London Pride - Alternative Beer Kit

[Pinchy]

Hi Everyone!

I've not even finished fermenting my wherry kit yet and im already looking for my next venture! :thumb: .
Basically i dont really know that much about real ales (yet) but i know which ones i enjoy drinking :).
So can anyone tell me if any of the beer kits out there are close to a nice pint of Fullers London Pride?
I have discovered you can buy an all grain clone kit on brewuk.
But not quite ready yet to make the big step up to All Grain brews!

Thanks for any help & advice,
Carl

 

[RobWalker]

I just did the all grain kit and it's very good! very close, lovely and malty, certainly a great emulation. so one to bear in mind if you ever do make the jump!

anyway, London pride is basically a standard bitter. pale malt, crystal malt, bittering hops and goldings. because it's mashed relatively high, you probably want a premium kit, or at least to increase the maltiness with dry malt extract. I would think a coopers english bitter with 1kg beer enhancer or dry malt extract would be in the ballpark, not so sure on premium kits as I upgraded before then - you could also steep in some more crystal malt or goldings hops if you wanted to increase the flavour :thumb:

 

[IPA]

There is a malt extract clone in Graham Wheelers book Brew Your Own British Real Ale

 

[Pinchy]

Thanks for the replies.
Could either of you two tell me what aditional equipment i would need do do this "Fullers London Pride Recipe Pack" kit? Or any of the kits on Brewuk really?
Aside from the usual fermenting bucket etc. is the only extra thing i need a 15L stock pot or something?

Cheers!
Carl

 

[Pinchy]

Just found this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=2672

Would it be the same as doing that?

Thanks.

 

[IPA]

In fact it's easier than that. With crystal malt and black malt you can boil them with the hops as they do not need to be mashed. Read Graham Wheelers book or Dave Lines Brewing Beers Like Those you Buy everything is clearly explained in them.

Edit: Don't buy a kit buy the engredients separately and save yourself some money. They are in GW's book

 

[Pinchy]

Thanks mate i had a look at that book on the net seems like a worthwhile investment.

So this recipe is as easy as just throwing the lot in a pan with some water? lol

 

[Sandimas]

If you've done Wherry you can do the BrewUK London Pride Extract kit. You'll probably need a largish pan to do the boil, but it's just 1 or 2 extra steps on top of what you'd do for Wherry.

I haven't done this particular one, but have done some other ones from them, so I'm assuming it's:
- steep grains in hot water for 30 mins
- do the reduced-volume boil, adding DME and hops at various points
- cool it down then add to brew bucket and make up to volume with water
- pitch yeast, away you go

Only "complicated" thing will probably be getting the right temp before pitching the yeast. The good thing with the BrewUK kits is that everything's measured out for you, so you can't really go wrong, and they make great brews.

 

[Pinchy]

Cool thanks guys!

I think i will attempt the brewuk kit first! Then go for the British Real Ale book and be a little bit braver next time.

There's a 19L stock pot on the net that should do the job shouldnt it?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buckingham-Deep ... +induction

I've found a video of the brewing! Looks pretty easy and i bet its much more rewarding than just pouring some gunk into a bucket and adding water :).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Giv01Eulqj0

Also could someone reccomend me a good thermometer to moniter the temp? The one in the video looks ideal!

Cheers,
Carl

 

[IPA]

Try this one.
http://thermometer.co.uk/401-multi-func ... meter.html

 

[Sandimas]

There's a 19L stock pot on the net that should do the job shouldnt it?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buckingham-Deep ... +induction

It will, but you don't need to spend that much, a 15L pot like this off eBay works for me:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAND-NEW-BUC ... 2568be867b

 

[RobWalker]

There's a 19L stock pot on the net that should do the job shouldnt it?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buckingham-Deep ... +induction

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isn't that for an induction hob too? don't they work differently?

 

[Pinchy]

There's a 19L stock pot on the net that should do the job shouldnt it?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buckingham-Deep ... +induction

It will, but you don't need to spend that much, a 15L pot like this off eBay works for me:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAND-NEW-BUC ... 2568be867b

Unfortunately that ones no good for me as I will be brewing on an induction hob. Thanks for the help though I did consider those ones too until I relaised they are no good for an induction hob.