Morgans Royal Oak Amber Ale

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4.21 stars - based on 14 reviews
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August 23rd 2016
5/5 stars
#1884

Never fail great kit

Great easy drinking brew, great with light dry malt  or morgans caramalt, add pride of Ringwood definitely plus galaxy and or armorillo and end up with a craft quality beer at a budget price! 
January 21st 2011
4/5 stars
#1330

Royal Oak Amber Ale

Made this one up as per a recipe on the Brew Cellar website: kit, 1kg Brew Cellar #15 Ultra Blend + 150g Dextrose, 12g Fuggles. I used Nottingham dry yeast. Supposed to be a clone of Kilkenny. I have no idea if it tastes like Kilkenny, because I've never had one - in fact, I'm not sure it's available here in the States. However, it produced a very nice beer, with a nice tan head that leaves a lot of lace. Nice mouthfeel, malty and flavorfull. The Fuggles that I used were a bit old, will use fresher ones next time - and there WILL be a next time. Very happy with this brew!
November 11th 2010
2/5 stars
#1257

Another crappy extract kit

 In the tradition of almost all extract kits used as they come, this one is disappointing. Really lacks character in every respect. No maltiness, no hops coming through, no head retention. Only tastes slightly syruppy, which is good for a canned kit, but this will be relegated to cooking and marinating uses only. Not the worst extract kit I have made, and it is drinkable, it's just that there are way better options out there.
April 26th 2010
4/5 stars
#1150

Morgans Royal Oak Amber Ale

 Brewed to instructions using supplied yeast and 1kg dextrose. 8 days primary ferment between 25C and 27C then bottled. Matured at room temperature for 2 weeks before tasting. Clear deep amber colour, robust ale taste with slightly bitter caramel after-taste. Carbonated well, yet head quick to disappear. Nose developing over time. Best flavours when drunk at around 5C or 6C. Very different from a traditional English pub bitter but enjoyable none the less. Would benefit from adding fuggles and/or malt when mixing.
February 22nd 2010
5/5 stars
#1105

Royal Oak Amber Nectar

My favourite home brew kit, can be used as a starting point for many fine amber and dark ales. Have never had anything other than excellent results using this kit, just replace the yeast with Safale and start experimenting. Add 1.5kg Morgans Caramalt extract, 150g crystal malt, 12g Williamette hops for my standard amber brew.
August 19th 2008
5/5 stars
#888

Royal Oak Amber Ale

Ingredients used were the tin, 500g LDME, 300g dextrose, 150g Crystal grain and 12g dry Amarillo hops from 7 til 10ish days after fermentation started. Stock yeast rehydrated before pitching. This came out very well at 3 plus weeks with excellent aroma and taste from the dry hopping as well as good maltiness and character from the grain. Highly suggest this if you are after something approaching James Squire Amber or Golden ale. Ferment was 18'C.
January 22nd 2008
5/5 stars
#807

Excellent: Like James Squires but better

This is a great kit. One friend who regularly keeps James Squires Amber ale in his fridge says this is just like it only better. Another friend said something similar and I agree. I use a 12g Cascade tea bag hops steeped for 10mins and I've done it with a dry dark amber mix as well as with a liquid 1kg amber and a kilo of dextrose. Excellent. Needs a month or two in the bottle as it tends to start out very sweet tasting with the added malt.
May 16th 2007
3/5 stars
#688

I REALLY wanted to like this one, because I figure an Ozzie company producing such an English style ale, with all the attendant risks for marketing here, deserves praise. Unfortunately this comes out more like Victoria Bitter than English Bitter. You'd need to modify this considerably to get a decent result. Before doing that, do the sums and see if an ESB Trad Bitter would not be a better option. Not bad, not great, so 3 stars.
April 4th 2007
5/5 stars
#651

Great Ale

Made with standard method with 1 kg Malt Plus mix (I think it's 600g LDME, 200g Dex, 200g Maltodextrin) and kit yeast in 22lt. Fermented for 8 days at 21c and then kegged and left for 1 week. Excellent example of an English style ale with a nice creamy head. Has similarities to Kilkenny but more malty which is what I like. Great beer with winter coming on but I don't think it will last that long.
November 29th 2005
4/5 stars
#377

Amber Ale

Made this one with 1.5kg liquid amber, 15g willamette hops, 50g english crystal and safale yeast. Produced a beautiful slightly sweet, not too heavy amber ale with low bittering and a hint of toffee and citrus. Have made this a number of times and always enjoy.
November 13th 2005
4/5 stars
#356

Right royally nice

Ingredients: 1 x tin Morgans Royal Oak Amber Ale, 500gms Maltcraft Dark Crystal, 500gms LDME, 500gms Dextrose, 250gms Dried Corn Syrup, Fuggles Hops (pellets), Safale SO4 Method: 1. Heated 4 litres of water with a 1/4 of the tin of the extract. Brought to boil and then added 20gms fuggles. 2. Gently boiled for 15 mins then added Crystal, LDME, Dextrose Dried Corn Syrup and 12 gms fuggles. 3. Gently boiled for 10 mins then added 12 gms fuggles for another 5 mins (total boil time: 30 mins) 4. Poured rest of tin into fermenter and sieved the pot of wort in as well (once cooled). 5. Topped up to 23 litres and added yeast. Bulk primed with 140gsm plain sugar. 6 days primary, 9 days secondary. I've done just the amber ale by itself many times...but this is sensational.
August 31st 2005
4/5 stars
#323

Used as a base for an all malt brew as an experiment. I just used the kit in 12.5 litres of water with Safale yeast and Goldings finishing hops. Turned out to be quite an acceptable version of an English style bitter at about 4% abv with medium body, good head and deep copper colour. Certainly had the right malty sweetness balanced by hop bitterness. If you like this English bitter ales then try this kit, you won't be disappointed.
April 14th 2005
5/5 stars
#240

Always a treat

I've made this 10-12 times usually added 10-15g of fuggles & sometimes goldings hops. I've used an ultra brew with each batch. Every time it's great, slightly sweet upfront & bitter where it counts. I've got some fermenting now & some 7 months old in the fridge & 5 slabs in between.
January 10th 2005
4/5 stars
#41

Great kit

This is one of my favourite beers. I've made it 3 times now. the best combo so far was adding 1kg dry light malt and 24g Kent Goldings and making it up to only 20L After 4 weeks in the bottle it has a great taste, aroma and head.
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