In my experience they're all basically the same (though I've only used Coopers and Muntons). They will both make good beer if you replace the dextrose with DME. You will want to replace the muntons yeast with a better one if you do that though.luxbrewing said:...I am a newbie and this post cleared up the questions I had about the Muntons all-in-one kit. Does anybody know of an all-in-one kit that is better than Muntons?...
luxbrewing said:I am also having questions on the all-in-one kit by Muntons and am using it for my second batch ever. I have read all the books I could get my hands on so I versed in the process but the Kit is drastically different than what I have read. From what I have read on the forums this should do the trick for a good batch:
1 Can of Muntons all in one.
1 LB additional Dry Malt Extract.
Should Yield about 5 gallons.
If anyone could just confirm or add to this it would appreciative. How much water should I add to compensate for boil off?
Thanks!
If it's one of those kit&kilo cans you need more than 1lbs of DME. I used 1.2KG of DME in place of the dextrose and they turned out pretty well. I just boiled the DME in 6L of water for 15 minutes since you just needed to sterilize it. 1.2KG of DME was for 23L (6 gallons) are per the can directions. 1KG of DME would probably be good for 5 gallons.luxbrewing said:...1 Can of Muntons all in one.
1 LB additional Dry Malt Extract.
Should Yield about 5 gallons.
If anyone could just confirm or add to this it would appreciative. How much water should I add to compensate for boil off?
Yup!luxbrewing said:...1kg of DME for 5 gallons, is this still a good idea?...
No cheap barley syrup is used, but please add lots of corn sugar!...Each Beer kit contains 1.8kg of 100% hopped malt extract - and in common with all Muntons beer kits, no cheap barley syrup is used in their manufacture....
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