Brewing Intermediate Kit- with Two 5 Gallon Plastic Carboys

Good price. Better bottles light weight ez clean. Perfect for anyone going into home-brewing. Only missing beer bottles and a kit. Price wise cheaper is always better but.... this is as best it can get and a good value

Just received this kit. Can not wait to start. Very happy with the products. Shipping was great. Price was good.

I decided to go with Midwest because of the lower prices of the kit even though shipping was more expensive. I assumed (wrongly) that they put together their own kits, but in actuality, its a namebrand kit, and they put in an extra better bottle. I believe if I would have spent more time looking around, I could have gotten a few more items in a kit (like a spoon, bottle drainer, etc) for the same price.

What I did like was the beer making kits though. I went with the dry yeast, and it was active in a day and done in three. I still let it sit for the week, before moving to the secondary fermenter.

I think they could very easily include a free how to guide DVD. DVD's are a dime a dozen. Shoot, this kit didn't even come with the book. I'm not upset with them, but disappointed in myself for not doing a better job in my research.

+ they did provide a 5% military discount after I provided proof of service

- shipping rates were too high. I know they can do better without affecting prices too much. There is a fine line between offering services and gaining/loosing customers.

+ beer ingredient kits are top-notch

+ customer service

- Homebrew kit is just an ordinary namebrand kit that many other stores sale.

Great kit. I already brewed two batches in the last 3 weeks. Perfect for someone that has enough bottles (or can drink enough beer to get bottles). No complaints so far.

So far so good, but I feel this could be alot cheaper for whats in it.

This is the kit I started with. I really like the better bottles. I opted for the better bottles with the spigots but do not really like them. It is far easier to use a racking cane. The cleanup is easier as well. I have since added two more plain better bottles and a bucket cover to use my bottling bucket as another primary as I have gone to kegging.

I have spent quite a bit of time looking around on the web to find a store that has good prices and great selection, Midwest is definitely that. What I did not expect was the excellent customer service that I experienced when ordering from these guys!

As far as the kit goes, I think it's a great way to get started in brewing at home, and you are using gear that can be trusted to work well for a long time to come!

A nice kit, like the durability of the better bottles. First batch of beer came out great!

This kit is good to start with but you will want to get glass carboys