What kit did you start off with?????

[Wild and Windy]

It was a Sarah's bitter dry malt kit around 1985.

Not a bad pint if I remember correctly.

Never seen one since though.

BZ

I remember these very well. I bought several of these kits in Boots in the early and mid 80s and they did taste great. Prior to that I had used mainly the John Bull and Geordie tinned kits. The Sarah's Bitter was so much better that I then evolved to all grain brewing and have not looked back since.

 

[wmfd]

The absolute first was the 20 pint kit you'd get inside the Boots Starter Kits (bin, bucket, bottles etc + a 20 pint kit to start you off) back in the late eighties. I was a regular brewer of the Boots kits then for quite a few years.

Came back to homebrewing, after an extended break, with a Woodforde's Wherry last year,

David

 

[31bb3]

I think mine was a youngs mild kit its been a long time though

 

[drew]

First time, in the 80s, it was a John Bull bitter kit. I remember helping my dad brew in the 70's and I think he brewed Geordie kits (it was an orange or red box with a galleon on the front unless I'm mixing this up with something else :? ). This time around it was an Edme kit (IPA I think) and I moved on to Muntons and Woodfordes kits soon after that before moving to all grain.