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Brewing Discussions => Kit Brewing => Topic started by: danger_zone on November 28, 2017, 09:29:44 AM

Title: best kits today?
Post by: danger_zone on November 28, 2017, 09:29:44 AM
A friend of mine is interested in homebrewing and is starting with the kits but its been years since I've done a kit and wouldn't know which ones to recommend. Any thoughts on the best range of kits out there?
Title: Re: best kits today?
Post by: oconn on November 28, 2017, 12:43:09 PM
for English styles the St peters are good. red/ipa/stout all close to the real deal.
for us ones the Youngs american series produce very good beer.
Title: Re: best kits today?
Post by: Ceedee on November 28, 2017, 04:31:17 PM
I've had very good results from the Festival kits. I've done their Razorback IPA twice and the Golden Summer Ale once.
Title: Re: best kits today?
Post by: itsclinto on November 28, 2017, 09:25:02 PM
I got colm the youngs ipa where I think there was a dry hop aswell. Very tasty. Can't say anything about the others

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Title: Re: best kits today?
Post by: danger_zone on November 29, 2017, 07:18:27 PM
Thanks for the tips folks
Title: Re: best kits today?
Post by: willk on November 30, 2017, 05:51:14 PM
As a rank newbie, I can confirm that the St. Peter's Cream Stout kit is very simple and the results were surprisingly good - drinking early too.  It is a smaller volume than some kits - 36 pints IIRC?
Title: Re: best kits today?
Post by: Bzfeale80 on December 03, 2017, 11:36:49 PM
For basic budget beginners any of the coopers kits are good. Read the tips about kit beer on the forum. Pay particular attention to sanitation and temperature at which you pitch the yeast. Try have a stable fermentation temperature if possible preferably at lower range of yeast