Thodd
Active Member
I've brewed All Grain beer for over a year now and I've done about 16 batches (never brewed a kit) . It became apparent very quickly that I preferred the heavily hopped American styled IPA's and thats what I like brewing and drinking the most.
Being a man who's always looking to make my life a little easier I noticed that quite a few people on these forums were raving about the Youngs American IPA kit, and I have to say I was impressed by the fact that it included hops to dry hop with. So I took the plunge.
My first ever kit brew day was amazing - I'm used to it taking 6 Hours and I was done and dusted in less than 20 mins.
I hit all my gravity readings, let it ferment for 3 weeks, and stand in a cold conservatory for week after that. Then added the dry hops back in the warm.
Then bottled it with the batch prime sugar included and left it alone for 2 weeks.
Last night I tried my first one. The result is a little underwhelming to be honest.
Its got some nice bitterness, and you can taste the dry hops contribution but its not a patch on the all grain brews I have done, and it does have a weird subtle flavour I can't put my finger on.
Now - Deep down I kinda always knew that All Grain would taste better than a kit - but I was REALLY hoping it would be a close contest so I had an lazy route to brew if I wanted.
Are there any other all grain brewers out there that have opinions on this matter either with this Youngs kit or others they have tried?
Being a man who's always looking to make my life a little easier I noticed that quite a few people on these forums were raving about the Youngs American IPA kit, and I have to say I was impressed by the fact that it included hops to dry hop with. So I took the plunge.
My first ever kit brew day was amazing - I'm used to it taking 6 Hours and I was done and dusted in less than 20 mins.
I hit all my gravity readings, let it ferment for 3 weeks, and stand in a cold conservatory for week after that. Then added the dry hops back in the warm.
Then bottled it with the batch prime sugar included and left it alone for 2 weeks.
Last night I tried my first one. The result is a little underwhelming to be honest.
Its got some nice bitterness, and you can taste the dry hops contribution but its not a patch on the all grain brews I have done, and it does have a weird subtle flavour I can't put my finger on.
Now - Deep down I kinda always knew that All Grain would taste better than a kit - but I was REALLY hoping it would be a close contest so I had an lazy route to brew if I wanted.
Are there any other all grain brewers out there that have opinions on this matter either with this Youngs kit or others they have tried?