U Brew It

We went to U brew it and the set up is great, plenty of brews to choose from.
Myself & my brother-​in-​law made 2 full brews, a Cisco kid & a full bodied Guinness.
Their facilities are great, brew day a great experience.
We then went a few weeks later & bottled.
1^st brew, the Cisco kid, fully paid for 6 slabs in advance, then the brew ran out at 3 slabs!!!
They said sorry, someone must have taken a keg from our brew — wtf… They offered an oatmeal stout in place which they had brewed, I said ok and bottled the rest with this.
Then a few weeks later we bottled the Guiness.
Then over the next few weeks, we enjoyed a few beers.
As of about 4 weeks after bottling, this is where U brew must have a huge issue, everyone take note, all our beers started to taste more and more bitter/​sour.
I’ve researched this in depth, there must be an issue with the brews getting contaminated in their system at bottling time.
The signs your brew is contaminated with unwanted bacteria = beer starts to taste sour & starts to froth out at opening, this has happened to all our beer, all 3 brews, Cisco kid, oatmeal stout & the Guiness. All bottled at different times.
We rang U brew and they pretty much said nothing could be done…
I’ve since spoken to another mate who went there and they said their beer went off aswell.
I’m writing this review as this was my experience with brewing at u brew, a great business and brewing idea, but if you don’t drink your beer quickly after bottling, it won’t keep as a home brew beer should.
Cheers

Anyone who knows anything about me knows i love beer. So how can you go wrong with a place where you can brew your own? We’ve done 2 brews here now and they both taste amazing! This place is really flexible, they have a list of about 100 beer styles that you can brew for the novice or if you are a bit more advanced you can do your own recipes or bring your own ingredients. The brewing process itself is really simple. You pick out all your ingredients from a recipe sheet and with the help of a staff member add each ingredient to the kettle when required. Whilst there you can sample some beers that have been brewed and even play a giant jenga!
The brewing process takes about an hour, then your brew gets poured into a keg and gets wheeled away into the fridge to ferment. In 2 – 4 weeks time depending on the beer you brewed you go back to bottle it. Each kettle holds 50 litres, or 6 slabs, but you can just take 3 slabs. The price varies fro around $ 28-​$ 33 for a slab of beer. You can bring your own bottles or purchase some to pour your beer into.
The best part is you can buy $ 2 cans of beer that people have brewed but didn’t take the whole amount. Great way to try out different styles and flavours of beer. The staff there are super relaxed and friendly. It is definitely the way i’m going to be buying beer in the furture. Great value and at least you know what goes into your beer!

Huge selection of beers you can brew yourself.
You come in one day and make the beer while you drink free beer on tap — they have all the ingredients and they help you through every step of the way. We made three brews and divided the results between six people. This stage took around three hours so we had pizza delivered while we were making it… while we drank more beer.
In two to three weeks time, we came back and canned the results. You can bring your own bottles too. Only problem is there are no preservatives so it doesn’t last if not refrigerated.
Each brew we chose was $ 120 for around 100×500mL (big) cans of beer. There were cheaper recipes too. My fave so far is the Hoegaarden clone that had rolled oats in it.
Definitely doing this again, but make sure you have a big fridge!