Christmas brew help

[christianredhat]

Hi there, can anyone recommend a lager kit that I could put on now that will be ready for Chrimstmas? I have two son in laws coming over and both prefer lager! I quite like lagers that have lots of taste and a good strength as really i prefer real ale..
Thx

 

[PD]

Getting rather close for Christmas now......

Coopers do a decent lager kit although I think there's more taste in their Mexican Cerveza.

Best I can offer as I'm not really a fan of kit lagers.

 

[calumscott]

Taste and strength you say?

How about a Better Brew Czech Pilsener brewed with Extra Light Spraymalt rather than sugar?

You could beef it up a bit with 1.5kg of malt The extra half kilo will get you around 0.8% on top of the 5.2% should get you around 6%.

It should just about be drinkable at Christmas if you get it on tomorrow, 14 days in FV, 14 days bottled and warm and a week in the cold takes you to Christmas Day...

..it'll be properly ready for Burn's Night though...

 

[kentmark]

I like the Youngs ubrew brew buddy lager. Brewed short to 20L. If you get it on now you might just make Crimbo!

 

[christianredhat]

Thx for the advice, the guy on the market has a Mexican Cerveza kit for fourteen quid so i might try that tomorrow, anything else is going to take time to get.
Kind regards
Christian

 

[kentmark]

I did the Coopers Mexican Cerveza, very nice. But I would recommend brewing slightly short (TBH I do this with all my kit beers now, I personally prefer the extra flavour gained by knocking off a couple of litres of water).