAYYYYY late to this party, but maybe someone else will see this who is wondering. If you're going to do the hme kits, just do the LME beer kits from morebeer, NB, or whoever. Much better and almost as easy.

 

[easttex]

I've brewed a few Coopers kits. Mixed results with their yeast and no much head retention but it was easy to brew "drinkin' beer" that wasn't too expensive.

 

[fluketamer]

WAAAAYYYYY late to this party, but maybe someone else will see this who is wondering. If you're going to do the hme kits, just do the LME beer kits from morebeer, NB, or whoever. Much better and almost as easy.

apples and oranges.

hme kits are just reconstitued with water and can make decent drinkable beer. the kits you referenced are boiled and take a lot more time ,effort, and equipment.

 

[lumpher]

apples and oranges.

hme kits are just reconstitued with water and can make decent drinkable beer. the kits you referenced are boiled and take a lot more time ,effort, and equipment.

And make drinkable beer... I DID say almost as easy.
You say a lot more equipment... I can make an LME kit with a 3 gallon pot, a heat source, and a fermenter. I don't, but I could...

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

LME beer kits from morebeer, NB, or whoever.

Remember to store the LME cool on arrival and brew promptly.

 

[fluketamer]

Remember to store the LME cool on arrival and brew promptly.

get the dme kits they have better shelf life. and dont need cool storage. i didnt like dme cause the first time i tried it it clumped and was a sticky mess. dme is much better than lme tho and when i employed the no steam warm slurry trick it turned out to be a no brainer over lme for me.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

get the dme kits they have better shelf life. and dont need cool storage.

Many of the major online stores include LME in their kits. NB often uses a mix of LME & DME. MoreBeer offers DME as option - but there is a price difference.

Generally, if one isn't going to brew promptly with a kit, it's a good idea to store

• LME in the fridge
• hops in the freezer
• yeast in the fridge

Remember to store the LME cool on arrival and brew promptly.

There was a recent topic over in /r/homebrewing (link) where someone stored an LME IPA kit at room temperature for "at least" six months before brewing. The topic was interesting to watch, as that OP didn't initially mention the delayed brew day or the storage conditions.

My limited experience with LME suggests that
1) oxygen barrier bags (with no "head space") and
2) high turn over (at the on line store)
result in a product that arrives fresh. I need to
1) store it cool (fridge) and
2) brew with it promptly for best results.

i didnt like dme cause the first time i tried it it clumped and was a sticky mess. dme is much better than lme tho and when i employed the no steam warm slurry trick it turned out to be a no brainer over lme for me.

In warm & humid environments, DME can easily become a sticky mess. @D.B.Moody 's approach (in the 'I brewed a favorite recipe today') is a pleasingly simple way to avoid the problem.

OTOH, both MoreBeer and Williams offer interesting LME products - well beyond the common DME styles: pilsen / light / pale ale / wheat / amber / dark. I've had good results with a couple of the Williams LMEs (shipping was in early spring).

 

[WouldBeBrewmaster]

HME kits: Hopped Malt Extract.

Muntons has/had a couple of hopped dry malt extract products. Over the years, I've seen it (for a while) at various US-based online stores.


eta:
https://www.muntons.com/brewkit_type/spraymalt/
https://www.muntons.com/home_brewing/spraymalt-hopped-light-sachet/

Muntons partnered with ABC Cork to distribute their beer kits and both hopped and unhopped extracts in the US & Canada. There’s a DTC website and wholesale accounts available for LHBSs.
www.MuntonsBeerKits.com

In the past couple years they’ve come out with some new products like a 100% Munich Malt extract, Vienna Malt Extract and even an Oat Malt Extract.

 

[madcactusbrewing]

Has anyone tried the MoreBeer Flash kit? Looks like just DME with hop oil and dry hops added to kit, along with yeast.

 

[mac_1103]

Has anyone tried the MoreBeer Flash kit?

There's a thread. Looks like a couple of members have some in progress.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

And the MoreBeer Flash Brewing kits are not using HME (hoped extract).

Has anyone tried the MoreBeer Flash kit?

There's a thread. Looks like a couple of members have some in progress.

Expect to see a couple of "reports" over in /r/homebrewing as well.