Mr beer kits?

[Kmcogar]

IM an all grain brewer. So I know my beer will probably be much better then a mr. Beer kit. But this guy is selling 10 cans( so ten 2.5 gallon batches) for $20. I mean...it's still beer. I'm tempted to buy it and make some cheapo beer.

Thoughts?

 

[h4mmy86]

Do it!

 

[Qhrumphf]

How old are they? There was a guy on youtube who brewed something like a 10 year old Mr. Beer kit, that was supposed to be something resembling pale, came out black and apparently nasty as all get out from staled extract.

 

[kagythings]

Check the dates on what you buy. A lot of Mr Beer kits sit on shelves a while and expire by the time a consumer gets their hands on it. My original Mr Beer had expired yeast that didn't make beer worth drinking. Now I use my Mr Beer keg as a secondary to experiment with small batch flavors of oak, bourbon or different hops.

 

[jtratcliff]

I've had decent mr. Beer results before I started AG BiaB... There's a Mr. Beer forum where folks give recipes using Mr. Beer cans of HLME ( hopped LME) and steeping grains or fruit or spices...

You can turn a pretty basic Mr Beer kit into a fairly involved brew.

Granted, I think all of my AG efforts have come out superior to my Mr Beer brews, but I was just starting out and have learned a lot more since then. I enjoyed the Mr. Beer kits I brewed. They were fine beers.

 

[Kmcogar]

I'll ask about the expiration date