Hopping_Mad
Regular.
I can sum my review of this kit up in two words - DON'T BOTHER!
It is the worst kit I have made in two years of homebrewing.
I thought I would give it a try after my favourite pale ale kit (Simply) went back to full price.
Given that it was very cheap, I planned to improve it with a 1.5 kg can of light LME, 500 gms of dextrose and dry hop it with about 40 gms of Centenniel hops and brew it short to 21 ltrs. I used the kit yeast and assumed it would be something like Gervin Ale Yeast.
I was immediately suspicious when I emptied the pouch of kit LME into the fermenter. It was very thin compared to other kit LME I have come across. It was also coloured like no other pale ale LME I have come across.
Trial jars were not promising. When bottling, the beer was the most weird orangy yellow colour I've seen!
The extra LME and dry hopping have not rescued it! I can't even describe it as a homebrew twang, it's just awful. It's definitely not infected - it's just rubbish. Also, it hasn't cleared after 6 weeks in the bottle either, so my guess is it isn't Gervin Ale yeast as I've had that clear sooner than that in the past.
I've tried three bottles with no improvement. I'm seriously considering opening the rest of the bottles and chucking it. :-(
Do yourself a favour and pay that bit extra for the excellent Simply pale ale and make it with DME/LME - that gives excellent results.
It is the worst kit I have made in two years of homebrewing.
I thought I would give it a try after my favourite pale ale kit (Simply) went back to full price.
Given that it was very cheap, I planned to improve it with a 1.5 kg can of light LME, 500 gms of dextrose and dry hop it with about 40 gms of Centenniel hops and brew it short to 21 ltrs. I used the kit yeast and assumed it would be something like Gervin Ale Yeast.
I was immediately suspicious when I emptied the pouch of kit LME into the fermenter. It was very thin compared to other kit LME I have come across. It was also coloured like no other pale ale LME I have come across.
Trial jars were not promising. When bottling, the beer was the most weird orangy yellow colour I've seen!
The extra LME and dry hopping have not rescued it! I can't even describe it as a homebrew twang, it's just awful. It's definitely not infected - it's just rubbish. Also, it hasn't cleared after 6 weeks in the bottle either, so my guess is it isn't Gervin Ale yeast as I've had that clear sooner than that in the past.
I've tried three bottles with no improvement. I'm seriously considering opening the rest of the bottles and chucking it. :-(
Do yourself a favour and pay that bit extra for the excellent Simply pale ale and make it with DME/LME - that gives excellent results.
