Anyone tried the Crossmyloof AG kits?

[user 4749]

I see they have a new kit 20:20 American Blonde which is 20min Mash and 20 min boil for those who want to cut energy cost might give it a try.

 

[White Rose Al]

I see they have a new kit 20:20 American Blonde which is 20min Mash and 20 min boil for those who want to cut energy cost might give it a try.

Brilliant idea, surprised it can produce enough fermentables in 20 minutes.

 

[Scrattajack]

If you mean the Stoutly Mild then yes, it’s a nice take on the style, the Roasted Barley does come through giving it a somewhat stout like flavour and overall it is very pleasant.

That was my take on it, bit too much like a session stout.

 

[Robin54]

Do they charge P&P?

 

[Scrattajack]

Do they charge P&P?

No. Well, included in the price.

 

[MrSmegbrains]

If you mean the Stoutly Mild then yes, it’s a nice take on the style, the Roasted Barley does come through giving it a somewhat stout like flavour and overall it is very pleasant.

Can second this, brewed it as my first full size all grain batch and it’s great already after just over a week in the bottle

 

[Theoriginalrich]

I brewed my tropical England on Sunday, it was my first brew that hit all the green numbers on my Brewfather sheet and was very pleased this happened.
OG was 1.064 and is currently 1.013. It’s gone off like a rocket!
I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else. I’ve got a 100g Harlequin dry hop planned for day 5 (Friday) but might bring it forward a day so it’s still got a little life in it before it levels out.

 

[White Rose Al]

Which yeast did it come with?

 

[MrSmegbrains]

I hit about the same numbers as you with mine, I got the 19L batch size and ended up added some water to up it to 20/21L to bring the OG down a bit as I'm not a fan of too strong ale (I know, heresy!) It has been fermenting extremely merrily with great vigour.

I'm a week and a bit into it (brewed Sun 13th) and it's calmed down now. I've stuck to the recipe otherwise, if I like it like this I'll be adding the extra dry hop.

 

[Theoriginalrich]

It came with Atlantic

 

[An Ankoù]

Which yeast did it come with?

The online recipe states CML Atrlantic.
I made mine up from the online recipe and the amount of grain specified gave me much higher OG than that declared. They're certainly not parsimonious in that respect.

 

[Jordang]

Mine came with Atlantic but I used hornindal instead.. came out bang on the numbers.. good kits the cml stuff

 

[user 4749]

They must be doing well as I tried to buy another Tropical English and another Gamma Ray and they are sold out.

 

[Ants68]

I've brewed a few of their kits and all have exceeded the predicted numbers. I'll generally go for the 19L kits now but brew to 21L. Comes out pretty close to the numbers they predict on the site, and gives me a full corny after trub losses etc. Been using them for a while now and customer service has always been first rate.

 

[user 4749]

They are hoping to have the kits available later today

 

[Big_Eight]

Anybody tried the Boddingtons kit and if you did what did you think of it?

 

[user 4749]

Anybody tried the Boddingtons kit and if you did what did you think of it?

Thats one I keep wanting to try hoping its like Boddies from late 70s early 80s

 

[Clint]

I see they have a new kit 20:20 American Blonde which is 20min Mash and 20 min boil for those who want to cut energy cost might give it a try.

What about mashing in a picnic cooler? No sense to leave it just 20 minutes unless you're only wanting to save time.

 

[user 4749]

What about mashing in a picnic cooler? No sense to leave it just 20 minutes unless you're only wanting to save time.

20:20 hit targets and it is cold crashing at present. Yes its about time saving time, want something for when I am short of time and short of a brew.

 

[Clint]

20:20 hit targets and it is cold crashing at present. Yes its about time saving time, want something for when I am short of time and short of a brew.

Did you mash in an all one or a picnic cooler?