I confess I didn't let this one age properly, got into it after only 10 days, because I considered my abuse of the process to be a complete disaster, but I thought, oh well let's see what happened here. From what was supposed to be a 1 gal recipe, I managed to rescue three little 1L bottles, stuck them in the temp controlled room for 10 days , and kissed them off. But as I am an old timer and know the miracles that yeast can achieve, I tried one. NUCLEAR. I was totally trashed. I tried to stand up and literally fell on my face! So if you do this one, please WATCH IT. Let it rest for 2 wks at least to lose the last trace of sweetness, but then GLORY HALLELUIAH!!

I have been considering trying my hand at home brewing for a while now since I LOVE craft beers. After looking through all of the starter kit options I decided to give small batch brewing a try. This kit contains everything needed to brew 1 gallon of beer, except the bottles. Here are some great features to this kit:
1. The kit includes everything needed to brew your own beer.
2. The price is awesome for anyone who is unsure whether they want to try their hand at brewing or not. Also very reasonable price for a gift.
3. Pick your style of beer. There are several options, and the selection of small batch recipe kits offered by Northern Brewer is ASTOUNDING!
4. Easy to follow instructions AND a DVDs guide. Seriously, if you can make Mac 'N Cheese you can brew your first batch of beer.

So, look no further if you are considering home brewing. This is a purchase you will not regret!

I was unable to get a 1 gallon recipe in my first request for one. The recipe I received was for the 5 gallon. In an auto reply to my first question I was asked not to send more than 1 question a day. As a beginner to brewing this was not helpful in that I had several questions. I also asked what was that item above with no reply yet. I went with Amazon because of the speed of shipping over Northern Brewing.
Today is the day after brewing. The smell while cooking the wort was great. I have some yeast activity going on this morning which is fun to see and also reassureing.
I would recommend this for a beginner. In the future I'll still use the 1 gallon fermenter since I live in a small house and price for addtional brew kits is good.

We had a great time brewing beer. Our expectations were low, so just having drinkable beer was a bonus. After completion of brewing and enjoying our beverages, we discovered a couple on inconsistencies. Not all the beer had the exact same flavor. Two of the 10 beers had a slight off taste. Not bad just off. We also noticed the carbonation was different between bottles. Northern Brewer provided very detailed instructions via a DVD, so I have to chalk up the inconsistencies to Brewmeister error.
We chose the one gallon kit as experimentation to possible moving up to the larger kits. We also wanted to sample different flavors before brewing a large quantity. I would highly recommend the moose slobber and Northern Brewer.

I bought this kit last year so my boyfriend and I could attempt to brew our own beer. The kit is great, and we used both the provided written instructions as well as their youtube video to work through the steps. The beer turned out great!

We eventually moved across the country and had to leave this kit behind, but we recently purchased one of their five gallon brew kits to start making a larger amount of beer. We will review that kit once we have our beer ready!