Brewer’s Best Home Brew Beer Ingredient Kit – 5 Gallon (Mexican Cerveza)
$42.74
Price: $42.74
(as of Jan 06, 2025 23:19:37 UTC – Details)
Straw in color, our Mexican Cerveza has a crisp, clean flavor profile. Lightly hopped, with a great balance between malt & bitterness, while a small dose of lime peel adds a touch of citrus aroma. Thirst quenching, this brew is best served ice-cold with slice of lemon or lime.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 13 x 7 x 6 inches; 9 Pounds
Item model number : COMINHKPR140116
Date First Available : April 28, 2016
Manufacturer : LD Carlson Company
ASIN : B01EXMZL6S
5 Gallon Beer Ingredient Kit
ABV: 4.4% – 4.9%
Small Dose of Lime Peel Adds a Touch of Citrus Aroma
Difficulty: Easy
Crisp, Clean Flavor
Customers say
Customers enjoy the taste and easy-to-follow instructions of the beer kit. They find it good value for money, with a nice alcohol content and color. However, some customers are disappointed with the ingredients and have different opinions on the hops content and quality.
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Drew –
Consistently great kits from Brewer’s Best
I try these every so often when the price drops. All of them have worked. I get to try interesting flavors. There is more than enough bottle caps for my needs. Easy to follow recipes. The process of brewing beer and watching the bubbles in the airlock speed up, then start slowingâFascinating. But I am easily amused.
derek –
Excellent product
The instructions in this kit were excellent and include places for you to take notes. This was my first beer to brew and man, it is tasty. I’m intonation 2 days early but it is still very good. Thanks for a great product. Off to order my next one.
Thomas C. Daniels –
Delicious!
This extract kit brews into a delicious copper colored Saison that is perfectly true to style. I brewed it to exactly 5 gallons, so I ended up bottling about 4 to 4.5 gal. Alcohol level is just right, and the mouthfeel and pepper flavor that the yeast kicks off is as good as any Saison you will find at your local bottle shop. It fermented out in about 7 days, so just around 21 days from brewing to drinking. Can’t beat that. Cheers!
kerry l. –
Good light beer recipe
Good light beer recipe, easy to make had almost all ingredients except for 2oz of honey. I prefer when these kits have everything you need. Good summer time recipe.
Nicole J –
Wonky instructions
I really enjoyed the first 2 batches I made, but before I make it again I’m going to rewrite the instructions. For whatever reason they include extremely relative information in a separate section from the main body of the instructions. Maybe it’s just the way more brain works, but the way it’s currently written makes me feel like I am forgetting to do some important step.
Doug D –
Great home brew
I have been using brewer’s best for years and have not had a bad batch yet
Banjo Phil –
Good brew senor
excellent drinkability
Grumsvald12!@ –
Will NOT use Brewer’s Best again!
I only recently started home brewing and this is the 4th Brewer’s Best Kit I’ve made. Going forward, I will not use Brewer’s Best kits. I will either use Northern Brewer kits or buy the ingredients separately and use a recipe. The first kit I used was their Holiday Ale. It didn’t turn out great at all. I blamed myself since it was the first time I brewed something, but now that I’ve had a couple of their kits, I’m not so sure.The second kit I used was their Double IPA. My friends really seemed to like it, but it was not a Double IPA. It was extremely dark and malty, more like a hoppy Amber Lager. Again, it tasted fine, definitely drinkable, but not a Double IPA.The 3rd kit I got was a Russian Imperial Stout. This is when I realized that all of the Brewer’s Best directions, at least for their Easy beers, are exactly the same for each beer. The only difference is the ingredients and when to put them in. You may be thinking “so what?” Do a little research about yeast and you’ll see that it activates at certain temperatures. For instance, their directions always say to ferment in a “temperature stable area (approx 64-72 degrees). I had this beer in my basement, which is where I fermented my IPA. Since it was winter, the basement was around 65 degrees. The fermentation stopped after about a day, which is very wrong. I brought the beer upstairs where is was about 69, and it started to ferment again.The Dunkel is the 4th kit I’ve used, which I just brewed two days ago. It has yet to start fermenting. Again, the directions said the same as the last 3, 64-72 degrees. After doing some research and reviewing other Dunkel recipes, you’ll see that the yeast used in those activates around 50-52 degrees. I’m going to leave the beer for a little bit, but if I don’t see fermentation soon, I’m going to dump it because I don’t have the ability right now to ferment at 50 degrees. What a waste!The other problem I have with Brewer’s Best is the time frame for making the beer. All of these generic directions have you drinking beer in about 4-5 weeks. It recommends transferring the beer from the primary fermenter to the secondary right about fermentation is complete, about 5-7 days. I’ve gone to several local breweries and asked the brewers about this. They all think this is a mistake. With the Stout, for instance, the recommended at least 2-4 weeks in the primary, another 2 weeks or so in the secondary, then bottle and let it sit at least a month, and it should get better the longer it sits. I am following their instructions now with the Stout, taking my time. They said, if you want a beer now, go buy one. If you want to make one, don’t rush it.The 3rd issue I have is the yeast itself. Its a dry yeast. The generic instructions say ‘DO NOT REHYDRATE”. Now granted, you can use dry yeast, but all of the recipes I’ve researched and books that I’ve read use a liquid yeast or rehydrate the dry yeast. I will be using liquid yeast packets from now on until I learn how to cultivate my own.So look for yourself, you’ll see the directions are exactly the same. Its a good start, but do your research and don’t get discouraged if your beer isn’t turning out right. It might not be you.
Amazon Customer –
I chose this kit because I love Trappist beers. I’ve had doppels and quads, but never tried a Tripel. I’m especially impressed by how complete this kit is. It even includes bottle caps. No having to buy priming sugar or malt extract separately.Even though this is my first home brew in more than a decade, and I made a lot of mistakes, this is the best beer I’ve ever had. It’s got the same kind of kick and complexity of a quad, but it’s lighter and fruitier. The smell of it the first day of fermenting was heavenly.I cannot recommend this kit enough.
Kevin Belliveau –
Really enjoyed this kit. Some details I liked:-Ingredients seemed fresh (still brewing, so not 100% sure yet)-Instructions are very clear, including to treat everything first, and what additional equipment you’ll need-comes with a few things I wouldn’t think would be included, mainly a cloth bag for steeping and bottle capsHighly recommend for a beginner.
Reynald –
Not for the beginner, I am on the day over right now and I have never seen such a active fermentation!
David –
Made this not to long ago. It turned out very good. It has a very lovely taste
Noel James –
I enjoyed the whole process of steeping, cooking and brewing this kit. The overall taste is too hoppy and bitter for my liking, should have left out some of the hops.