Tooheys Draught

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2.79 stars - based on 14 reviews
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April 23rd 2010
2/5 stars
#1145

god awful

 used standard cans that came with new tooheys kit. put some cluster hops in as well. left 8 weeks wont do again
December 15th 2008
4/5 stars
#906

Tooheys Draught - The Next Level

I used the base kit, S-04 yeast, 500g LDME, 350g Dextrose, 150g crystal grain steeped and sparged, 10g of Cluster hopping boiled for 20min and another 10g dry in the fermenter for a half-week before bottling. The result was a good, simple ale that couldn't be faulted too much. It was mid-boded and low-bittered but had good hopping levels for your average drinker and had sublte hints of the grain. It made a good session beer and looked the part too with a nice head and reddish colour. A good kit, even with stock yeat. I'd do it again for sure.
August 11th 2008
3/5 stars
#885

to easy to drink

brewed twice now both times with yeast surplied and 1kg dextrose fermented between 20-24 for 6 days good cheap beer drink young as not worth keeping maby next time will add hops.
April 11th 2008
4/5 stars
#843

Tooheys Draught

Kit was brewed with Coopers Brew Enhancer 2 [500g Dextrose, 250 each of Maltodextrin & Light Dried malt Extract] and 10g Cluster hops simmered for 10 minutes. Fermented with kit yeast at 18-20'C, and after 3 weeks has become a nice drinkable brew. Not bad at all in my opinion, and if you're a fan of Tooheys New then this is the place to start - easy, cheap & very drinkable. If this kit isn't treated well it will be ordinary, so be warned! 4 stars.
May 20th 2007
3/5 stars
#692

Surprisingly Drinkable

Found the kit on special for $8 so I thought why not. Made with 1kg BE2 and 200g yellowbox honey for some extra flavour. Used kit yeast and fermented for 7 days at 20c then kegged. This has come out as a surprisingly good beer. Nice creamy head and a hint of honey flavour that is getting stronger as it matures. Not the best I've had but certainly worth doing again for the money.
March 30th 2007
3/5 stars
#650

tooheys new

forgot to pick up a kit from the homebrew shop and ended up getting a couple of these from the supermarket. 2*tins, plus 1 kg dextrose, plus 1 kg brew sugar, plus 500g light malt, plus 5 drops of liquorice extract(leftovers). final volume of 48 litres. fermented for 5 days then kegged. much better than expected and bloody cheap. pretty damn close to tooheys new.
December 15th 2005
3/5 stars
#419

Kegged

Fermented at 21.5 degrees with Brewiser #20 kit. Kegged, improved after 2 weeks.Excellent head retention (due to #20) A little bitter aftertaste but drinkable. Probably won't buy it again unless I'm broke.
December 8th 2005
2/5 stars
#400

No success with Tooheys

Aweful stuff avoid like the plague. Have tried this Kit 3 times now. Straight & modified. Even as a base for experimentation it failed. Boo! Not the worst but close.
November 30th 2005
2/5 stars
#381

My 4th Brew

Made this up with 1kg of dextrose and supplied yeast. Unremarkable flavour and poor head retention. Did not improve with age....should be drunk young maybe??
August 8th 2005
3/5 stars
#313

Drinkable

My first kit (came with the equipment) brewed with the 1kg brewiser liquid sugar that also came with it and the kit yeast. Primed and bottled, 9 weeks later it has a very thin head, light carbonation and an unusual but not unpleasant taste. Drinkable, but not something i would want to recreate. Would probably benefit greatly from better yeast and better fermentables.
January 17th 2005
2/5 stars
#131

Tooheys

 Agree with Voosher. Have made to brews with 2kg of Liquid Malt. Very Good after 6 months. Not kit to make if you want to drink early. More hops would help possibly.
January 16th 2005
2/5 stars
#111

A good start, but needs help.

Toohey's draft with 500g liquid malt, 750g Dextrose, 250g Corn syrup and the standard yeast is still insipid until about 3 months. Then it improves to barely fair. However, it improves greatly with good yeast. Recultured Cooper's yeast makes a big difference. Second big improver was a fistful of aromatic hops. Have tried Cascade and Goldings from 15g to 60g and depending on personal preference for hops makes a big difference. The kit alone gets a 2, but with help it's capable of 4 star brews.
January 11th 2005
2/5 stars
#71

A little boring

run of the mill boring kit beer similar to homebrand in my opinion. Would be nicer if adding malts and hops.
January 10th 2005
4/5 stars
#19

Tooheys Draught

 Ive brewed one of these with the brewiser "body brew" enhancer/sugar bag. fermented in the bathroom at home at around 22oC. It was a tasty drop after several weeks(4-6) in the bottle.It was worthwhile, so much so that the wife is going to brew the lager version of this kit
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