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Brewing Discussions => Kit Brewing => Topic started by: LordEoin on December 03, 2013, 12:42:01 AM

Title: [Review] Brupaks Mashkit London Bitter
Post by: LordEoin on December 03, 2013, 12:42:01 AM
We don't have an all-grain section, and techincally this IS a kit, so I'll put it here :)

This is a review of the Brupaks Mashkit London Bitter, allgrain kit.
It can be bought from here (http://www.homebrewwest.ie/brupaks-mashkit-london-bitter-3042-p.asp) with the whole range at http://www.homebrewwest.ie/brupaks-mashkits-with-pre-crushed-grain-292-c.asp (http://www.homebrewwest.ie/brupaks-mashkits-with-pre-crushed-grain-292-c.asp)

At a price of between €19.95 to €25.95, and containing all ingredients, I think these kits are great value.
This one is the cheapest at €19.95

Included in this kit is 3.8kg grain, a 6g sachet of yeast and 72grams of hops.
The grain is packed in its own sealed bag, the hops are vacuum packed and the yeast is on the usual sachet. The whole lot is then packaged in another sealed bag.
(http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt234/eoinlayton/Beer/mashkit_zpsefb61751.jpg)

The instructions are clear and direct and give you information on:
Title: Re: [Review] Brupaks Mashkit London Bitter
Post by: Garry on December 05, 2013, 12:34:10 AM
I got a bottle of this off Eoin tonight at JRM's East Cork splinter group meeting.

It's a fine drop alright. Nice clear copper colour. There was a mighty head on the bottle I got, much better than the picture Eoin posted above, in front of the stripey thing. Nicely carbonated too.

Not much hop aroma but you could definitely get the malt. Good body and a nice bitter finish. It's malty and a bit spicy. There's a bit of an alcohol burn but I'd say this would mellow over time. He did add an extra tin of LME after all  :P

Overall, I like it  O0 Will it move LordKit over to the AG side???
Title: Re: [Review] Brupaks Mashkit London Bitter
Post by: LordEoin on December 05, 2013, 01:58:01 AM
Glad you liked it. It could do with a few months in the bottle.
I'll try your extract version tomorrow or the day after.
AG takes a bit too long for me, but I'm sure I'll do a few occasionally ;)
Title: Re: [Review] Brupaks Mashkit London Bitter
Post by: LordEoin on March 24, 2014, 10:09:19 PM
Scored 32 in the competition, accidentally hacked to an Extra Special Bitter