Craft A Brew Recipe Kit - Brown Ale Refill - 1 Gallon - Ingredients for Home Brewing Beer

First off, great tasting brown ale!This is an excellent kit for brewing 1-gallon of beer. Gives you everything you need to get started and very detailed instructions.I used to brew in 5-gallon carboys but it took a lot of room to set up and to store the brewing kit, and bottling 5 gallons requires around 60 long necks which can be a lot to collect and to keep on hand waiting for the next batch.So I tried the 1-gallon kit which brews around 12 long necks to reduce required materials, storage space and effort and it worked great. I started by brewing two 1-gallon batches two weeks apart. From then on after I have emptied 12 long neck bottles I buy a 1-gallon refill kit and brew the next batch.It is fun and easy, and provides great brown ale for an excellent price.

I really oscillated back and fourth on buying one of these. Brewing my own beer seems fun but I'm not so interested in doing such as to go all crazy with it. These kits are absolutely awesome.So I had previously been gifted one of the 'mr.beer' kits and I found no enjoyment out of it, seemed like it was for kids, minus the alcohol aspect. What is marvelous about these is the quality of the ingredients, the straightforward directions (which you have to retrieve online and are a one size for all kits pdf, don't sweat it, the directions are perfect) so i made this and the 'Whitehouse' honey wheat. Both came out shockingly well. The beer I was left with i would have raved about had it been served to me in a local brewery. But the hefenweizen is definitely my favorite of the two, by a significant margin. I almost hesitate to leave that remarks as I don't want ppl buying them all up bc I am going to grab several more.All you'll need that the kit doesn't provide is a thermometer to check and monitor your water temp (integral). A 1 gallon glass 'carboy' (13-15 bucks right here on the Zon') and an airlock (I got 2 for like 5 bucks, again right here on the Zon') .GET IT, BREW IT, I used some honey for the bottle conditioning(you'll know what I mean once you read the directions) as opposed to sugar which i used for my first brew (Whitehouse wheat kit).Let's just say a 32oz bottle of my hefeweizen (bought the 6, 32oz bottles on the Zon as well, dirt cheap price, killer bottles) which the kit yielded 4 of, was enough to set me off writing this review. You be the judge.A+++PS!! You'll be wondering how long to ferment and bottle condition, ferment 2 weeks, I bottles conditioned 1 weeks (2 is recommended but I have zero patience) the one week provided ample carbonation and 'head' for me, but most will probably like 2 weeks because yes, it could have used a bit more carbonation. But the dang beer was so delicious it didn't matter.BUY IT!!!

Great beer made easy

This is at least the 5th or 6th time using these kits. The directions are easy to follow and result in a great brew.

Decent quality and pretty simple brew process, reminds me of a Summer Shandy beer. The instructions could be improved by being in more built point format and easier to print/follow, but that's a minor complaint.

I'm on my third beer kit and loved first two (the latest Bone Dry Irish Stout is currently in fermentation). My first was Hefeweizen and now this Oktoberfest. Both were super easy to make and turned out great. This Oktoberfest had great flavor and amber color and poured with a nice head. Flavor-wise I preferred the Hefeweizen but I normally like wheat beer the most anyway.The kits all came with the necessary grains, hop/flavorings, malt, yeast and sanitizer. I had other kits where you had to deal with mash, cook hops etc, which was a lot more messy and time-consuming so I lost interest after one or two batches. It was much more costly as well. I got a Craft-a-Brew kit from my kids for father's day gift and we love making beer together. It's easy, fun and the beer turned out better than I expected. My kit was missing a part and Craft-a-Brew was super responsive and sent me the part right away. I've had a great experience with the product and their support. I look forward to the forthcoming Irish Stout and maybe try the Brown Ale next.

If you already have all the equipment necessary to brew beer in a one gallon carboy, these Recipe Kits are just the thing to keep you active in the hobby. Comes with every ingredient you need for the style of beer you’re brewing, including adjusted notes and instructions for the brewing process of that particular recipe. It even comes with the sanitizer packets too so no need to worry if you’re running low on Star San. You can’t go wrong with these kits. Love this company!

This is my third craft a brew recipe kit. I am pretty new to homebrewing and wasn't sure it was something I would enjoy.Got my first one gallon kit as a gift and am now hooked. The one gallon recipes are great, the ingredients have been fresh and high quality. Pre measured and ready to brew.I recently picked up a second 1 gallon carboy so that I can always have a brew on deck. I prefer the one gallon size in case I screw up or don't like a beer I don't feel like I am wasting much. So far that has not been a problem as they have all come out well.Speaking to the recipe itself, I was impressed. I expected a beer that was kind of generic, and not particularly flavorful. Something that wouldn't seem "bad" to anyone but wouldn't be great either.I was wrong. All the recipes I have used have produced very flavorful beers, with deep flavor and lots of character.Highly recommend for someone just starting out or a casual brewer that wants a solid recipe kit with good results.