IPA DAY

[braukasper]

Northern Brewer is having an IPA DAY. Buy one of their top 6 kits & 40% off a second. Thinking about it. Have brewed the Dead Ringer before, loved it. Wanna try it as a hopstand. After not brewing for alnost a year figure be a good place to start

[Banjo-guy]

Midwest Brewer is also having an IPA sale. Their deal is 20% off certain IPAs. I had a 10.00 gift certificate to use. I bought an extract based high a dry hopped IPA and all grain Belgian.

[Beer-lord]

Many LHBS are having specials as well so if you have one near you, ask if they have any kits on sale. They may even cater to making you a special recipe.
I've done Dead Ringer before and it's good though I think it needed much more late and dry hop additions. A fine, enjoyable IPA for sure.

[braukasper]

You guys know me I most likely will have tweaked a 100 different ways before I brew it. One thing I found that really helps the Dead Ringer out is a hop tea at packaging. My LHBS always wants to be drinking one of my weird IPA/Hybrids anyway.

[braukasper]

Ended up with these two

Cascade Mountains West Coast Imperial IPA All-Grain Kit

Kiwi Express All-Grain Kit

[Beer-lord]

Many times I thought about ordering the Cascade Mountains kit. Sounds awesome with great reviews.

[Banjo-guy]

Has a one ever made the Ferocious IPA extract kit from Midwest Supplies?

http://www.midwestsupplies.com/ferocious-ipa-kit.html

[Kealia]

Getting a little off-topic I know but I've never ordered a kit (outside of my first MrB kits).

I don't know why but I somehow feel like it's not MY beer if I do. Oddly enough I have no problems taking a recipe from something like BYO or CYBI and using that.....

Maybe it's the weighing of grains, etc. that makes it feel more like my own or maybe I just have issues that are deeper than we can get into here....

I will say that I've heard good things about MoreBeer's Pliny kit, though.

[Banjo-guy]

Getting a little off-topic I know but I've never ordered a kit (outside of my first MrB kits).

I don't know why but I somehow feel like it's not MY beer if I do. Oddly enough I have no problems taking a recipe from something like BYO or CYBI and using that.....

Maybe it's the weighing of grains, etc. that makes it feel more like my own or maybe I just have issues that are deeper than we can get into here....

I will say that I've heard good things about MoreBeer's Pliny kit, though.

I know what you mean but sometimes I just want an easy brew and I give in to the appetizing descriptions that explain the kit.
I haven't brewed an extract batch in a year and my all grain batches have been meh... so I thought I'd give an IPA extract kit a shot.

In the past I've used the recipes from the Northern Brewer kits as a basis for my recipes. I'm spending more for the convenience of a kit.

[Kealia]

Yeah don't get me wrong, I'm not implying there is anything wrong with them or that it makes anybody less of a brewer. I'm just pouting off about my own neurotic tendencies.

[braukasper]

A nice easy brew day is just what the doc ordered. Don't know if I even want start messing with the HERMS yet................ I probably will

[Kealia]

I had HERMS once but I was young and stupid. A shot of penicillin cleared it right up.

[DaYooper]

Kits can be nice if it combines things you may not have tried, and in theory they have been proven winners with their customers. Its a good canvas to start out with for future tweaks. They are no different than handing the LHBS a recipe from Beersmith that you entered from a BYO article. Since my LHBS is very local, I dont buy a lot in bulk as their turn over is great so everything stays nice and fresh and since they do the milling I dont have to muck with that either.

[braukasper]

Mine IPA DAY kits will be here tomorrow. Unfortunately it looks like I won't be able to brew until after Labor Day. Don't know which to brew first, such a hard decision