calumscott
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First saw this new beer kit concept in a facebook post by my LHBS. Always one to try something new, and being in need of some lagers, I picked up the Czech Pilsner.
I brewed it, as I generally do the first time I brew a kit, exactly as it said on the squidgy packet, just a kilo of dextrose and off we go.
Two weeks in FV (it had finished long before, I just didn't get round to bottling it) and bottled with 1 tsp dextrose for a good fizz.
Two further weeks at fermentation temp and a week in the shed and, although still young, this is a class kit brew!! The heavy priming load really works to make a proper fizzy lager and it needs it too - this is a seriously hopped beer, and a really good fizz delivers all the aroma right to the palette. The head is a perfect lager head and it stays pretty much to the bottom of the glass.
I'm VERY impressed with this. It passes the "Will I brew it again?" test with an emphatic "yes" and I'm also going to work my way through the rest of them too!
It seems to me that the claims on the packet about better ingredients are true, its certainly hoppy, it produces a lovely head, the flavour depth is tremendous, plenty of body.
Beats all premium and most craft lagers I've tried! Now, I guess I'm going to have to brew the next one with a kilo and a half of LME just to see if it gets any better!!!
Awesome beer, if only all kits were as good as this...
EDIT: I reckon this will stand up really well to a curry too and as luck would have it there's a Balti with my name on it en-route to my front door... further reviewing may follow if I stay sober enough.
EDIT 2: I'm sure this'll improve with time, I think the combination of it being young and properly fizzy is to blame, but the yeast pack in the bottle isn't very stable. I'm getting a slightly cloudy pour. Like I say, I reckon time will improve that.
I brewed it, as I generally do the first time I brew a kit, exactly as it said on the squidgy packet, just a kilo of dextrose and off we go.
Two weeks in FV (it had finished long before, I just didn't get round to bottling it) and bottled with 1 tsp dextrose for a good fizz.
Two further weeks at fermentation temp and a week in the shed and, although still young, this is a class kit brew!! The heavy priming load really works to make a proper fizzy lager and it needs it too - this is a seriously hopped beer, and a really good fizz delivers all the aroma right to the palette. The head is a perfect lager head and it stays pretty much to the bottom of the glass.
I'm VERY impressed with this. It passes the "Will I brew it again?" test with an emphatic "yes" and I'm also going to work my way through the rest of them too!
It seems to me that the claims on the packet about better ingredients are true, its certainly hoppy, it produces a lovely head, the flavour depth is tremendous, plenty of body.
Beats all premium and most craft lagers I've tried! Now, I guess I'm going to have to brew the next one with a kilo and a half of LME just to see if it gets any better!!!
Awesome beer, if only all kits were as good as this...
EDIT: I reckon this will stand up really well to a curry too and as luck would have it there's a Balti with my name on it en-route to my front door... further reviewing may follow if I stay sober enough.
EDIT 2: I'm sure this'll improve with time, I think the combination of it being young and properly fizzy is to blame, but the yeast pack in the bottle isn't very stable. I'm getting a slightly cloudy pour. Like I say, I reckon time will improve that.
