kits that produce the lightest colour beer

[Robbo851]

so pretty much all the kits I have used be it pales or IPAs have came out quite a dark color, has anyone used one that has came out a really light color?

 

[GerritT]

Darker colours tend to occur when the boil is longer than average.

https://byo.com/article/boiling-advanced-brewing/

"Boiling darkens the wort and the beer; reducing the boiling time will result in a lighter color."

 

[Robbo851]

sorry should of specified extract kits not grain kits

 

[Pavros]

I have found that malt extract darkens as it ages, so looking for the kit with the longest expiry date should help. Bulldog's Four Finger Jack is quite a light colour.

 

[terrym]

Coopers Canadian Blonde is about as light as you can get. But the beer it produces is pretty anaemic. Others may disagree.
If you are doing extract brewing you could use extra light DME which is based on lager malt from what I understand

 

[dad_of_jon]

yup i use extra light dme and i would say if it's not been repackaged doesnt need a boil** so doesnt darken as much.

** what I mean here is that some HBS may buy a 25kg bag or so and repackage it introducing the chance of nasties? - whereas I trust factory sealed bags of DME. so richies or muntons for instance I don't bother with a boil.

 

[marshbrewer]

Coopers Canadian Blonde is about as light as you can get. But the beer it produces is pretty anaemic. Others may disagree.
If you are doing extract brewing you could use extra light DME which is based on lager malt from what I understand

Second this. It's the lightest kit I ever made; which is why it was my kit of choice for modification.

 

[arcain]

I've just done a four finger jack IPA and it looks like a pub lager! Tastes pretty good though

 

[Robbo851]

thanks for the answers , the reason I want a light color is when adding fruit it would be good to transfer some of that color to the final beer. so when I make a raspberry and peach beer it would have a slight blush color .

the Coopers Canadian Blonde - is that a lager? if so doesn't that need 3 month in the bottle?