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Thanks all for the input. I've decided to swap out 800g of the kilo of included brewing sugar with a can of cooper's light lme. Also going swap the include 20g of yeast with a rehydrate pack of us-05. Will add to the dry hop with some spare Simcoe & Amarillo and use a hop bag. I'm not sure how...

I've tried the apa kit, wasn't to my liking. I felt it was quite similar to sierra Nevada's pale ale, which isn't what I'm looking for. I liked the aipa kit, but would like to try and tone down the bitterness of it, or add a little more sweetness (if that's not the same thing).

I don't have the time to do an all grain or an extract brew. Just want to get something on quick with minimum fuss.

Hi all Thinking about getting one of these kits on. I've tried the Youngs Kit before and it turned out ok, but was a little bitter for my taste. Was thinking that adding some DME might reduce the bitterness a little, but with a ABV of 6.5% it might end up in DIPA territory. Also, I have...

Nice recipe! What temp does the Belle Saison like to ferment at? I'd like to do a saison, but hear you need some quite advance temperature control? My fermentation cupboard sits at a steady 20 degrees.

Fingers crossed! Here's a few brew day images...

Brewed on Saturday and it didn't go well. I built a mash tun out of two fermenting buckets, with an inner bucket acting as a false bottom. The holes I drilled were too small, and got totally clogged. I couldnt get any wort out at all. After about an hour of lautering I had half a litre of wort...

In that case, maybe I'll just dump whatever I've got left. Bought 100g each, so a shame to waste the few grams that aren't being used!

Thanks all for the feedback. I think I will try to dial back the bitterness a little bit (maybe by dropping the 20 minutes additions), and perhaps aim for something in the 40-50 IBU range (closer to 50 perhaps given the ABV?) With regards to Dry hopping, I'll change the above to adding the...

Hi all After a few kit brews, I've built myself an all grain set up and I'm ready to brew this weekend. Would love to get some feedback on this recipe. Obviously going for a light coloured American Ipa, but I think low colour MO might be a little too light, tried to increase SRM by increasing...

I had a BBQ last weekend and offered the Youngs AIPAs around. I was totally amazed by the change in flavors since I first had a taste. After 5 weeks in the bottle these beers were well rounded, fruity and delicious. Comments ranged from "mmmm.... nice!" to "the best beer I've ever tasted"

I've just started fermenting this kit. Going to most follow the instructions, but think I'll give it two weeks in primary and two or three in secondary. Will dissolve the spray malt in half a litre of water and syphon from primaru into that. I forgot to take a temp before adding the yeast, so...

This was the first kit I made and have just started drinking a few bottles. As it was my fist kit, I made a few mistakes! Firstly, the kit arrived with the LME package leaking slightly, there was a tiny hole in the bag and some of the extract had crystallized over the hole. As I was super keen...

Hi - I've been lurking around this forum and decided to join and join in. Only recently started brewing at home and only on my second kit. Will post my views in the appropriate topics. Happy Mondays!