Irish Blonde Extract Kit

I let sit 2 weeks primary and 1 week secondary started at 1.060 OG finished at 1.010, I had to try one after a week in the bottle. I needed to check the taste and color. I'm surprised this is the best tasting brew after 1 week in the bottle I have made. and check the picture, I will for sure make more of this.

This ale came out nice, very clear and very tasty, but not what I was expecting. Definitely not straw-gold in color. I followed the directions to the letter, I am a very anal-retentive brewer so you better believe this was brewed exactly as they said to. My finished ale is almost identical to Bass ale in taste and just a little lighter in color. I love Bass ale, so I am happy to drink this, it just wasn't as described or expected. If you like Bass ale then this kit is for you!

Ended up over 6%. I definitely recommend liquid yeast for this (I used White Labs). A wheaty malt base and citrus-y hop flavor rounded out by the smoothness of a lager, this batch is getting better with age. Add some more grains to this kit as the included grain bill is pretty small.

It gets better with age

I brewed it for a lawn mower beer and it fits the genre.

Another great beer.Brewed per instructions.It has more of an amber color to it,but taste is more important than color and I think this is a great tasting beer.Pretty true to description.This might replace cream ale on my rotation.

was way easy to brew and looked great but it left woody earth tones in the aftertaste that made it not as enjoyable. I thought it would be lighter in color too over all a good beer

Heard great things about this brew. Very excited to brew it. Went with Wyeast 1084 irish ale. Will update when ready!!

Love this beer. Not to heavy, not to light, just right. I have brewed this a couple of times and it is my new go to brew. I was looking for a beer similar to the popular Irish lager, from Dublin, but this was so much better. It has a fuller body, not overly hoppy, and very smooth. This is on my permanent rotation.

Brewed, per instructions, I use this beer for cocktails.

2 weeks primary, 2 weeks secondary, 2 weeks bottle. Wow, what an amazing beer. I am very surprised! For being the highest alcohol content beer I've ever made, it is very mellow. I hit the OG 1059 right on and my FG was 1012. It must be just a great balance of the hops and malt. I will brew it again!!!!

If you're looking for something outside the lines, this is the beer for you. Normally I have a taste for bitter brews, Shirley furioso was a favorite. Then I see this Irish blond, I knew I had to have her. Six weeks after we met, she knew I was into her. It was difficult to share her with my friends. Her presence was intoxicating. Soft, smooth, clean, everything I wasn't used to. The NB description says it all. Irish blond, you will always have a place in my fermentor.

I brewed this using the full boil tips I got from Nothern Brewer.Never done a full boil. When I called , I got very friendly support. Northern Brewer is top notch to deal with...I bottled according to the instructions. I did not stray from the recipe and I got great results.Great lacing with alot of head retention.Very smooth and full mouthfeel.I did not get that extract twang I usually get .From now on when I do extracts I will do full boils.Now I need to choose my next recipe.

I loved it. It turned out great, especially with the extra lb of biscuit malt I added!

This beer just won me 2nd place in my local homebrew club. I had to really rush this beer along so I didn't expect it to score well, but even young the beer has plenty of flavor.

Easy to session, this ale was a huge hit at our hash. Brewed this and the Irish Red and both kegs were emptied the same afternoon we tapped them. People loved both, but this was the favorite. I agree. Description is pretty spot on. This would be prefect on a hot summer day.

Nice clean, refreshing summer ale. Distinct grapefruit and hopps flavor beginning to end. Not much head though. I see the ingredients list has been changed slightly. I will definitely make this one again!!!

I made this and an Irish Stout (same yeast) last year to bring to a friends St. Patrick's Day party. I thought it was pretty tasty, but in all honesty the rest of the guests couldn't get enough of it, including a guy that showed up and was initially upset there was homebrew there at all ("Homebrew? Oh, no, you're kidding"). Long story short - All the commercial beers the hosts purchased went virtually untouched, and while I brought about a gallon of the stout home the Blonde keg was empty well before the end of the party. For the record, I answered questions when asked but I don't hover over my kegs and wasn't encouraging anyone to try it - I was there to drink beer and socialize, after all. The "homebrew sucks" guy became a total convert, and I found out a few days later he actually asked the hosts who made it and if he could "order some" for an event he was hosting.Needless to say I'll be making it again this year - I don't think I have a choice!I'd give it 4-4.5 stars on my own, but everyone enjoyed it so much I can't give it less than 5 for this review.

not a bad beer but was not a blonde at all or i caught her on a bad hair day? was more of a amber color and was a little bitter which i didn't mind but wasn't ready for it. got smoother the longer it sat. not bad and will try another batch for the summer and cutting grass can make you thirsty.

I will admit that this was my first attempt at home brewing under the watchful eye of someone more experienced and I am pleasantly surprised at the results. I followed the kit directions to the letter and wound up with darker more brown beer than expected but taste was "premium quality beer" as my friends put it. Pours nicely from the tap with perfect head and has a slightly fruity after taste. I am eager to try my next NB kit.

This kit was thin and watery. I didn't feel like a full mash, so I went with the extract. This is thin on taste and watery. I should have paid a bit more attention to the recipe, it has 2lbs wheat. I really thought this was going to be as it was described, like a blonde stout. I was wrong. The hops are mismatched for this malt profile too, which of course I could have discerned from the ingredient page, but I was too excited about the description. I cut the boil hops and nose hops in half and it was still overpowering. My fault for not reading more closely. It could seriously use a good dose of lactose and some biscuit malt to give it some body.

Nicely done, this ale is about as good as it gets. This easily can become a nice session beer!

I brew "birthday beer" requests for my family and was not sure about this one until I sampled my first bottle. So far I think it is under rated. A nice crisp ale with just a slight fruity after taste. Very much enjoyed this batch and will definitely brew it again.

I too was worried about trying one with no reviews, but I was pleasantly surprised with this one. This is a refreshing beer that you could also drink year round. Try this one and you won't be dissapointed.

Wanted to make a lighter summer brew & was curious about Palisades hops, so bought the kit. Decided to not add the 2 lbs of wheat DME, but mashed a lb of white wheat malt in its place and used the S-04 yeast. I find the results very tasty and the gravity more in line with a summer brew (1047). My version of this kit is closer to an English golden ale - very malty, refreshing, and fruity. Not quite sold on the Palisades hops yet, but the jury is still out.

I was worried trying a kit that had no reviews..... but I must say after 2 weeks in the bottle this blonde is very tasty. The bittering hops did a great job although the aroma hops for the last 20 min may have been too long as the aroma is not quite there. The head is awesome.... small tight & thick bubbles. I've brewed 3-4 NB kits so far and I will brew this again along with the American Wheat....