Kmart

Timmsy · Post by **Timmsy** » Wednesday Aug 29, 2007 9:58 am

I see last nite while flicking through the junk mail that kmart has 20% of home brew stuff. Mite have to head down and have a gork

banger · Post by **banger** » Wednesday Aug 29, 2007 3:20 pm

Yep correct, was there at lunchtime today and picked up a can of the Coopers Aus Pale Ale for under $10. Bargain

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Wednesday Aug 29, 2007 3:46 pm

Only one

Cheers,
Greg

Noodles · Post by **Noodles** » Wednesday Aug 29, 2007 3:52 pm

My local Kmart is usually crap for stocking homebrew stuff. Will have to duck down after work to see if they've got any more stock in for the sale.

banger · Post by **banger** » Wednesday Aug 29, 2007 4:58 pm

Only one

Mmm, good point Greg, although I do have 3 cans of Coopers Bitter that my good wife picked up for me for $4 a pop a while back. I'd better get brewing methinks..

Noodles · Post by **Noodles** » Thursday Aug 30, 2007 9:47 am

Went down to Kmart last night and they had a little bit more stock than they usually do. They've started stocking Brigalow kits and adjuncts which they haven't in the past. I noticed Brigalow have a thing called a 'hop tablet' which sells for about $2.50 which the instructions said you just throw in your fermenter once you've topped to 23 litres. Has anyone used these in the past? It didn't have an ingredients list so I don't know what type of hops were used to make the tablet (if any).

Anyway, Coopers Pale Ale at $10 a can was too good to pass up, so I grabbed a couple of them. Also the Coopers Starter kits at $60.00 were great value but they were sold out.

Kevnlis · Post by **Kevnlis** » Thursday Aug 30, 2007 9:56 am

Noodles wrote:Went down to Kmart last night and they had a little bit more stock than they usually do. They've started stocking Brigalow kits and adjuncts which they haven't in the past. I noticed Brigalow have a thing called a 'hop tablet' which sells for about $2.50 which the instructions said you just throw in your fermenter once you've topped to 23 litres. Has anyone used these in the past? It didn't have an ingredients list so I don't know what type of hops were used to make the tablet (if any).

Anyway, Coopers Pale Ale at $10 a can was too good to pass up, so I grabbed a couple of them. Also the Coopers Starter kits at $60.00 were great value but they were sold out.

Mostly likely foam rubber soaked in hop extract

Sorry I have not seen or used them, but comming from Brigalow I would not expect much!

Also the fact that it didn't actually say what it was or what was in it scares me a bit

Noodles · Post by **Noodles** » Thursday Aug 30, 2007 10:06 am

Kevnlis wrote: Mostly likely foam rubber soaked in hop extract

Sorry I have not seen or used them, but comming from Brigalow I would not expect much!

Also the fact that it didn't actually say what it was or what was in it scares me a bit

Yeah, I wasn't sure what was in them so I didn't buy one. I'm still tempted to go back and pick one up just to find out what they're like.

Timmsy · Post by **Timmsy** » Thursday Aug 30, 2007 10:45 am

Went there after work yesterday. Got myself a Cooppers pale and Coopers mexican. That all they had and also got myself 2 packets of carb drops and 2 pakets of crown seals. It ended up costing me $26! bargin in anyones book

Kevnlis · Post by **Kevnlis** » Thursday Aug 30, 2007 12:41 pm

Timmsy wrote:Went there after work yesterday. Got myself a Cooppers pale and Coopers mexican. That all they had and also got myself 2 packets of carb drops and 2 pakets of crown seals. It ended up costing me $26! bargin in anyones book

I cleaned the shelves on Coopers crown seals, at $1.67 per 100 thats the best deal I have ever seen on any crown seal!

Also the automatica bench cappers work out to $40.07! Thats cheaper than the one I got second hand off eBay yesterday...DOH!

scblack · Post by **scblack** » Friday Aug 31, 2007 9:12 am

Got the missus to check out Kmart brewing - got a Tooheys Dark Ale for $7.00 and a Coopers Mexican for $10.00.

Pretty good pricing.

Forgot to check out caps......bugger.

Lachy · Post by **Lachy** » Wednesday Sep 05, 2007 5:23 pm

I've been popping in and out of Kmart these last few days (for non-brew related matters, I promise!) and the sale is still ongoing. I picked up the Cooper's kit yesterday for a mate's 21st. Today I grabbed the Canadian Blonde and Australian Pale Ale, and the dreaded Ginger Beer. Now, I've jumped on this site and found a clonebrew recipe for Bright Brewery's Hellfire Amber Ale (delicious stuff, it be!) that uses the Cooper's Real Ale kit as a starting point. I think I'll have to go back again tomorrow...

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Wednesday Sep 05, 2007 9:17 pm

apparently the sale ended today

Lachy · Post by **Lachy** » Wednesday Sep 05, 2007 9:45 pm

Aye, it did. They were locking the doors when I got there this evening.

Noodles · Post by **Noodles** » Thursday Sep 06, 2007 8:43 am

I couldn't help myself in the end and rushed down after work last night and picked up another Coopers Micro-Brew Kit. It was advertised at $60 and scanned through at $57 so I was just that little bit happier. Now the proud owner of 2 carboys and a pail. My cold conditioning fridge is clean and will soon contain a Southern lager wetpak.