Just wondered......
Could you double up single tin brews?
Carried out a quick search but didnt really give me much info.
So say you doubled a cheap lage kit or even a different one would the results be any good?
Anyone done this?
Two tins = no sugar - double trouble?
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Russ
If your planning to use 2x 1 can kits designed to make 40 pints your going to end up with double the amount of hop bitterness of the origional brew and an unbalanced beer. i.e you'll have 40 pints with the amount of bitterness designed for 80 pints. Better to buy a good two can kit, you can't go wrong with the Brupaks pride of yorkshire range 
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Andy S
It can be done, I'm drinking now a brew made from 2 kits of Geordie Bitter, it's a very hopped brew as you would expect but if that's something you like then it's no problem. I might try it again, but looking around at the 3Kg kits that are available now, some are not much more than 2 cheaper kits and will be more balanced and as the manufacturer intended.
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I did this a vew years ago.
I had two VERY old Boots Stout kits (single can ones) knocking around in the beer fridge, at a guess I'd say they were at least 2 years old when I used them.
The idea was a quick brew so I could enter a beer in the Kit & extract class in the CBA National in Sutton.
I used some fresh local micro yeast, boiled up the kits, diluted with filtered tap water and that was it. Kept it simple, racked it in a corny and entered it as a Dry Stout.
That beer won it's class and put me in the very embaressing situation of having GC the top Guild Judge present me the prize whilst saying 'so you've a 2.5bbl full mash semi-pro setup and you win with a 2 year old Boots kit?'
Oh and the beer was called 'Old Boots'
So FWIW give it a go, you'll end up with a beer that's slightly more bitter but it'll also be maltier so hopefully not to far out balance-wise.
I had two VERY old Boots Stout kits (single can ones) knocking around in the beer fridge, at a guess I'd say they were at least 2 years old when I used them.
The idea was a quick brew so I could enter a beer in the Kit & extract class in the CBA National in Sutton.
I used some fresh local micro yeast, boiled up the kits, diluted with filtered tap water and that was it. Kept it simple, racked it in a corny and entered it as a Dry Stout.
That beer won it's class and put me in the very embaressing situation of having GC the top Guild Judge present me the prize whilst saying 'so you've a 2.5bbl full mash semi-pro setup and you win with a 2 year old Boots kit?'
Oh and the beer was called 'Old Boots'
So FWIW give it a go, you'll end up with a beer that's slightly more bitter but it'll also be maltier so hopefully not to far out balance-wise.
What's so unpleasant about being drunk? Ask a glass of water!
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eeyores61
I mixed a can of geordie mild with a tom caxton real ale. I sampled some Friday night and it's fine but a little bitter for my taste (I added just under a half of the hop sachet but if I did this again I'd leave it out).
Tastes like an old-fashioned brown ale to me, more body than newky brown but less sweet.
Cost only two or three quid less than wherry - I don't think I'll bother again!
Tastes like an old-fashioned brown ale to me, more body than newky brown but less sweet.
Cost only two or three quid less than wherry - I don't think I'll bother again!
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felagund
I have been using two kits of YDB (£4.99 each from Wilkos) since January, roughly one brew per fortnight, and am happy with the result (so are my friends). Makes for a rich brew, with no hint of home brew about it.
I am now experimenting with added sugar, but I can assure you, it does work without.
Mark
I am now experimenting with added sugar, but I can assure you, it does work without.
Mark