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Hi all
On my second batch in the refrigerator and 2 gallons in fermentation.


I have a brewdemon kit and have been using the pre made canned ingredients.


My question Is there other companies that sell the same type of pre made canned mix that you just add water and yeast and that's it. I like brewdemon but running out of flavors

Thanks Clayton

MrBeer does. There are also some one gallon kits that could use two, or you could buy five gallon kits and split them in half, keeping the rest in the fridge until ready to use.
It might also be time to branch out into extract plus steeping grains recipes, which are unlimited. Your other questions on flavors and yeast varieties all point in this direction. I strongly recommend two books: How to Brew by John Palmer, and Brewing Classic Styles by Palmer and Zainasheff. Your journey has begun Grasshopper.

So what I'm looking for would be called pre made wort? I don't want to order a kit that does it all with actual wheat and barely. I'm no where near ready to try them. I want the stir in cans.
Thanks

clay5769 wrote:So what I'm looking for would be called pre made wort? I don't want to order a kit that does it all with actual wheat and barely. I'm no where near ready to try them. I want the stir in cans.
Thanks

You probably want to look for prehopped extract or hopped extract. Wort is what you have after you've added the water. There are kits like that, but I think they'd be pretty expensive to ship, so I don't think I'd buy them online.

In addition to brew demon and mr beer, cooper's (they own Mr beer) and Munton's also sell hopped extracts, but for five gallon kits. You could either split them or get a second fermenter.

Midwest supplies has them also. https://www.midwestsupplies.com/pages/s ... act&page=2

Besides the Muntons kits you see on the link above, and Mr. Beer kits, and Coopers HMEs, there are "Muntons Gold" kits which are much better if you can find them (used to be able to find them on Amazon). Also BrewFirm kits which I know you can get from Amazon today.

Some of them are made for 5 gallon batches, but that's ok... you can just use half the can, stick the rest in your fridge, and then use the other half can in another batch.

Muntons "Gold" kits if they are still around come with 2 cans of HME. Also Muntons BrewCraft ones are like that. So if you can find those, you can just use one can for your batch, and then use the other can for another. And they are the best HMEs I've ever used. They had some special editions based off of real award winning beers (CAMRA competion winners). But they are all most excellent. They also do sell "wort kits" which are full bags you just pour in and add yeast, nothing else but shipping might be more expensive and they may not be easy to find.

Thanks everyone

You can also buy either unhopped dry or liquid extract - which is basically part of what you're getting already. Then buy some hops and the yeast and you're ready to go with any style you want.

It may sound like a lot, but it's really not. For example, if you said you wanted to make a pale ale, we could tell you exactly what to buy and how to make it. If you're comfortable with the current process, the only change would be that you would boil the wort for a bit and drop in the hops at a determined time before chilling it and proceeding as you are now. When you're ready (you are, it's not hard), just ask.

You can also buy either unhopped dry or liquid extract - which is basically part of what you're getting already. Then buy some hops and the yeast and you're ready to go with any style you want.

It may sound like a lot, but it's really not. For example, if you said you wanted to make a pale ale, we could tell you exactly what to buy and how to make it. If you're comfortable with the current process, the only change would be that you would boil the wort for a bit and drop in the hops at a determined time before chilling it and proceeding as you are now. When you're ready (you are, it's not hard), just ask.

Kealia wrote:You can also buy either unhopped dry or liquid extract - which is basically part of what you're getting already. Then buy some hops and the yeast and you're ready to go with any style you want.

It may sound like a lot, but it's really not. For example, if you said you wanted to make a pale ale, we could tell you exactly what to buy and how to make it. If you're comfortable with the current process, the only change would be that you would boil the wort for a bit and drop in the hops at a determined time before chilling it and proceeding as you are now. When you're ready (you are, it's not hard), just ask.

I remember the first time I went to my LHBS. They were very helpful and didn't talk down to me for using mr beer (I was afraid they would because of things others said about their experiences). One guy told me that I could do anything with my Mr beer fermenter that he could do with his fermenter except make 5 gallons at a time. Here said that was the major drawback for him. It takes the same amount of time whether you make 5 gallons or 2.25 (2.4? 2.125? I forget).

When he described doing a boil for an hour, that seemed overwhelming to me at the time, but it's really not that bad.

bpgreen wrote:One guy told me that I could do anything with my Mr beer fermenter that he could do with his fermenter except make 5 gallons at a time. Here said that was the major drawback for him. It takes the same amount of time whether you make 5 gallons or 2.25 (2.4? 2.125? I forget).

Except you can, you just need 2 fermenters. And then you can also experiment with different yeasts and dry hops if you like.

bpgreen wrote:I remember the first time I went to my LHBS. They were very helpful and didn't talk down to me for using mr beer (I was afraid they would because of things others said about their experiences). ....

Yeah, when I went to my LHBS during the time I was using the Mr. Beer kit I just told them I was brewing small batch extract.