Question about Muntons

[crabbynanna]

I have found a site that is selling Muntons extract kits for under $12 and they all make 6 gallons except for one. What are your opinions on this brand please? Shipping is a little high but the more you buy the cheaper it gets. Any responses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Elizabeth

 

[lowtones84]

Muntons is a good brand for extract, but if it's being sold for that cheap I would be suspect of how old they are. If you can find out their age it might be worth it.

 

[cjbalough]

If its a store in northeast Ohio, I think the sale ends today, so order asap. You need to add sugar (or preferably unhopped extract) so your final price may be $5 to $10 more. Some people just buy and use 2 cans per batch.

I've tried the cerveza twice (doctored up both times) with mediocre to poor results. Results that were most likely due to my process or alterations and not the kits. One was super yeasty and funky, the other over sweet from a coupple pounds of agave nectar. My first true dumper.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I have found a site that is selling Muntons extract kits for under $12 and they all make 6 gallons except for one. What are your opinions on this brand please? Shipping is a little high but the more you buy the cheaper it gets. Any responses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Elizabeth

Share the site? Thanks.

 

[crabbynanna]

Share the site? Thanks.

I just checked and they're still on sale this morning Label Peelers

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Thank you, Nanna.

 

[unionrdr]

Never did the Munton's kits, but I love their plain light & extra light DME for recipes, including PM. Nice caramel bready flavors.

 

[ame]

I have been brewing mostly Muntons kits and found them to be quite tasty. The regular kits are a single can, to which you add malt extract or sugar. The Connoisseurs range have two cans in the kit, which makes them more expensive, but nothing needs to be added.

Make sure you are comparing the sale price with the same class of kit from elsewhere. A single can kit on special will be much cheaper than a two-can kit.

In case you are interested, the best one I tried was Old Conkerwood Ale.

 

[lumpher]

I use Muntons DME when I'm doing extract brews, but what I'd look at is, with these, you need to add another can of lme or 3 lb bag of dme for a 5 gallon batch. By the time you do that, you're up in the normal kit $ range.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Never did the Munton's kits, but I love their plain light & extra light DME for recipes, including PM. Nice caramel bready flavors.

The store has DME on sale too, though it was supposed to be over I'm still finding my brew groove... The last dry extract kit I did was okay, the color was not what I was going for, even though I did the best I could controlling temperature and a late addition of 1/2 the DME. I'll be doing an AG BIAB by the end of this week... Maybe when it snows ( I brew in my kitchen) I just want an easy pale ale style for inlaws coming later in the year-- they don't like "fancy beer" they buy Busch light. Even if I brew a really good yellow beer they might not dig it, but it is the only style that would be a contender. If muntons works out I can whip it up no fuss 6 weeks before they arrive.

 

[unionrdr]

The plain extra light DME in the boil for hop additions. Then add the can @ flame out & stir thoroughly. That would yield a straw gold beer they might like. Using German noble hops or Czech Saaz.