Will it hold up? Based on the information you have provided, I do not think they have enough evidence to back up a charge of "intent to manufacture" however, I think the reason all the other replies are saying "Yes" besides being faceteous, sarcastic or jerks, is that for them to have raided the house, it is likely they have some more evidence than just what they found there.
To make methamphetamine (or any drug) it takes the precursor chems, and some reagents and some solvents. The precursor in this case is pseudoephedrine, which is contained in sudafed and many other cold pills. Fortunately for your brother, there were no reagents found, examples would include potassium permagnate, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, hydroiodic acid, iodine, red phosphorus (comes from matchbooks)... and based on what you said, no solvents were found either... no Acetone, Xylene, Alcohol... methanol...
I have a feeling many people said "yes" in reply to laugh at how common these articles discovered were. It is possible that being in Kansas will make defending oneself harder, as methamphetamine production is so rampant there.
I can assure those who posted on this thread that Kool aid is not used in the methamphetamine manufacturing process, nor any other manufacturing process. It is somewhat interesting (alarming?) to note that the charge used in these types of cases is "Intent to Manufacture a controlled substance"... but how can a prosecutor prove intent? Simple, they prove that the accused has the requisite knowledge (by showing literature found at the scene), apparatus (glassware or equipment), and chemicals (precursors, reagents, and solvents) to be able to manufacture the substance. Of course, god forbid if a grad student ever tries to find the cure for cancer (or even a way to clean dishes better) in their home lab, as the nature of all things chemical is becoming so highly regulated that it is an endless nightmare of beauracratic paranoia.
"They found 10 cold tablets, tin foil, night vision goggles, co2 container, glass tube and blue liquid in bottle"... if this is all it takes for someone to be convicted for meth manufacture, then almost everybody I know who is into paintballing is guilty. Hell, even I have cold tablets, aluminum foil, glass tubes, and blue liquids in my house, and I'm a computer programmer not a meth manufacturer. I agree that night vision goggles are cool and CO2 containers are useful (for putting out aka "extinguishing" fires).
Granted, foil and glass tubes can be used to SMOKE methamphetamine... this is a different charge, called "Possession of a controlled substance", usually with dramatically reduced penalties. For this to happen, law enforcement needs to find some actual Methamphetamine... I am afraid if the OP is telling the truth, that his brother is facing what is known as "Trumped up charges"... These are often used to manipulate the accused into agreeing to a plea bargain whereby he "snitches" on his supplier in exchange for a lesser charge. It is in many ways a form of terrorism used by our own government's agencies (the DEA) to increase their convictions statistics to net more taxpayer funding.
