What is the general consensus as to how close these kits actually get to the commercial beer they are trying to approximate?
I bring this up b/c I am desperately trying to clone Anderson Valley's Winter Solstice. I just got the AG kit from AHS, and I won't divulge the recipe here out of respect to them, but it doesn't seem very close from looking at the sheet. No spices or vanilla, and I'm calculating about 40 IBU's. Anderson Valley states on their website that this beer comes in at about 6 IBU's.
There is one recipe here at HBT that actually makes more sense intuitively, but I guess I want to put my faith in the professionals
I know, I know, just brew it and see how it turns out. I just wanted to get some opinions from those who have had experiences with these AHS clone kits.
Thanks for taking the time.
Cheers!
I bring this up b/c I am desperately trying to clone Anderson Valley's Winter Solstice. I just got the AG kit from AHS, and I won't divulge the recipe here out of respect to them, but it doesn't seem very close from looking at the sheet. No spices or vanilla, and I'm calculating about 40 IBU's. Anderson Valley states on their website that this beer comes in at about 6 IBU's.
There is one recipe here at HBT that actually makes more sense intuitively, but I guess I want to put my faith in the professionals
I know, I know, just brew it and see how it turns out. I just wanted to get some opinions from those who have had experiences with these AHS clone kits.
Thanks for taking the time.
Cheers!