Not sure why a kit would lead you to believe that you could make a light
colored brew and then not produce it. There is no reason that you can't
produce a light beer with a kit. And by light I don't mean as in low
calories but a light in color. The reason it is harder to make a light brew
is because straight malt has a lot of body and color to it. It is like
Coffey, the more it is roasted the darker it gets. To produce a light beer
you need adjuncts such as rice syrup which is very light in color. A beer
like Corona is made with different grains where as most home brew is made
from pure malt or malt and corn sugar. The corn sugar will lighten your
brew but it will also make it sour. You can purchase rice syrup. I would
try [url]www.williamsbrewing.com[/url] and order one of their lighter beer kits. I
think you just got the wrong kit. Your local home brew shop seems to be
suffering from a bad case of beer snobbery. There is no reason you can't
make a decent light beer from a kit. I think I would find another home brew
store or at least not take any of their advice.
"Mike" <mfeeley@core.com> wrote in message
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> I have brewed 2 batches of beer from kits, the first was a Corona style
> Mexican beer and the second was Cooper's Australian Lager. Contrary to the
> pictures on the kits both beers turned out to be a dark amber color. I[/color]
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> leap to all-grain brewing yet.
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> Thank you for your assistance.
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