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Just realised i made this mistake. been doing kit brews for a while now (kit and sugar/malt) so thought i do a stove top brew.

Did two brews last week, a canadian blond and a australian pale ale.. botht coopers. Read in this website that you shouldn't boil your kit cause it takes away the hop that has already been hopped by the manufacturer.

WHat i did was boil water, then add the sugars then the kit and let it boil for around 20 mins.

Will the beer taste a bit off or bland? Anything i can do to save it?

Been fermenting for a week now.

Any assistance appreciated

Thanks

Only new to all this myself but i'd say it will be alright maybe sweeter than normal but should still taste nearly as good as it would have been. I gather you didn't add any extra hops?
If you are going to rack you could dry hop or i've even heard of adding some hop pellets to primary a few days before bottling.

Didn't add any hops

Could try adding some if you want just to give it that little something extra but as i said it'll be ok the way it is just possibly a bit bland.
Like V.B.!!

i've done the same thing myself with one of the cascade imperial voyage pale ales.

Didnt notice a huge difference with what i would've expected. wouldn't recommend doing it.

But now i've gone and done the opposite, I bought a ESB bavarian wheat kit (which didnt have instructions) and just put the kit it in the pot with some boiled wheat malt, dissolved (without boiling) and poured into the fermenter to find that there were hop pellets sitting in the bottom of the pot (just aswell i sieved the mixture).

Just find out as much as you can about the kit before you make the beer.

Cheers

James

I've also added hops to a kit that already had hops added.... found the hops clashed quite bad.

still drank it...

Hi Stekings

I've done both of those, boiling fermentables and adding the kit at flameout which is what I do with all my kits.

You've picked two opposites. I don't think the Canadian will matter a hoot as it's a light semi sweet quaffer but the Aus PA on the other hand is a tasty drop, one of my favourite recent drinking at 7 weeks ITB. You may have boiled off a bit of hop flavour in that one but don't worry it'll still be a nice beer. I assume it's your first APA so I'd suggest you put down another right after this one's done so you can compare. My recipe was so simple, kit and a 1.5Kg can of Morgans pale malt. From what I've learned lately, 200g dex would be a useful addition.

As for adding hops now by way of dry hopping I'd probably pass at this stage as you don't have a bench mark for comparison. And worry not, it'll be fine.

Cheers. Geoff.

Thanks everyone.

What I might do is leave the two as it is...and see what happens. I will take your suggestion Geoff to put on another APA (definitely my first one) right after this one.

Thanks

Don't worry too much about it. It is good practice (to boil) when you move on to malt extract brews. Also, many kits on the market only add bittering hops anyway, and that will not be lost with a boil.

The higher quality kits supposedly have some flavouring and aroma hop additions, so theoretically it is best not to boil them. I generally add my kit at the end of the boil.

Having said that, I don't think it'll make a huge difference, and will still be a tasty beer.