Although Iâm an AG brewer I sometimes do a kit just to top my store up and save time, recently I was shopping in Morrisonâs in Bolton and saw that all the homebrew kits were being reduced.
They were all the bargain brew kits that cost £8 and had been reduced to £3.48, I thought at that price I will have a few anyway to cut the story short I bought 25 kits for 80 or so pounds, day after I made one of the kits up and waited till it was ready.
Two or three weeks later I tested the brew and wasnât that impressed at all but drank it anyway, over the next week or two I made plans to experiment with my bargain kits and this is what I did.
Experiment 1
3 bitter kits
1 tin cooper amber malt
500g sugar
46 litres water
Experiment 2
2 bitter kits
500g of jaggery also known as palm sugar.
23 litres water
Anyway theyâre ready to drink now and last night sampled them well what a difference to the original kits, donât get me wrong they wouldnât win any prizes but they were very drinkable.
I didnât take any gravity readings but I wish I had now, both were bottled and primed in the usual way.
To be fair experiment 2 was the better taste maybe due to the palm sugar which comes in a block for pennies at Asian grocers. May try it in an AG brew.
They were all the bargain brew kits that cost £8 and had been reduced to £3.48, I thought at that price I will have a few anyway to cut the story short I bought 25 kits for 80 or so pounds, day after I made one of the kits up and waited till it was ready.
Two or three weeks later I tested the brew and wasnât that impressed at all but drank it anyway, over the next week or two I made plans to experiment with my bargain kits and this is what I did.
Experiment 1
3 bitter kits
1 tin cooper amber malt
500g sugar
46 litres water
Experiment 2
2 bitter kits
500g of jaggery also known as palm sugar.
23 litres water
Anyway theyâre ready to drink now and last night sampled them well what a difference to the original kits, donât get me wrong they wouldnât win any prizes but they were very drinkable.
I didnât take any gravity readings but I wish I had now, both were bottled and primed in the usual way.
To be fair experiment 2 was the better taste maybe due to the palm sugar which comes in a block for pennies at Asian grocers. May try it in an AG brew.
