Muntons Micro Brewery System

Now I've been bitten by the brewing bug I thought I'd try another kit and this one was an easy decision. You may remember that my first brew was a choice between the lager-based Coopers Micro-Brew Kit and the bitter-based Muntons Micro Brewery System where I eventually chose the former. Now it's time to check out the latter.






I noticed that the homebrew section in my local market house hardware store had one of the Muntons Micro Brewery Systems for sale with an extra tenner off so I handed over my £49.99 and walked out of the store with my second everything-you-need-to-brew-tasty-beer-at-home-in-a-box-job.

Here's a quick run-down on what's in the box:

1 x 5 gallon "top tap" King Keg pressure barrel with dispenser tap

1 x screwtop barrel lid (with pressure release valve)

1 x top float plus tube

2 x tins premium hopped brewers malt extract (Woodforde's Wherry Bitter)

1 x steriliser powder

1 x Co2 bulb

1 x Co2 dispensing unit

Here's a photo of the kit borrowed from Muntons site, complete with blonde woman. Sadly my kit did not include this woman. I intend to complain to Muntons about this. I know my rights.

The full article for the kit's launch can be found here.

Unlike the Coopers offering this kit does not come with any bottles as everything is brewed and dispensed in the pressure barrel so you can just pull a pint ready for drinking straight from the tap.

What I did notice is that the instructions provided (an A4 sheet supplied along with a badly photocopied diagram or two) were no way near as professional and comprehensive as the Coopers kit. It's quite obvious that this kit is "badged" by Muntons by adding the Woodforde's Wherry and that you could probably buy this exact kit around the world supplied with identical components but with a different extract. That said, it certainly has no bearing on the quality of it and it shouldn't have any affect on the beer produced.

Well, hopefully not. I'll soon see.