Favourite Kit

[devexwarrior]

Until it was stopped by Muntons, Directors, I have one more kit left to do then that's it!

I finished my last bottle of a Directors kit that had been in the bottle for 10 months this evening. I have one more Directors kit to do. Good beer though not quite the same as the original product.

 

[richaworth]

Best kits I've brewed (with related tweaks):

Evil Dog Double IPA with 100g lemon drop added to the "tea stage" alongside the included hops. The original beer is a bit low on hop aroma for my tastes, so I did this the second time and it is lovely.

Tinsel Toes with an extra can of LME. The advertised 4% wasn't what I wanted out of a winter warmer, so I amped it up a touch. Great stuff, and at 6%, nice and warming too. Probably going to be making this again in time for Christmas.

Mangrove Jack's Grapefruit IPA was the best untweaked kit I've done so far, but I'd like to add some additional citrus flavour somehow if I did it again (grapefruit oleo saccrum after the primary fermentation dies down, maybe).

One more vote for Wherry too, its a good kit.

 

[Racinsnake]

Golden Stag a long term favourite, although reading reviews it could soon be Mangrove Jacks Grapefruit

 

[bez]

Bulldog black cat imperial red

 

[bez]

Easily got to be the woodforde wherry or coopers european lager

The coopers always works well

 

[bez]

My favourites tend to vary with the seasons a bit but from what I've brewed so far of the new Munton's Flagship range they've all been really good and especially the Hazy. Got another one of these waiting to brew when I get back from my hols.

Tiny Rebel Cwtch is also really good.

If you like German Weiss beer then the Festival German Weiss is about the closest thing to a commercial beer I've ever made.

Thanks

 

[bez]

The tiny rebel was too hoppy for me. Not a subtle taste at all.

 

[bez]

Festival Razorback

Made this a few times. It really gets better with age. Kept in a cooler bottled for three months. Really good.

 

[Sprocker]

Festival Razorback is excellent, lovely IPA.
Got a Muntons Hazy IPA on at the moment to see how that compares.
No tweaks to either kit yet.

 

[Boatbrewer]

Easily got to be the woodforde wherry or coopers european lager

After a break of nearly ten years, I'm just about to start brewing again. Wherry will be my first brew. I remember it being one of my favourites.

 

[allotment_fox]

Woodforde wherry kit is a cracker and value as two tins no no extra needed unless you fancy pimping it up a bit it's better now they provide two packets of yeast

 

[Boatbrewer]

Birthday gift from the good lady!

 

[Big_Eight]

Kama Citra IPA from Northern Brewer has to be one of my favorites. It features Cascade, Centennial, and Citra Hops. The hopping is just right and not overdone. I brewed the extract kit version back in the day and now brew the all grain version (with grains from my local shop every now and again).

Link (I'm a Yank so it's a stateside link)

 

[Bernie]

I guess it's going to depend on what you like to drink. Of the kits I've done in the last couple of years, I'd recommend ...
St Peter's Cream Stout
Woodfordes Nog
Festival Belgian Pale

St Peter's Cream Stout, Munton's Midas Touch Golden Ale,

 

[GhostShip]

Birthday gift from the good lady!View attachment 77510

That is EXACTLY how I started!

 

[Jimboscott]

I can't recommend woodforde's Bure Gold enough, really enjoyed it and it's used all my willpower to save a 5l mini keg for Christmas. Had to put it under the stairs so I don't get tempted!

However.. having just kegged a Festival New Zealand Pilsner - that's looking very very hopeful. Kegged it yesterday and had a small sample out the FV and it's not far off being really nice already. Never had something so good straight out the Fermentor before! Will let it condition in the cornys until Christmas ish, but have really high hopes.

 

[Jordang]

The tiny rebel was too hoppy for me. Not a subtle taste at all.

I’m with you on that - it’s the worst kit I’ve done.

 

[Jordang]

I can't recommend woodforde's Bure Gold enough, really enjoyed it and it's used all my willpower to save a 5l mini keg for Christmas. Had to put it under the stairs so I don't get tempted!

However.. having just kegged a Festival New Zealand Pilsner - that's looking very very hopeful. Kegged it yesterday and had a small sample out the FV and it's not far off being really nice already. Never had something so good straight out the Fermentor before! Will let it condition in the cornys until Christmas ish, but have really high hopes.

I really enjoyed the NZ Pils. One of the best kits I did

 

[Jimboscott]

I really enjoyed the NZ Pils. One of the best kits I did

Good to hear, have to admit I was a little surprised by the 100g dry hop for a pils but it tasted lovely yesterday.

How long did you leave it to drink? While I can hold off on the kegs for a while, the 2l bottle once carbonated is going to be pretty tempting!

 

[Jordang]

I started after around 2 weeks conditioning. Last bottle was 7 months old! It aged really well.