Has anyone tried the Wilko's IPA kit ?

[munkian]

I may give it a go depending on people's experience of it.

 

[Godsdog]

Poor kit in my opinion and not much you can do to pimp it up as its a very dark IPA and not pimp friendly

 

[terrym]

Try this
http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=64849
Same section as your post.

 

[munkian]

Try this
http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=64849
Same section as your post.

Ah sorry, the Hop and Cheer part threw me :thumb:

 

[Frogbrew]

Try the John Bull IPA, very nice kit imo.

 

[crowcrow]

I've not made many kits but I liked it - though I did with 500g dark malt, 500g brown soft sugar and 35g of citra hops - half in a tea at the start and half dry hopped after a week. Was nothing like an English ipa or an American one. But I really enjoyed it

 

[LarryF]

+1 for the John Bull IPA over the Wilko IPA, they're worlds apart.

 

[GDog]

The American APA from the new (ish) Youngs range is amazing https://www.creativewinemaking.co.uk/american-craft-beers.html

The American IPA was bottled today and smells amazing. Citrus aromas all through the kitchen ! (almost double the hops of the APA)

 

[Lowcliff]

I made this kit and wasn,t very impressed. Very lack lustre

 

[craigie_ale]

I tend to go for the Thomas Coopers IPA but I think it's changed to Coopers brew a IPA

 

[terrym]

I tend to go for the Thomas Coopers IPA but I think it's changed to Coopers brew a IPA

Coopers revised their range about 2 years ago, and replaced the old Coopers IPA with the current Brew A IPA. The two are not the same. The old IPA kit was more like an English IPA, the new one attempts to be like an American IPA but falls far short.

 

[sdt7618]

+1 on this, have done this kit twice once with a cascade dry hop and once with a citra, preferred the cascade but both were very nice. use spray malt or brew enhancer. and you can now get them at wilko. Used to be able to get the kits very cheap in the Tesco sale, but not sure they are still doing homebrew kit outside of a secondary seller.

Try the John Bull IPA, very nice kit imo.

 

[craigie_ale]

Thanks Terry I was never sure when it all got changed around and have switched to better brew IPA this time round