Recommend me a beer kit

[booosh]

I'm going to be trying out a few more beer kits before I move on to extract or BIAB brewing, just to get everything second nature-ish.

I'm currently brewing my second kit, a two can premium blonde ale.

Looking for recommendations for a next beer kit. I like malty beers that balance bitter with sweet. I find that there are a lot of overly bitter ales at my local pub and it's hard to find a more balanced beer. Something similar to Fursty Ferret by Hall & Woodhouse?

 

[Marcusp]

St. Peter's ruby if you haven't tried it better than a werry in my opinion and one of the best kits out there

 

[dennisking]

Have you browsed our kit reviw section, honest opinions.

 

[Grumpy Jack]

Brupaks Almondbury Old Ale... Two can kit, an excellent dark & chewy ale for the autumn & winter months. If you want unbiased views then check out the feedback on the recent beer swap thread, it's 1D & 3D. :
...but for the style you are looking at, you really should try Coopers Sparkling Ale, only a one can kit but a really good quality brew that has been consistently producing excellent beer for me.

 

[bert7cosby]

I found the Wilko's golden ale 2 can kit to be very pleasant.
Good luck!

 

[booosh]

Will check these suggestions out and have a look on the reviews section too.

Really like the sound of the Brupaks Almondbury Old Ale.

Out of interest, Grumpy Jack, do you add anything to your Cooper's Sparkling Ale? Sugar, beer enhancer etc.?

Cheers everyone.

 

[morethanworts]

Maybe no one has bothered to say it, because it seems SO popular, but Woodforde's Wherry really is lovely, at least by the time I had dry hopped it. Takes a long time to clear, most agree, but out of the the twenty plus kits I must have done, I don't think I've ever had a better one... Better than many pub pints for which I've paid good money, for sure. Put it on the list.

EDIT - sorry. You wanted malty over bitter. I'd put Wherry at the more bitter end. Whoops!

 

[Brewbob]

I'd say the Festival kits are definitely the best I've done, couldn't get better in a pub. Saying that the 2 I've tried are quite hoppy, due to the addition of hops halfway through the brew. But I've only tried the hoppy ones (my preference). Check them out though, they're a cut above

 

[Antony]

Wilkos dark velvet stout

 

[Grumpy Jack]

Will check these suggestions out and have a look on the reviews section too.

Really like the sound of the Brupaks Almondbury Old Ale.

Out of interest, Grumpy Jack, do you add anything to your Cooper's Sparkling Ale? Sugar, beer enhancer etc.?

Cheers everyone.

Beer enhancer works a treat! :grin:

 

[booosh]

Will check these suggestions out and have a look on the reviews section too.

Really like the sound of the Brupaks Almondbury Old Ale.

Out of interest, Grumpy Jack, do you add anything to your Cooper's Sparkling Ale? Sugar, beer enhancer etc.?

Cheers everyone.

Beer enhancer works a treat! :grin:

Thanks for that mate! I've got a Woodfordes Wherry lined up next, then I'm going for the Cooper's with some enhancer.

My first batch of Cooper's English bitter with added spraymalt has come out really rather smooth and it's getting better every day (hard to leave it alone!!).

 

[Grumpy Jack]

Put half a dozen bottles aside, to drink in say... Three months. You'll notice the difference, it's well worth letting it condition longer. I try to do it with every brew (I don't always succeed though). :grin: