Jasper's?

[Ron_Blackhurst]

Anyone have experience with kits from Jasper's? If so any recommendations for an amber or maybe a cream ale.

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[pointcity-homebrew]

I have ordered the Orange Pushup Creamsicle Ale, have never used this kit but have had the Austin homebrew supply version and it was really good.

I also want to try the Coconut cream ale, sounds like a good summer beer for the beach vacation....


J

PS use Promo code "beer-is-my-joy" on your first order and you get 10% off......

 

[Oginme]

Jasper's is my LHBS. I have never tried any of their kits, but have stood waiting while people pick out three or four at a time. Jasper's puts their kits together as they receive orders, so you know that the ingredients are fresh out of their stock. They are very helpful and easy going. Their ingredients have always been excellent quality.

 

[GammaRay4130]

My first brew (still in the fermenter) was their oatmeal stout kit. Shipping was fast, Ill probably order another kit from them at some point.

 

[Ron_Blackhurst]

Jasper's is my LHBS. I have never tried any of their kits, but have stood waiting while people pick out three or four at a time. Jasper's puts their kits together as they receive orders, so you know that the ingredients are fresh out of their stock. They are very helpful and easy going. Their ingredients have always been excellent quality.

I like to hear that! They seem to have a large selection. The only problem is I'm in Utah they're in New Hampshire.

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[Oginme]

I think they have a flat $7.99 shipping. you can check their web site at www.boomchugalug.com

 

[dsaavedra]

Got my first it from them. It's bottle conditioning right now but it sure did taste good when I tried a sample! It was their Oh-Daddy-Oh Honey Brown Ale.

 

[ob_1jr]

I will be ordering a couple of kits from them in the near future. I e-mailed them about the flat rate shipping and for me (I'm overseas and they will be shipping to an APO) it is the $7.99 per kit, but I am good with that seeing that Midwest is about $30 for the first kit shipping...so I would have to order a couple of kits or make a bigger order through Midwest so the value would be better on shipping.

My wife doesn't want me brewing every weekend, so ordering 3 or more kits through midwest at a time really isn't an option especially if I can get a kit shipped for $7.99 through Jasper's.

 

[Gaijin]

I have the orange creamsicle ale prepped and ready to brew tomorrow. I am pretty excited about it, and plan on following the recipe to the letter. I will say that I was VERY pleased with the shipping time, packaging, and the (apparent) quality of ingredients.

 

[grizzly2378]

I've got the I Eat Danger For Breakfast Stout in primary right now. They shipped fast and I got my kit in about a week, not bad for FedEx ground from NH to SD. I've heard they pack each kit to order and that appeared to be the case. I also like that they give you bottle cap labels for each kit. I'll definitely order from them again, probably the pumpkin stout.

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

I have the orange creamsicle ale prepped and ready to brew tomorrow. I am pretty excited about it, and plan on following the recipe to the letter. I will say that I was VERY pleased with the shipping time, packaging, and the (apparent) quality of ingredients.

I have this bottle conditioning now, should be ready this weekend. I pretty much followed the instructions with the exception of leaving it in secondary for an extra week due to time constraints. It tasted pretty good when I bottled it, not too much vanilla and not too much orange. I will post back after I crack a carb one open and let you know what to expect.

 

[JINKS]

Ordered a pumpkin ale from them last night and its in the mail today. Looking forward to brewing this one.

 

[dsaavedra]

Got my first it from them. It's bottle conditioning right now but it sure did taste good when I tried a sample! It was their Oh-Daddy-Oh Honey Brown Ale.

This was my very first brew too! My partial boil kinda screwed up the malt-hops balance but it was still tasty! Just a little overly malty.

 

[levtbeas]

I have experience with them. I have made 2 of their kits. The first was the Smittywerberyegermanjensen Baltic Porter, the second was their Mucka Mucka Mocha Coffee Porter.

Their shipping is really fast. I received my kit in 3 days.

Their ingredients seemed fresh to me. The grains smelled incredible and had a good crush.

The instructions are very thorough and help immensely.

The kits don't come with crowns. Something I didn't know, so keep that in mind. They give you stickers for the crowns with the beer name on them. I've never seen that before but they could be helpful I guess.

The beer was delicious. I can't compare to many others, just Brewer's Best and Northern Brewer. Jasper's is my favorite so far. Fast shipping. Good, fresh ingredients. Spot on directions. Delicious beer. Can't get much better than that.

 

[Ron_Blackhurst]

Now that my LHBS started a frequent buyer program it will be hard to purchase anywhere else. I think I may have to try one of these kits though.

 

[Gaijin]

Ok, so I brewed this Orange Creamsicle today....Followed the recipe to the letter. I have fears though, and I was wondering if you more experienced guys may be able to quell them.

Honestly, this is only my third home brew, each have been kits. First two were 5 gallon boils. This one required 2.25 gallons, steeping grains, boil, add malt, lactose, etc....then boil again for an hour. By then end of all that, I had about 1 to 1.25 gallons of wort. Balanced the rest in water as directed when going into the primary to make 5 gallons.

Now, I'm not worried about contamination: I use spring water, sanitize thoroughly and keep a clean brewing environment. However, it just felt like I boiled off SO MUCH of the good stuff. Then, just added a ton of water.

Anyone reading this have an opinion.

And Grizzly2378, I am definitely eyeballing that pumpkin stout.

 

[Gaijin]

I have this bottle conditioning now, should be ready this weekend. I pretty much followed the instructions with the exception of leaving it in secondary for an extra week due to time constraints. It tasted pretty good when I bottled it, not too much vanilla and not too much orange. I will post back after I crack a carb one open and let you know what to expect.

Please do, just pitched today and am very excited. Best of luck.

 

[levtbeas]

Ok, so I brewed this Orange Creamsicle today....Followed the recipe to the letter. I have fears though, and I was wondering if you more experienced guys may be able to quell them.

Honestly, this is only my third home brew, each have been kits. First two were 5 gallon boils. This one required 2.25 gallons, steeping grains, boil, add malt, lactose, etc....then boil again for an hour. By then end of all that, I had about 1 to 1.25 gallons of wort. Balanced the rest in water as directed when going into the primary to make 5 gallons.

Now, I'm not worried about contamination: I use spring water, sanitize thoroughly and keep a clean brewing environment. However, it just felt like I boiled off SO MUCH of the good stuff. Then, just added a ton of water.

Anyone reading this have an opinion.

And Grizzly2378, I am definitely eyeballing that pumpkin stout.

This sounds normal. I think you generally boil off quite a bit of water during the boil, but as far as I know it's just water. It's like reducing the wort to a more concentrated wort. The stuff you boil is what comes as LME, but water is taken out of it. I don't foresee a problem here.

If it makes you feel better, next time you could try boiling with a lid on the pot, that way much of the water can recondense back into your wort.

Good luck!

 

[Paradigm]

I've ordered about 4 kits from them now and love them. Their dry yeast is very viable, their ingredients high quality and the instructions helpful and amusing to read. Currently have a Kolsch and an IIPA from them (all grain) ferming and we did a grav read on the IIPA the other day. We tasted the wort that we used for the reading and that's gonna be a goooooooood IIPA. (We bought the Pliny clone "Whiny the Youngster").

 

[Oginme]

If it makes you feel better, next time you could try boiling with a lid on the pot, that way much of the water can recondense back into your wort.

Good luck!

Please do not do this. It is not just water being boiled off, but precursors of DMS (boiled corn taste) and other disagreeable flavors that are being removed in the boil. Keeping the lid on will retain these materials and give your brew a distinctly unpleasant taste.

 

[levtbeas]

Please do not do this. It is not just water being boiled off, but precursors of DMS (boiled corn taste) and other disagreeable flavors that are being removed in the boil. Keeping the lid on will retain these materials and give your brew a distinctly unpleasant taste.

I posted somewhere else about my beers having a distinct taste. It isn't bad, just distinct. I have tried to figure out what it is. I've pretty much tried changing everything I could think of, and so if this the source, I'm forever indebted to you!

It's not advisable to do this even if it's partial extract? I ask because the steeping process in my brewing is done without a lid, and then the extract is sometimes done with a lid. So even though the grains have been steeped for a while, a lid will still cause off flavors?

 

[Gaijin]

This sounds normal. I think you generally boil off quite a bit of water during the boil, but as far as I know it's just water. It's like reducing the wort to a more concentrated wort. The stuff you boil is what comes as LME, but water is taken out of it. I don't foresee a problem here.

If it makes you feel better, next time you could try boiling with a lid on the pot, that way much of the water can recondense back into your wort.

Good luck!

I always use a lid. However, between me paying constant attention to the steep/boil and the highly active nature of this boil (seemed like the whole boil was one big hot break) the lid was CONSTANTLY on/off, on/off, on/off.

What you said about the boil off being mostly water makes sense. My mind was telling me that, but one of those weird things.....helps a LOT to hear it coming from someone else. Cheers!!!

 

[Gaijin]

I've ordered about 4 kits from them now and love them. Their dry yeast is very viable, their ingredients high quality and the instructions helpful and amusing to read. Currently have a Kolsch and an IIPA from them (all grain) ferming and we did a grav read on the IIPA the other day. We tasted the wort that we used for the reading and that's gonna be a goooooooood IIPA. (We bought the Pliny clone "Whiny the Youngster").

Even with my trepidation and misgivings following the boil, I still have a good feeling about this brew. If it goes well, I will absolutely be purchasing from them again. Good luck with your IIPA.

 

[Gaijin]

Please do not do this. It is not just water being boiled off, but precursors of DMS (boiled corn taste) and other disagreeable flavors that are being removed in the boil. Keeping the lid on will retain these materials and give your brew a distinctly unpleasant taste.

So like I said previously, I am really new here. This is the first I have heard of this phenomenon. I will have to dig deeper into this topic.

So do you recommend going through a whole steep and boil with no lid at all?

 

[JINKS]

steep with lid is fine boil with lid is not fine.

 

[Oginme]

So like I said previously, I am really new here. This is the first I have heard of this phenomenon. I will have to dig deeper into this topic.

So do you recommend going through a whole steep and boil with no lid at all?

Check out www.howtobrew.com! Great site by John Palmer with a lot of great advice for both new and experienced brewers. The on-line information is basically the first version of his book 'How to Brew.' The book has been updated several times and contains updated information not found on the web site.

 

[Paradigm]

Boiling with the lid on is asking for bad beer

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

Tested after 2 weeks conditioning and it's getting there. Had a very nice balanced vanilla and orange with the smoothness that you'd expect from a cream ale. No off flavors at all.

I am going to let it sit another few weeks before I crack another open.

 

[Gaijin]

Well, opened 2 bottles today, 2 weeks after bottling. Very disappointed. Flavor is pretty good, but both bottles were flat. First batch I have ever done where this has happened. Pretty sure I kept the storage temp in the right area. Capper may be an issue, but I don't know, it's only the third batch for it....not that many miles on it. This was my first Jaspers batch, and first where directions instructed the priming sugar to be boiled. And I did not use twist tops. Not sure what happened....like I said, flavor is good.....actually since it is flat it went down quickly.....but still....any thoughts?

 

[MindenMan]

Two weeks and not carbed yet?, don't worry, some beers carb faster than others. Patience is the key here. Has the temperature been at least 70* F 24/7?. I use the same amount of the same corn sugar in all my brews, and none of my beers carb at the same rate, some sooner, some later, but all carb eventually.