Homebrewery.com ingredient kits?

[BarflyB]

New to the hobby - batch 2 is tomorrow, but just wondered how these kits rate?
I know they are far from all grain and putting together your own recipes, but that point is still a long time off. They seem to be a step or 3 above a lot of the kits out there.



http://www.homebrewery.com/beer/beer-kits-ales.shtml

 

[birvine]

Not sure about them, but as long as it is fairly fresh (ie not having sat on the shelf for three years) I'm sure you'll be fine. I think you will find that many people not new to the hobby still use kits or extract and not all-grain. I am by no means an expert on anything but have been brewing since the early 90's and still have not gone AG.

Enjoy the hobby!

B

 

[birvine]

Hard to tell from a website, but just the fact that they mention grains and grain bag is promising.

B

 

[dsilva]

Just used the American Lager Kit from here for my first batch. Has been sitting in my primary for about a week now and so far so good!

Good luck!

 

[Spirk]

I brewed their European Lager kit Dec 12th and poured the first pint this past weekend. It tastes like a delicious cross between Carlsberg and Stella. I invited a couple friends over and we went to town on that keg. I brewed their Belgian Wit a little over a week ago and transferred to the secondary tonight. It smells and tastes incredible. I'm on their site right now about to order the Bavarian Bock and one of the IPAs.

 

[Spirk]

Update - The Belgian Wit was better than retail Blue Moon (unanimous decision) and the Bavarian Bock is really damn good; it reminds me of Super Bock, a beer I drank in high school while in Portugal. I still have the 10th Anniversary IPA ingredients and I'm just waiting for the wind to die down before I brew it. Also, try Austin Homebrew Supply. They have a ton of kits and most come in extract or all grain. I ordered the 1554 clone (AG) and am itching to brew it.