Coles

[red dog]

I was at my local Coles last week and I noticed that they have a reasonable supply of brew kits including the cascade range. All the Cascade series were on special from $12.49 down to $9.99. The last Cascade mix I bought was arounfd the $15 mark so I will be back to Coles to pick up a few cans next week.

[Kevnlis]

I have had very mixed results with the Cascade range. If you do pick a few up, I suggest you at least replace the yeast under the lid with a fitting saf range yeast.

[sidman]

cascade i have found very ordinary infact crap,better spending another 20 cents for a coopers brew

[Chris]

The 2 cascades I have done were great- but I really only used them as hopped malt extract. There was so much other stuff that they weren't even close to the 'intended' final product.

But I still vote Coopers

[rwh]

The Cascade kits I have done were fine. I think people who have poor results are used to the bullet-proof Coopers yeast. The Cascade one isn't bad, in fact it's a nice clean-fermenting yeast, but only if you treat it right (primarily temperature wise). If you think you're going to have trouble with temperature (fluctuations, or too high or low), I'd sub the yeast for US-05, 1056, or even Coopers.

[red dog]

My first cascade mix was their chocolate mahogany porter. Aged up well and drank pretty smooth.

[pixelboy]

Its a bit of a shame that Coles run specials on these kits, the small LHBS just cant compete...

I refuse to buy kits from coles.. I dont want the HBS to close

[Divewombat]

Thats a really good point pixelboy. a couple of extra bucks is worth the support and convenience.