I've done the muntons flagship west coast IPA. Fermented in my fermzilla adding pressure to naturally carbonate. I can see why you use RO water as the mineral balance should have been achieved for the extract manufacture ! Good to see a respected all grain homebrewer giving an honest opinion of a kit beer.🍻

@DudesBrews

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Dave dunno about the respected bit though! 😉

Good stuff Richard, it's good to see kits improving, I might try this one I've not done a kit for years but you've inspired me to have a go, cheers

Be good to see a part grain kit review/ comparison, good Chanel though no bs just good info👍

I’d really like to try this. I love all grain and believe there is nothing like it but kits can make fantastic keg/bottle fillers especially when you are pushed for time like I often am 🍻

Yeah did a few kit beers a few months ago and they were quite good. But happy to be back on the all grain brews now. Cheers Dude😎👍

I love that kit it’s a fantastic keg filler indeed 👍🍻

nice one mate and with it being that easy it makes sense to start here or just smash a keg filler. reminds me I have a NZ Pilsner from the festival range. I brewed it a few years ago and was happy with the results. I should get that kit brewed asap!

This is a good video and review. I’ve moved to 100% all grain now but only in the last 6 months up until then I tried and tried all sorts of kits with all sorts of variations added, yeasts, but it was very rarely a roaring success in my opinion. But in saying that I did do 6 muntons kits and their kits in my honest opinion were the ones to get. I did 2 stouts which where awesome and I thought were as good as my all grain stout. I think if you want a better then average keg/bottle filler and your running short on time they’re worth a go. Keep up the good videos

Great looking kit beer. It's been quite a while since I did one myself. Might be time to revisit doing one. The taste difference you mention between AG and kit comes down, I think to the process of getting the original wort evaporated down to the LME and how well that step is undertaken by the manufacturer. Sounds like Muntons are doing a great job of that. I'll keep an eye out to see if these kits are available here. Cheers mate 🍻

After watching your neon raptor brew I ordered this as a keg filler kit. Done it before and it went well. Read some people swapping the yeast for the verdant yeast and having cracking results.

great video cheers

I'm an all grain brewer but very occasionally I'll do a kit if I've got a few bits and bobs lying around that need using up. I like the coopers one can kits with 1kg light DME, a decent yeast and a load of hops thrown in the dry hop. Usually turns out pretty decent and refreshingly simple to do compared to a full all grain brew day.

@DudesBrews

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I did quite a lot of pimped up kits in the past and it worked out pretty usually

Nice video i always like a honest review . I always try give my honest opinion when i do a review but my opinion can change over time the keg is drank. Did this IPA improve at all over time ? CHEERS keep up the good work

@DudesBrews

Жыл бұрын

I think most extract kits will improve over time, on the flip side with a beer like this the hops will also start to fade but it did seem to reach a sweet spot after a couple of months for me

I would like to know if anyone knows of a pear cider kit close to the style of Kopparberg Pear cider? For beer, I was impressed by the Uncle Teddy's Yorkshire Bitter kit from Love Brewing, used with Wyeast 1469 and without the dry hopping stage.

Hi Dude, you said you fermented in the fermenasaurus, did you do it under pressure! I guess not as you say you force carbed. I have an all rounder but have only used it under pressure for all grain brews. Im interested to know if fermenting under pressure improves kits!

@DudesBrews

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t use pressure on this one as I thought it would be best to allow the yeast to express itself a bit, if it was something I wanted super clean like a lager or maybe a west coast ipa then I’d probably use the pressure option 👍🏻

I think it's 5% assuming you are bottling which adds another 0.5%

The current range of kits is outstanding compared to the little tins i used to do from Boots. I use Mangrove Jack's generally with patients who want to do a brew day but are too frail for a long all grain session and although not really matching AG, they're still often pub quality brews.

@DudesBrews

2 жыл бұрын

Someone sent me the MJ Raspberry Berliner and I was blown away by how good that was

Hi and thanks for your honest opinioni. I just got my Hazy IPA kit and am about to brew. I have two beginner questions: in my translation it says the fermenterà must top up to 20L of work - in contrast with the 23L initial quantity. Which one is correct? Second question, what Is RO water?

@antonydisantolo1768

Жыл бұрын

Oh I forget to say sorry for the errors and thanks for the review

@DudesBrews

Жыл бұрын

20L is the kit volume, RO is reverse osmosis a method for filtering the water

About to start this Hazy IPA kit but no mention of adding any brewing sugar at stage 1c?... Puzzled by this -any ideas?

@DudesBrews

Жыл бұрын

not required for this kit although I found ABV came out a bit under the advertised 5% so a little bit might help that