LHBS has http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/item1424.htm lager kit going for 1/2 price (best before date is April 2006).
Worth a punt ? Is it too warm this time of yr to brew lagers without suplimentary cooling ?
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Horden Hillbilly
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This kit is one of Mrs Hillbilly's favourites.
While the best results from saflager yeast will be achieved from fermenting at lower temperatures ie 14-15 deg C, I was told by a friend that good results can still result from brewing at temperatures recommended for ale, ie 18-22 deg C.
The way I look at it you have 2 choices.
1. Grab the kit while it is half price and brew it now, but accept that you may not get true lager characteristics by fermenting at a slightly higher temp.
2. Grab the kit and wait until the weather cools down. As the best before date will then have expired by a few months, buy another sachet of saflager yeast and throw the one you got with the kit away and use that rather than the old sachet.
I have bought the odd out of date kit myself and simply threw the yeast away, bought fresh and I have had no problems. Either way, at 1/2 price it sounds too good a bargain to refuse!
While the best results from saflager yeast will be achieved from fermenting at lower temperatures ie 14-15 deg C, I was told by a friend that good results can still result from brewing at temperatures recommended for ale, ie 18-22 deg C.
The way I look at it you have 2 choices.
1. Grab the kit while it is half price and brew it now, but accept that you may not get true lager characteristics by fermenting at a slightly higher temp.
2. Grab the kit and wait until the weather cools down. As the best before date will then have expired by a few months, buy another sachet of saflager yeast and throw the one you got with the kit away and use that rather than the old sachet.
I have bought the odd out of date kit myself and simply threw the yeast away, bought fresh and I have had no problems. Either way, at 1/2 price it sounds too good a bargain to refuse!