geoffi
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Like just about everybody else I started out doing kits. But like many I found myself moving inexorably towards the dark side. It's now been many years since I brewed anything but AG.
But a few months back I tried a couple of kit brews that knocked my socks off (h/t Eddie and Vicki...). Clean, tasty, not a hint of the dreaded 'home brew' flavour.
Finding myself without the time to devote to AG, I decided to take a crack at it over the hols. I bought a Cooper's Draught kit and a 'brew enhancer 2'. I used some cultured yeast from a CPA bottle, and fermented at ~18c from 1.042 down to 1.006 in a week.
Well, the results are in. It's a bloody crackin' beer. Clean as a whistle, crisp without being too dry and nicely bitter. And excellent head retention.
I'm really impressed with this. Mind you, I don't plan to give up AG, but for cranking out a tasty, quick, no-fuss and cheap (OK, not quite as cheap as AG, but still pretty bloody cheap) everyday beer, the kits are definitely back on my radar.
But a few months back I tried a couple of kit brews that knocked my socks off (h/t Eddie and Vicki...). Clean, tasty, not a hint of the dreaded 'home brew' flavour.
Finding myself without the time to devote to AG, I decided to take a crack at it over the hols. I bought a Cooper's Draught kit and a 'brew enhancer 2'. I used some cultured yeast from a CPA bottle, and fermented at ~18c from 1.042 down to 1.006 in a week.
Well, the results are in. It's a bloody crackin' beer. Clean as a whistle, crisp without being too dry and nicely bitter. And excellent head retention.
I'm really impressed with this. Mind you, I don't plan to give up AG, but for cranking out a tasty, quick, no-fuss and cheap (OK, not quite as cheap as AG, but still pretty bloody cheap) everyday beer, the kits are definitely back on my radar.