"Bargain Basement Brew "

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Thrasher

"Bargain Basement Brew "

Post by Thrasher » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:52 pm

Good lord, has anyone tried this stuff ??

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Because I've just ordered one !! :lol:
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stevezx7r

Post by stevezx7r » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:20 pm

Yikes, it looks like a tin of washing powder! :shock:
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Thrasher

Post by Thrasher » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:21 pm

Thats what attracted me to it !! i.e it LOOKS like it would be SOOOO awful.

But it is possible make a sows ear out of a silk purse..... :shock:
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Post by bitter_dave » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:44 pm

Personally I wouldn't touch that stuff with a barge pole :wink:
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Thrasher

Post by Thrasher » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:04 pm

HAHHAAHHA !

Indeed, well, I'm willing to give it a go.....

Shall we try and come up with some interesting additives

( anyone suggesting anything other than a proper ( i.e drinkable ) additive will be reported to the beer police .
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Thrasher

Post by Thrasher » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:26 pm

DaaB wrote:Don't forget to use table sugar for full effect :lol:
NICE !

Chav/pikey homebrew

I might use asda " value " water as well.
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stevezx7r

Post by stevezx7r » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:36 pm

Does it have any info on the can or is it a complete "unknown"? I would definately add hops (any would help looking at the can) and some DME.
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frutbunn

Re: "Bargain Basement Brew "

Post by frutbunn » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:26 pm

Definitely worth a flutter! :wink:
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Stonch

Post by Stonch » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:42 pm

I brewed from a very cheap kit (Geordie Mild), and used beer kit enhancer. It's dreadful.

I brewed from a quite cheap kit (John Bull Bitter), used DME and dry hopped, and it's absolutely brilliant.

So you CAN get good results without a premium kit.
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frutbunn

Post by frutbunn » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:46 pm

Stonch wrote:I brewed from a very cheap kit (Geordie Mild), and used beer kit enhancer. It's dreadful.
I've just bought two of those... :(
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sparky Paul

Post by sparky Paul » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:48 pm

The Vina Bargain Brew kits are from the same place as the John Bull kits, so I don't think they're a complete disaster... but the lager I made did look like it contained quite a bit of barley sugar - the extract was a bit runny.

I made it up to 16 litres, with an according adjustment in fermentables, which seemed like a good idea at the time. It smelled okay prior to bottling, but I haven't tackled supping it yet... 8-[
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bettyswallocks

Post by bettyswallocks » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:20 pm

I got one given to me. Its no worse than Youngs or Geordie type kits if you use 1kg if spray malt and a few dried hops.
cheers
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frutbunn

Post by frutbunn » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:49 pm

DaaB wrote:Buy some spray malt for the Geordie and save the BKE for a lager (use 50/50 spray malt BKE which is pretty much 75/25 spray malt/sugar).
Cheers DaaB, will do. Will just have to wait for the weather to 'improve'! :lol:
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chopperswookie

Post by chopperswookie » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:02 pm

don't spoil the thread. love the idea of making it up as worse as possible!! where did you get it from?
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Thrasher

Post by Thrasher » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:47 pm

Well ! Its arrived !! ( can barely contain my jubilation... :roll: )

Anyhow, its made by vina ( and was actually MORE expensive than the actual Vina branded stuff ! :?: )

The ingredients read as follows..

Barley Syrup, Barley Malt extract, Malt Extract, Hop Extract and a packet of yeast with "Brewing Yeast " 147 printed on it.

Will have to wait until Friday for me to start it ( need to go and buy ANOTHER fermenter. )

[SARCASM]My only real " problem " with it so far is that my tin has a black plastic top instead of a yellow one[/SARCASM]

and to think Im delaying starting a coopers dark ale for this. 8)
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