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Ravabelli

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Hi

Just noticed a Russian Imperial stout kit is available.

Don't think it has been around long but has anyway tried it yet?

Expensive but my favourite beer style and with 5+ kilo of malt extract so will have to get over and buy a kit soon. :drink:
 
Wow, that is going to be one powerful beer! Be interested to see the contents of the kit if you pick it up!
 
Ravabelli said:
Hi

Just noticed a Russian Imperial stout kit is available.

Don't think it has been around long but has anyway tried it yet?

Expensive but my favourite beer style and with 5+ kilo of malt extract so will have to get over and buy a kit soon. :drink:
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im doing kit right now added hops and took reading it,s now at 8 % abv, and it blew lid off my fv ha ha, but looks and smells delicious bottle on tuesday , can wait to try :drink:cheers andy.
 
I had a taste in the shop last week, I'm not a big stout drinker but it was delicious! You wouldn't believe it was 8% either, very smooth!

I'm going to give it a try come winter.
 
its alot of money for a kit.
you could buy a nice stout kit and short brew plus add some other ingredients and come up with an 8% beer for much less.
the st peters stout would be my choice and add some brown sugar, dark spray malt and maybe some black treacle.
 
mickthetrick said:
its alot of money for a kit.
you could buy a nice stout kit and short brew plus add some other ingredients and come up with an 8% beer for much less.
the st peters stout would be my choice and add some brown sugar, dark spray malt and maybe some black treacle.
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true have done that before but i got this kit for £26.00 as i was owed a tenner plus it was already reduced from around £46.00 which i would'nt have paid.
cheers andy.
 
At the full price of £46 it's expensive for a kit but still just over £1 a pint which isn't too bad if you enjoy it.

He says it will last up to a year in a pressure barrel, so I plan to make some for winter and I'll probably drink it a half pint at a time. Purely to keep the cold out you understand :)

I'm sure there are cheaper ways of achieving the same strength, but with this kit I can drink a sample in the shop and know I'm going to like it. If I mess about with a stout kit I might not be happy with the final result (I messed about with a stout kit to create a chocolate stout, I like it but it's more like licorice!)
 
the_kitchen_brewer said:
At the full price of £46 it's expensive for a kit but still just over £1 a pint which isn't too bad if you enjoy it.

He says it will last up to a year in a pressure barrel, so I plan to make some for winter and I'll probably drink it a half pint at a time. Purely to keep the cold out you understand :)

I'm sure there are cheaper ways of achieving the same strength, but with this kit I can drink a sample in the shop and know I'm going to like it. If I mess about with a stout kit I might not be happy with the final result (I messed about with a stout kit to create a chocolate stout, I like it but it's more like licorice!)
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so long as it turns out nice i dont mind, i got mine for a knock down price was on offer for £37. 00 i think, plus i got a tenner knocked off, as when you spend a £100 over time, you get a tenner , so for £27.00 happy days cheers andy.:-D:cheers:
 
I've never been a big fan of much over 5% ABV beers - so might never do one myself. But I do understand the fascination of brewing something like this. As Mick the Trick says, you can cobble together much the same at less the price. I think the great attraction of this kit (now reduced to £37.50 - exactly seven times the recent price of a Wilko 1 can) is that it represents a challenge - something unusual - an "I brewed this and it's different" sort of thing.

So go for it, guys.
Can we see the best copy?
Or a better one?

:hat:
 
To be honest I rarely go over 5% myself, though I'm thinking it could be nice to have a couple of strong brews for over the winter. :)

It's a 5.6KG Kit so I reckon you're getting what you pay for, particularly at the reduced price.

I wasn't that interested when I saw it on their website, it was only when I was in the shop and he gave me a taste of it that I put it on my "to buy" list, though probably not until my loyalty card is full :)
 
Bit of a thread revival but...

Brewed this a month ago for a Christmas tipple. I ended up with half a bottle over, so not to waste it I purged the headspace with co2, and gave it a try last night after 4 weeks in the bottle. Just gorgeous.

I'm not great at describing flavours, but there were lovely hints of coffee and dark chocolate. Reminded me a bit of Black Magic coffee cream chocolates!

The remaining bottles are put by for a potentially very merry Christmas at 8 and a bit percent.
 

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