Good stuff, sounds like the yeast are munching away no problem.
Im sure the Youngs had something like 15g in it!
Let us know how the brews turn out.
Im sure the Youngs had something like 15g in it!
Let us know how the brews turn out.
Came across this budget range, currently on offer: http://www.art-of-brewing.co.uk/acatalog/MasterPint-Pale-Ale-1.6kg-1940.html#SID=9
Unable to find any reviews. Only 1.6kg but apparently brews to a claimed 5% ABV. So possibly contains more sugar & less malt > higher ABV at lower kit weight?
Good stuff, sounds like the yeast are munching away no problem.
Im sure the Youngs had something like 15g in it!
Let us know how the brews turn out.
I personally think that with kits, you get what you pay for. There are some kits on the market that are well under-priced and some that are well over-priced. Examples from my experience:-
Cheapest/best Value...decent beer...Youngs Harvest Stout
Most expensive...very good beer...Any of the Brewferm range, but finished beer does not justify the price.
JMHO...anything from the Woodefords range...balances cost with quality
Intersesting points about kits. It would be useful to know exactly what's in them and whether, style for style, they're all the same concentration.
E.g.: Evil Dog costs £25 for 40 pints but contains everything you need, including two hop 'tea bags'. That's almost exactly double the price of a 1.8kg single can John Bull IPA kit, two of which would give you 3.6kg of concentrate.
Yet Evil Dog weighs in at a whopping 4.7kg. What might account for the extra 1kg over the 2 X John Bulls? Extra fermentables? Is E D really stronger and/or fuller bodied than John Bull IPA would be if made doubled up with two cans?
I realize I'm over simplifying but it's an interesting thought given that, pint for pint, two can kits tend to cost - and weigh - on average roughly twice as much as single can kits.
I'm actually currently brewing Evil Dog and John Bull, to which (JB) I added 2 kg of fermentables making a total of 3.8kg.(Ikg enhancer, 750g dextrose, 250g Malt Extract).
In case anyone else is interested I'll post my verdict on the results back here when they're eventually ready to drink.
"even if you do two JB's it will probably still come in at around 4%ABV because that extra kit is instead of 'fermentables'
Hm, not sure about that. I meant two kits made up to 23l total, i.e. doubling up on the wort. I don't know enough to actually disagree but I can't see how it could remain at 4% ish (or whatever JB IPA is meant to ferment out to) as surely, the extra kit is fermentables.. Isn't it..?
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