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Do you get those homebrew shop catalogs in the mail, flip through them, and drool stare at all recipe kits descriptions?

Well, I do.

Now it has been a while since I brewed up a recipe kit from a homebrew shop but when a representative from Midwest Supplies wrote to our blog email address and asked us if we wanted to write up a review of one of their kits, I said we would be happy to do one.

Sticking with their homebrewing calendar as it existed in late 2012, I asked them to send me the Wurtzburger Maibock kit.

This post will serve as the depository for our entire experience brewing this beer rather than writing different posts for the brew session, fermentation, first tastings. etc. for each segment of the review.

The first segment of the review is the unboxing of the kit itself.

What I didn’t reveal in the video was that I was expecting an all grain kit. In my conversations with the rep, we agreed to review an all grain kit but I got sent an extract kit instead.

No matter – I will review what they sent me. I made a mighty yeast starter with the vial they sent me and it will be ready in plenty of time for the brew session.

We shot a video for the brew session.  I found the kit’s instructions easy to follow and provided a good brewing experience.

Check out this post to see this beer lager in a cold slumber in the beer fridge.

I let this beer lager for a pretty long time. Have you ever had the fear that you let your beer lager too long?

After all this time, the beer was ready to drink in May as planned. Here is our official tasting video:

Overall, this was great experience. It had been a while since we last brewed a kit recipe. We want to thank Midwest Supplies for the opportunity to brew their kit.