Thread: Cost of beer kits

The Coopers kits are about $11 here, and the malt/dextrose packs are about $6. The yeast included is an ale yeast (I think), which is more tolerant to higher storage temperatures. I guess it allows the kits to be trucked all around the country, with little detriment.

Woolies brands, and Tooheys are on the shelves here too, and are a couple of dollars cheaper but seem to be OK, although the yeast in these looks sickly.

I've toyed with the idea of all the added extras, but I'm pretty happy with the quality of the coopers brew for the price, and just keep it to 20L to fortify the flavour a bit better.

I'm liking the "real ale" at the moment with either 1kg light brown sugar or the enhancer pack #2, and just bottled an "English bitter", although it smelled a bit too sweet. Time will tell.

I've been priming with dextrose I bought from the stockfeed joint, but I've noticed it seems to give a low fizz, a bit like solo. Makes it easier to drink though, and more pleasant IMO.

I find that the Home Brew specialist stores have bumped prices up to cash in on the popularity of homebrew.
I live in a small country town,my local general store stocks brew kits for me.
My favorite,Coopers Real Ale,$13 can Brew Enhancer 2 $6.99.I have been getting them to stock Coopers Mexican Cerveza(Corona),its $16 a can.Have asked them to stop stocking it,it doesnt like brewing in hot weather,every brew has had slight off flavours.It brews really well in winter,unfortunately its a summer style beer.
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

My favorite,Coopers Real Ale,$13 can Brew Enhancer 2 $6.99.

Makes a nice drop, doesn't it.

The Canadian blonde I knocked up, errrrrrr, brewed I mean, came out a bit light and girly. The missus likes it for shandy's though.

Have to agree.
I did brew Canadian Blonde and enjoy,enjoy too well,too easy to drink,lolly water.
The Coopers Real Ale turns out perfect every time in my keg system
Andrew

Originally Posted by Aussie

On and Andy_chil's can of extract is something I'm keen to look at, I priced up those kits at $33

This kits are reasonable value because you don't have to add anything if you don't want to and they also come with SAF yeast.

The coopers brewmaster series kits with the enhancer packs are really good. I brew them to fill 19 ltr kegs for my kegerator. If you buy one of those 80 dollar jobs u might as well do an allgrain brew from scratch. Mmm beer Im feeling thirsty again

all grain brews are way cheaper than most kits, they tend to rival the cooers kits in price, but they aren't as convenient and there is also much more room for error

the aroma that fills your house while brewing is addictive though!

Not only the room for error, but the inability to guarantee consistent malt due to seasonal variances and grain quality.

You can end up with the best beer you've ever tasted in one batch, never to be repeated, and followed by some of the worst.