Reviews

Hammer of Thor Tiny Dragon January 5th 2024

nice but too strong

I like this kit better when made to 25 litres (makes about 5,5 Vol% instead of 6) with the hops added to the bin from start of fermentation. I always ferment at least 10 days and after that in a cooler for at least 3 days before bottling. Makes a nice brew.
Bootmaker Pale Ale Tiny Dragon January 5th 2024

Very good kit for IPA's

I've done this kit several times. Never with sugar, always with malt extract in different colours and sizes. I like adding hops after fermentation to get nice flavour; chinook, columbus, summit, mosaic, Cascade, etc in various combinations. Mandarina Bavaria, Hüll Melon & Hallertau Blanc were not so successful hops with this one. I find coopers own recipes to be a great inspiration.
Coopers Stout Osensei November 10th 2022

Turned out great with these adjustments.

Nice dark taste and good balance between chocolate and habanero. Infused mash (300g of chocolate malt, 100g of pale and 100g of wheat). Boil: 10g of Fuggle @50 500g of MDME and Rock Sugar @30 10g each of Hallertau and Kent @20 Kit can @15 2 sliced habaneros @15 Moss @10 Kit yeast pitched @24oC Primary for 20 days @15oC Secondary for 6 days @15oC
Cherry (Kriek) Lambics bobthebrewer July 11th 2022

Cherry Beer by Brewferm

Brewed according to the instructions on the tin. Fine cherry beer when bottled but nothing like the dessert beers you'll find in the supermarkets. Can't knock it taste wise etc. BUT, there is not really very much difference between the cherry beer and the raspberry beer from the same maker. For a single tin of extract, this has to be the most expensive LME kit on the market, is it worth it ? I don't think so, I would rather save some $ and go for the raspberry version. Can't knock the beer but the I'll not be brewing this one again purely for price reasons. Hence, not a five star review.
English Porter jjxvi June 1st 2022

One of the best damn kits on the market

This kit is perhaps as close to perfection they will ever get I will keep making double batches of this beer for as long as I live
Muntons Nut Brown Ale Osensei May 16th 2022

Add Habanero

Really great taste and balance! Infused 500g of Caramalt, then boiled mash adding: 1kg of mdme @20, 20g each of amarillo/cascade @45, kit lme @15 and Irish Moss and 1 chopped habanero @10. Used FermS-04. 14 days in primary, 5 days in secondary with 10g of same hop mix. Fermented @20-22oC the whole time. Primed with table sugar and bottled in 500L bottles. Was ready to consume in a week, with good head retention. Taste: Excellent malt/hop balance with a slight habanero sting at the end of the mouthful. Lips start to feel the habanero sting by mid-glass. Very pleasant experiment. Getting sweeter as aging. Will probably add more hops and maybe one more pepper next time to counter this. Give it a try.
Muntons Gold 3kg Docklands Porter MikesBeer April 5th 2022

Wonderful. Better than that stuff from Dublin

I've absolutely loved the results from the Muntons Gold Docklands Porter. I had some friends over and they were in raptures about it. One had just come back from a trip to Dublin drinking the locally produced tipple and said it was far better than that! Brewed according to the instructions, nothing altered or added and 80g Brewing sugar added into the pressure vessel. 2 weeks fermenting at 19C, then 2 weeks warm in pressure barrel with 80g brewing sugar, then 2 weeks in the garage at about 5C. Brought back to room temperture to serve. Rich and dark with good body and lovely creamy head. Quite like stout rather than porter. After 2 Woodfordes Wherry and 2 lots of Nelson's I've got the next lot of Muntons Gold Docklands Porter fermenting now and almost tempted to just brew that as it's so lovely. Definitely recommend. Based on my experience keeping it standard and the results and appreciation received I really don't understand some of the other less enthusiatic reviews. a homebrew friend has also just brewed another porter kit and remarked that it's not as good as mine.
Coopers Real Ale BREWER PETE August 27th 2021

Best one yet

Did this with stock yeast,enhancer 2 ,500 g dextrose. 21 litres water. Dried hopped with 20 g Galaxy and 20 g nelson sav hops. Outcome is amazing just the right amount of bitterness and fruity favour. Just as good as a craft beer from your local brewery at a fraction of the price. Im doing this one again . Maybe some more hops and addition of honey.
Morgans Australian Lager Beer lover August 16th 2021

Quite a nice drop

Brewed at 22 degrees for 7 days, I used 1 kg of dextrose and left in a dark place. After 7 days I added 1 sachet of mangrove jacks fines and left for another 2 days before kegging and cold crashing for a further 2 days. Once carbonated poured a glass, it was quite a crisp refreshing lager. Would be perfect for those hot summer afternoons
Muntons Old Ale bobthebrewer August 11th 2021

Munton's Old Ale

Single can kit, no sugar to be added. No need to add any priming sugar when bottling, do follow the instructions here to avoid over carbonation. The brew will carbonate without priming sugar. Results. Well, definite home-brew zing from this one. Thick almost cloying beer with distinct notes of liquorice and a fairly prominent background bitterness. First try after 6 weeks in the bottle, the brew will probably improve with time as the flavours meld. Not really to my taste and the home-brew zing doesn't help. A kit that is similar in profile to the Brewferm Winter Ale. Well, second try after 5 months in the bottle. There is a definite improvement, the liquorice notes have almost disappeared, the home-brew zing has attenuated and this has turned into a not bad at all beer. I can't help but think that Munton's just wanted to put a copy-cat version of the Brewferm Winter Ale onto the market. The Old Ale is a very similar brew indeed but the Brewferm version gets the nod, it is a better brew, at least to my tastes. I have added an extra star to the review seeing as the brew has improved with time. Bumped the review up another star, this brew just gets batter & better with time. 19 04 2022 Still getting better ... five star review
Wheat Beer (Wit) bobthebrewer April 30th 2021

Brewferm Wheat Tripel

Brewed as instructions on the tin. Spot on again, true to style, it does everything a wheat beer should. I can't fault these Brewferm kits, they have to be the best available.
Ambiorix bobthebrewer March 6th 2021

Belgian Brown

Belgian Brown, perviously Ambriorix, rebranded, it's the one with Super Saison yeast.   Brewferm have updated their range of brews and they now have varietal yeasts that come with the kits.  Super Saison yeast is a super attenuator. (diastaticus)

Brewed with no mods, instructions on the tin followed. Excellent results. This is a highly attenuated brown ale that manages to give a balanced profile despite the 8% abv and the limited amount of residual sugars. You could mistake it for a 4% beer.

Perfectly balanced bitterness with strong hints of acidity, it works all the way. Five star rating for me, i'll be going back for some more.

 

Woodfordes Wherry Bitter bobthebrewer February 16th 2021

Wherry

Wherry, 1st rebrew since 2013. Not overwhelmed, in your face caramel, some bitterness, makes me think of a toy beer, a facsimile.

 

4 star all the same, outha tin intatha bin & youn got beer.

 

couldn't  be easier 

Raspberry (Framboise) bobthebrewer January 7th 2021

Framboos

Done Kit & Kilo wise, no mods.  Lovely balanced beer at the end, raspberry background with some hop bitterness that blends beautifully with the sweeter red fruit.  A spot of home-brew that compares very favourably with commercial beers even though this one is not entirely like the dessert raspberry beers that I have found on the supermarket shelves. Brewferm Framboos is a beer first, it tastes like beer with raspberry in it. 

Five star for me, excellent, straight out of the tin no mods, home-made beer within 3 - 4 weeks and it is just SO easy.

I was so impressed, I went out and bought another two tins, the last batch just disappeared.

 

 

Old Flemish Brown bobthebrewer December 16th 2020

Flemish Brown

Rebrew, sugar replaced by DME this time, 1 kg.  Excellent results within a month start to finish.  17 x 75 cl bottles of Flemish Brown Ale at £1.5 a shot, bargain.

Spot on kit.

Winter Ale bobthebrewer November 7th 2020

Previously Called Christmas Ale

Excellent kit, spot on.  Five stars, no problems.  Easy brewing, decent results at the end even though it requires at least six months conditioning. The beer just gets better and better as it ages.

Edit November 2021, this has become one of my regular brews, fantastic beer albeit a little odd maybe for newcomers.
Woodfordes Wherry Bitter philipg October 27th 2020

Very Good!

I tried Hombrewing about 30 years ago. The results were horrid enough to make me stop. I started again recently and have done 7 Wherry brews all of which were drinkable, the more recent being very good. I'm a lot more patient than I was 30 years back and have established that the following has produced really good beer:

1) throw away the instructions - they are worse than useless!

2) pitch at no more than 20 degrees

3) Primary ferment for min 3 weeks - it seems longer is better within reason (up to a few months)

4) secondary ferment (I use a barrel) min 3 weeks - it tastes a bit 'rubbery' when first moved to secondary but 3 weeks conditioning solves this

I've experimented with various water methods but found that just boiling the malt in a few pints of water to help with the dissolving and then just adding cold from the tap works for me. I use 70g sugar for the secondary.

I've had 3 or 4 consistently good beers using this method. Just started a Muntons American Pale using the same method but it looks as though it might not start although I've read that the american yeasts can take 3-4 days so will wait and see.

 

I give this a 5 because with a bit of tinkering as above I think it is a great one to start with as it is so reliable.

Morgans Canadian Pilsner Soundguy September 24th 2020

Not bad

brewmate enh#2, W34/70 dry hopped 5 days in. 8 weeks after bottling it's not bad, no hint of hops but ok drink.

Morgans Blue Mountain Lager Soundguy September 24th 2020

ok

used w34/70, 1kg light malt, 250g multidextrin. 6 weeks after bottle quite a good drop not an award winner but no concentrate after taste easy summer beer.

Mangrove Jack's Irish Stout Soundguy September 24th 2020

Disappointing

US04, 1kg dark malt, 250 dextrose. Didnt carb up too well, 7 weeks post bottle day it's ok, I will work my way through it but wont offer it to anyone

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