"Mike" <mfeeley@core.com> wrote in message
news:104t2o0qqa3qe6a@corp.supernews.com...[color=blue]
> I have brewed 2 batches of beer from kits, the first was a Corona[/color]
style[color=blue]
> Mexican beer and the second was Cooper's Australian Lager. Contrary to[/color]
the[color=blue]
> pictures on the kits both beers turned out to be a dark amber color.[/color]
I was[color=blue]
> advised by my local home brew shop that I would never achieve a light[/color]
golden[color=blue]
> color using kits but instead would have to brew with all-grain. Is[/color]
this a[color=blue]
> true statement? If not, does anyone have any ideas on what the problem[/color]
might[color=blue]
> be? I'm very new to home brewing and I'm not sure if I'm ready to[/color]
make the[color=blue]
> leap to all-grain brewing yet.
>
> Thank you for your assistance.[/color]


It is pure, unadulterated BS. I have brewed many light-colored beers
from kits.

I like stouts, though, so I bought a stout kit and used a can of
unhopped dark malt instead of the sugar that was called for in the
recipe. I called it "double stout". :-)


Ray