You can make beer, yes but is it good beer? maybe.

"Karl S." <null_dev@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I'm still a newbie, having brewed less than a half-dozen batches which
> were all commercial recipe kits. The most recent is a 3 pound, 5 ounce can
> of Muntons Premium Bitter, with the enclosed yeast packet. This was about
> $10 cheaper than other, more complex kits I've tried. It consisted of a
> can of extract and the packet of yeast, no crystal malt or hops, and the
> enclosed instructions didn't even mention boiling the wort. I did anyway,
> adding three pounds of extra corn sugar and some leftover hop pellets I
> had lying around the refrigerator (about a tablespoon full). It just
> didn't seem like brewing without a hot break. Anyway, the instructions
> that came with this recipe kit came to "dissolve the extract and
> additional sugar in boiling water, add cold water to make 6 US gallons,
> and add the yeast."
> Can one really make beer that easily?
>
> Karl S.
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