What beer kits have less hops

[Newbrewer2]

Hi I'm just wondering what beer kit has less hops in them is it the youngs lager or coopers lager and same for stout I want a beer kit that makes a smooth not hoppy sweet beer if any recommendations of any beer kits out there for that style of beer.

 

[Leon103]

From experience none of those kits have much hop flavour. The stout would have the least

 

[Newbrewer2]

Would you say the coopers or youngs is more sweet?

 

[Leon103]

I wouldn't describe either being sweet.

 

[Godsdog]

I don't believe you can can and keep the hop aroma/ taste within the malt extract and the new coopers AIPA bears testament to this.kits are OK if they come seperatley with the malt extract with the hops or hop extract to add later on

 

[ravey]

If you want sweet you could add lactose to a kit as this doesn't ferment out.

 

[terrym]

Hi I'm just wondering what beer kit has less hops in them is it the youngs lager or coopers lager and same for stout I want a beer kit that makes a smooth not hoppy sweet beer if any recommendations of any beer kits out there for that style of beer.

Not sure if its bitterness that you want to avoid but this old thread might be of use, at least for Coopers old range kits (some of which are still current).
http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=40600
However bitterness is only part of the equation, what about hop 'flavour' and less so aroma?
The only real way of finding out the answer to your question to your own personal satisfaction is to try the kits you are interested in and form your own opinion.
Beer 'taste' is very subjective.

 

[Newbrewer2]

How much lactose in a 40 pint kit?

 

[ravey]

How much lactose in a 40 pint kit?

It's not something I've ever done and it's very subjective. I had a quick look online and people seem to add it to milk stouts, which I've never tried.

At a cursory glance I saw someone mention 250g, but I also saw a good suggestion of taking a bottle of beer and adding some lactose to it to see how much suits your taste, then scaling up.

They said 10g in 1 bottle equated to 400g in a batch. That sounds a lot to start off with, I'd be more inclined to start at 2.5g (equating to 100g full batch) as a starting point.

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[dad_of_jon]

Hi I'm just wondering what beer kit has less hops in them is it the youngs lager or coopers lager and same for stout I want a beer kit that makes a smooth not hoppy sweet beer if any recommendations of any beer kits out there for that style of beer.

wheat beer!

 

[Newbrewer2]

Are there any wheat beer kits if so what are there names?

 

[terrym]

It's not something I've ever done and it's very subjective. I had a quick look online and people seem to add it to milk stouts, which I've never tried.

At a cursory glance I saw someone mention 250g, but I also saw a good suggestion of taking a bottle of beer and adding some lactose to it to see how much suits your taste, then scaling up.

They said 10g in 1 bottle equated to 400g in a batch. That sounds a lot to start off with, I'd be more inclined to start at 2.5g (equating to 100g full batch) as a starting point.

From memory, from when I used it years ago, lactose does have a slight milky sickly taste to it. This taste gets lost in a stout where there is a lot going on, but in a lager ??
So if you are going to use it having a small trial on lactose quantity does seem to be a good idea, rather than spoiling a batch.
If you really want sweet beer why not put artificial sweetener in it? In my one and only TC I used crushed Cologran tabs (from Lidl) at the rate of 4 per litre and it just took the edge of the dryness.