Wilko own brand kits

[Nohopebrewery]

Has anyone tried them?

I have 2 Fermenting at the moment a Newki ale and stout but i also have a lager kit to do later aswell.

Not really sure what to expect from them as they were only £10.00 each but i thought wy not give them ago. i am fermenting using wilko brewing sugar.

Experiences appreciated.

[boingy]

I think they've only just launched that new range so you are not going to find too many people that have already brewed them. Be sure to report your results!

[Nohopebrewery]

I can report that fermentaion is going very well indeed. I use bubble airtlocks and this is one of the more active fermentations I have seen.

[Mucknbullets]

Picked up the pilsner kit, some light dme and brewing sugar on saturday. Shame they don't do a lager yeast as this one could go in the brew fridge once current lager is done. WIll have to wait for temps to drop a bit as even in my garage it is about 26c at the mo. Ruddy weather is crap for brewing lager and sleeping.

Ade

[always_sober]

Sat drinking a pint of the newkie brown. Mine came out very dark as I added black treacle and extra sugar to it. It's not really ready yet but it is still not bad, to me at least. A few problems brewing it but they were due to my lack of experience, not the kit.

[cellone]

I have the pilsner brewing with a subtle adaption, I changed the yeast for lager yeast, added a few hops, 1kg of DME and 200g of dextrose.

[Nohopebrewery]

I have the pilsner brewing with a subtle adaption, I changed the yeast for lager yeast, added a few hops, 1kg of DME and 200g of dextrose.

I wouldnt ming trying to adapt some of the kites i have but never been sure how to di it exactly. DO i just put the hops in a bag and leave it during the fermentation?

Gonna have a look on the forum and see if anyone has wiven instructions anywhere

cheers.

[cellone]

I boiled the hops with the DME for 20 min the turned the heat off and let it sit for another 20, strained and poured it into the FV. There are many good threads with advice on adding to kits, well worth a search and a good read through.

[Nohopebrewery]

As per usual this forum has lots of advice, i am thinkig for a i might try to add some lime juice to my light golden lager (wilco) kit. will this be ok? i was thinking of juicing maybe ten limes and putting it into the fermentor.

[tim1400]

Started one of the Hoppy bitter kits today.One of my barrels is now empty and wanted a cheap quaffing beer to fill it.I am going away for a week so hopefully it will be ready when I get back . I was going to make it straight so that I could tell if the kit was actually any good but in the end I had some fuggles in the freezer and added 30g to the can and left for 30 mins before adding the water . I used 1kg of Wilkos brewing sugar and brewed to 20 litres this gave an OG of 1040 . I checked at 15 litres and it was 1055 so if its any good it might make a cheap strong bitter . Just wait until I get back barrel it and find out .

[Nohopebrewery]

Had some cheeky tasters and the newki brown is not bad. The stout is ok too so for ten pounds cant complain.

I will not however be doing the light larger kit again. Bottled today and very disspointed.

[twentyfootwilf]

For a retail price of 10 quid corners will have had to be cut on these kits. I assume they are only 1.5kg kits which is slightly smaller than a lot of the more expensive single can kits. For this reason I would use at least 500g of DME and preferably 1kg with these kits as a full kilo of brewing sugar is going to be a big percentage of the total fermentables giving a very thin brew and low on flavour a kilo of DME will drastically improve things. Also the yeast supplied will probably be of dubious quality so it may be wise to use a larger sachet of a better quality yeast. Quite frankly I don't think I shall be trying one unless the results are a lot better than I expect they'll be. I will be interested to see what you guys that have bought them think when you get stuck into them.

[wxmexile]

I'll be doing the newkie brown as my next kit, with 2 or 3 jars of h&b malt extract and probly 200g's ish of dextrose and using nottingham yeast, hoping for a good brew! will keep you all posted!

[twentyfootwilf]

I'll be doing the newkie brown as my next kit, with 2 or 3 jars of h&b malt extract and probly 200g's ish of dextrose and using nottingham yeast, hoping for a good brew! will keep you all posted!

That should give it a kick

[wiredcharlie]

I did the Wilko Sweet Newkie Brown with 1kg of med dry malt. I had a first little taste today. It is very, very dark and tastes like Mild. Probably worth a go if you like Mild.

Tony