Hammer of Thor II

I have just tasted a bottle of Thor brewed by a friend who was a COMPLETE novice before he did this very brew.  For a first ever brew, the beer is not mind blowing but is fairly decent, drinkable if on the sweet side.  For a KIT beer it's about as good as it gets ... I really can't fault Bulldog ... the product allows the complete novice to get onto the first rung of the ladder ... and produce a beer of moderate quality out of a tin ... or two.  And you can actually get drunk on it too, if you want to. Five star again ... for kit of course

A great drop, love this stuff.

I bought this on a whim from our local home brew shop here in Kerikeri, NZ, and the store manager suggested coupling it up with a pouch of liquid malt extract, instead of a bag of dextrose or enhancer.  6 days in the fermenter (had to wait till I had a day off work) and 4 weeks in the bottles, to the day...

Has a dark brick red colour when held up to the light, smells malty, and tastes divine.  Reminds me of Wychwoods Hobgoblin, one of my favourite ales when I lived in England.

I'll definitely buy this one again.

Came free with my fermenter kit

It's alright, nothing particularly special about it.  Found it to be a bit lacking both in body and taste wise, but after a few days in the fridge so that it was cold enough to make my fillings hurt it sufficed after a day at work in 30 degree heat.

Orange & Corriander

Very strong on the Orange flavour -  as the names suggests I suppose.  The issue for me is that this was sold to me as a much closer clone to Hoegaarden than the whispering wheat and its a million miles away, nothing in this suggests Hoegaarden at all.  

But if you like a strong orange flavour in your beer this could be for you ?

Good Summer Brew

Looks like a wheat beer, tastes like a wheat beer and an ideal brew to put down over those hot summer days when the temp gets too high for other yeasts.  I've made it a few times and added different things and it has always turned out well.  I like to add some wheat spray malt and have always used Mangrove Jacks Bavarian Wheat yeast.

Lots of Aroma Hop

So I have made it again with the Safelager at the lower temp and it is quite a different brew.  The longer ferment time has brought out alot more of the dry hop flavour. I think I prefer it brewed shorter at the higher temp but it is still delicious. 

Nice Lager

A little lacking in flavour, but a good crisp clean lager. I dont think you could go wrong with this one.

Good for a Coopers

Hadn't done a Coopers kit for years so I bought two of these to try. Used Safelager for both. Dry hopped one with Saaz.  Both were very drinkable but there are Pilsner Kits out there so much better than this that I can only rate it a 3 out of 5. Good for a Coopers but I wont be buying another Coopers kit in a hurry.

Sweet

Very drinkable but very sweet.  Needs some bittering hops.

Too sweet

Very drinkable but too sweet and not a Pilsner

Very Sweet

Too sweet for me.  My lady friends like it though.

Sweet

Too sweet.  Needs some bittering hops.  Very drinkable though.

A Real IPA

First IPA kit I have made that tastes like a real IPA. I think it could improve even more with some dry hopping.

Best ever

Great lager best kit around

dry hop or steep some German hops to add a bit of extra flavour if you like

Good Stout

good Stout

try with steeped oats to make an oatmeal stout

Good Brown

Great brown ale

ages well in bottle

Great try as an American Red

brew with DME and dry hop with Citra and Amarillo hops 

Delicious

There are hops included in the can so no need to dry hop. Full of flavour. Good balance of malt and hop.  Made with 2 cans of Whakatu Pilsner and Mangrove Jacks California Lager yeast fermented at 19C for 3 weeks.  Iam about to put one down again using Safelager at 13C but cant imagine it could taste any better. Rivals any craft beer pilsner on the market.

Best kit ever

Big bold flavours just how I like my Pale Ales.  There are hops in the can so no need to dry hop. Made with extra light malt and Safe ale 05.  Lovely rich malt flavour with a real punch of hops.   This is my new favourite kit.

Not what you expect

I made this twice as I was convinced that the first can must have had the wrong label on it. They both came out the same.  It is not bitter at all, its very dark for an IPA and has no hop flavour. It's a very drinkable, just not an IPA or Bitter.