It's flavour would definitely have been improved by the addition of some English or Citrus type hops. It's not an inspiring brew by any means however it feels like a stock standard beer.Īnother two weeks conditioning will improve this beer but I've made enough of these brews to know where the beer is headed. Not average in the sense people say that word to not mean good but average in the mathematical sense. So, let's check back in another two weeks for a taste test. This is because I have somehow managed to over prime my last two stouts and those were some wee fizzy buggers which kind of ruined the beer drinking experience. Instead of batch priming, I sugared each bottle individually. It's actually been two whole weeks and tonight I have just bottled the beer. Let's check back in about ten days after primary fermentation. It's currently the start of winter so it will be a bit cold out there so we'll see how the fermentation goes! I noticed when adding the yeast that it all came out pretty easily and there were not many bits of it stuck to the inside of the packet (which happens a lot with Blackrock kits for example). I then added the yeast that I had set aside in a glass of warm water to help hydrate it. I then gave it all a good stir and then added water so that there were about 23 liters in the drum. I venture a complete novice at brewing would have made a huge mess! This process was a bit more difficult than doing it with a tin can kit. Indeed, I felt there was quite a lot left in the pouch so I added some boiling water to it to help melt the remainder and made sure I got most of it out it and into the wort. Perhaps the kit's contents were a bit cold as I really had to squeeze it out. I cut open the pouch with my key chain multi-tool and added the contents to the drum. This actually should have been no surprise as Mangrove Jack's are well known for their kits being in pouch form rather than tin can! I then opened the Mangrove Jack's box pack and to my surprise, it was actually a pouch inside the box. I then added the brew enhancer from Brewshop and added a kettle of boiling water. So, what do we do first? I cleaned and sanitized the fermenter drum with boiling water and sodium percarbonate. I spied their Golden Ale, which purports to be "A clear golden ale with subtle malt and fruit undertones, finished with a pleasing bitterness."Īt 20 NZ bucks, it was a competitive price so I thought I'd give it a brew and review. Other than Black Rock and Williams Warn both being made in the Speights factory, Nothing is the answer - so this means the kit is probably just a rebrand of their existing products for the NZ market. This piqued my curiosity as what is uniquely New Zealand about beer kits? I was in checking out Brewshop the other week and I saw that Mangrove Jack's (an Aussie based company) had a new kit on the market called the "New Zealand Brewer's Series". Review of Mangrove Jack's New Zealand Brewers Series beer pouch kit
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