Beer Kit Reviews
If you've ever considered brewing your own beer, but you're not sure how to do it, where to start, or what you need, a beer kit is a perfect way to get started. A brewing kit provides you with everything you need including equipment, ingredients, and easy step-by-step instructions. Within two weeks of starting with your kit, you could be enjoying outstanding beer that you made yourself. Brewing your own beer with a beer brewing kit doesn't require any special skills or knowledge, just a desire to make your your own beer, and the ability to follow simple instructions.
Once you've mastered brewing beer with kits, you can buy recipes and individual ingredients to make beer from scratch. This will allow you to fine tune beer recipes that you already enjoy, or create your own masterpiece from scratch. Beer brewing kits have the ability to grow along with your brewing capabilities.
There are 3 popular brands of beer kits available on the market today. We'll give you a brief overview and review of each one, along with some positives and negatives to consider before making a purchase. All 3 of these kits function as advertised, and make beer, but you may find that one fits your needs better than the other two. Some of the the kit makers sell different levels of kits at different prices. To make this comparison apples-to-apples, we'll review each manufacturer's kit that retails closest to $100.
Mr Beer Brewing Kit
The best thing about a Mr. Beer brewing kit is the price. They have 4 kits available ranging in cost from $39.95 to $99.95, and their refill ingredients range in price from $12.95 to $17.35. They also give quantity discounts if you buy 4 or 6 refill kits at a time, and all orders over $99 receive free shipping. For comparison purposes we'll review the "Brewmaster's Series" kit, which retails for $99.95. (Plus free shipping.)
Mr.Beer's Brewmaster's kit (pictured above) includes everything you need to brew and bottle 2 batches of premium all-malt beer. Each batch makes 2 gallons of beer (equivalent to just over 21 bottles of beer). The kit contains instructions and a brewer's guide along with:
- 1 Two-Gallon Fermenter
- 2 Premium Brew Packs of Beer Ingredients
- 8 Bottles with Caps and Labels
- 1 Mr. Beer Baseball Cap and T-Shirt
- 2 Mr. Beer Pint Glasses
- 1 "Brew-o-meter" Which is a Stick-on Thermomter
- 1 "Sugar Measure" Which is a self-leveling measuring tube
To buy a Mr Beer brewing kit today, click the following link: Mr. Beer
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Cooper's Microbrewery Kit
The best thing about Cooper's Microbrewery Beer Brewing Kit, is that its the most like true home brewing. This makes it the right choice if you're interested in eventually moving from kits into traditional brewing teqhniques. Cooper's only has 1 style of brewing kit, which retails for $99.99.
Like true homebrewing, Coopers allows you to make beer in 6 gallon batches, rather than 2 gallons, like the other brands. Coopers Microbrewery Kit comes with an instructional booklet and DVD, along with the following components:
- 1 30 Liter Fermenter with Lid and O-ring
- 1 Hydrometer
- 1 Sediment Reducer
- 1 Plastic Spoon
- 1 "Little Bottler" tube and Bottling Valve
- 1 Tap
- 1 Airlock and Airlock Grommet
- 1 Thermometer
- 30 740ml Bottles and Caps
- 1 Coopers Lager Beer Kit Package
To buy a Coopers Microbrewery, click the following link: Cooper's
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The Beer Machine
The best thing about The Beer Machine is its simplicity of use. The Beer Machine is a one step fermenter, conditioning vessel, and dispenser. Making beer with The Beer Machine is about as easy as making coffee. However, this is a case where you reap what you sow. The beer it makes is, in our opinion, sub-par. We reviewed The Beer Machine 2000 model, which retails for $114.95. There is also a Brewery 2006 model for $134.95.
Each Beer Machine 2000 beer kit inlcudes:
- Custom pressure gauge to indicate brew quality, carbonation level, and dispensing pressure.
- Carbonation unit and pressure relief system for maintaining optimal bewing conditions.
- Perfectly sized for conditioning beer in your refrigerator.
- One Brewers Select premium beer mix, which makes 28 beers.
- Yeast, CO2 bulbs and defoamer disk
- Brewing Guide
To buy The Beer Machine, click the following link: The Beer Machine
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Free Beer Kit Tips and Tricks Report
Regardless of which beer kit you choose, there are some tips and tricks that can enhance the quality of the beer you produce, and the amount of enjoyment you get from brewing your own beer. We've written a report that outlines these tips and tricks. If you'd like to receive a free copy of the report, just sign up below, and we'll email you a PDF version of the report.
