Free Kindle ebook - Beer Kit Magic

[Titus A Duxass]

Just to let you all know.

If you've got a kindle there's a free brewing related ebook available today. - Beer Kit Magic

I haven't read so cannot comment but it's for free.

Regards
TAD

 

[PD]

rushes off to the Kindle store.............. :thumb:

 

[calumscott]

It always worries me when someone advocates boiling kits...

...but I will read in more depth later.

 

[PD]

downloaded thank you

 

[Aleman]

It always worries me when someone advocates boiling kits...

...but I will read in more depth later.

A short boil, of the kit at full volume is always a good idea, most of these kits do not get a proper boil (they are 'boiled' under vacuum to condense them so boil at around 65C which isn't really enough to denature the proteins), so a boil with flavour and aroma hops is a good idea even if only to fully sterilise the wort. . . . .

Of course if you are doing that then you may as well go extract as you need a big boiler and a chiller

 

[calumscott]

It always worries me when someone advocates boiling kits...

...but I will read in more depth later.

A short boil, of the kit at full volume is always a good idea, most of these kits do not get a proper boil (they are 'boiled' under vacuum to condense them so boil at around 65C which isn't really enough to denature the proteins), so a boil with flavour and aroma hops is a good idea even if only to fully sterilise the wort. . . . .

Of course if you are doing that then you may as well go extract as you need a big boiler and a chiller

Which is really the point of not boiling kits... If you are going to start with a kit, add hops, boil at full volume, then why buy a kit to start with?

Boiling a kit WITHOUT adding more hops is likely to be to the detriment of the flavours that the kit manufacturer has spent a lot of time and effort formulating.

But like I say, I just spotted the kit boiling bit without really reading it or the context, it may be that clarity is actually in there.

 

[Nero]

Got it, thanks a lot :

 

[Aleman]

Boiling a kit WITHOUT adding more hops is likely to be to the detriment of the flavours that the kit manufacturer has spent a lot of time and effort formulating.

Well, if we are assuming that the manufacturer has made a wort the same way a brewer does it (like Barons Do for example) then yes boiling would be detrimental, however, the vast majority of kits use blends of unhopped extract concentrate, and are then 'bittered' with pre-isomerised hop extract . . . they rarely come into contact with real hops at all. This is one of the reasons why simply using a hop tea or steeping hops in some of the wort can produce a dramatic lift in the quality of a beer kit.

 

[calumscott]

Boiling a kit WITHOUT adding more hops is likely to be to the detriment of the flavours that the kit manufacturer has spent a lot of time and effort formulating.

Well, if we are assuming that the manufacturer has made a wort the same way a brewer does it (like Barons Do for example) then yes boiling would be detrimental, however, the vast majority of kits use blends of unhopped extract concentrate, and are then 'bittered' with pre-isomerised hop extract . . . they rarely come into contact with real hops at all. This is one of the reasons why simply using a hop tea or steeping hops in some of the wort can produce a dramatic lift in the quality of a beer kit.

Which is the primary reason that I'll be using my shiny pots (when I order them) pre-conversion to do full boil extract brews for a wee while until I get the shed up and running... :thumb:

 

[BrotherMalice]

Will have a look when I get home :)

 

[Andy.H]

Nice find