which bitter kit?

[grinchy]

I have just completed my first lager brew, a coopers international canadian blonde, which i have to say is awesome even at this early stage (2 weeks in bottle) and am sure can only get better Thanks to those who advised and gave help when i started out. :thumb:

Thing is my fella likes bitters and is wondering when i am going to get round to do him one! So can anybody recommend a good kit? In the average pub he normally drinks John Smiths or Tetleys, so anything that might give that type of finish might be nice.

Also, has anyone ever done the lager kit from morrisons? Geordie lager, if so, how was it?

 

[CptnCrackoff]

i did the geordie lager!! got on ok with it, not a great deal of body tho, very pale. if i did it again i would cut down the water content!

i highly recommend the youngs definative bitter kit from wilko's!! - top notch!!

 

[Jack Hackett]

Woodforde's Wherry, £14.99 at Wilkinsons, no extra sugar needed as its a 3kg kit
Cooper's IPA, Real Ale and Bitter are pretty good too, use a beer kit enhancer or 1kg of medium spray malt instead of sugar to make up these kits. These kits are around £11, add to that the cost of the extra fermentables

 

[ash]

I did a Woodfordes Great Eastern recently that was really good.

 

[grinchy]

Thanks for the replies guys :

I shall take him shopping tomorrow, this will be one shopping trip he will be keen to come along on

 

[The Seer]

I did a Woodfordes Great Eastern recently that was really good.

Second that! The best kit I've done so far!

 

[The Seer]

I've always enjoyed Geordie's Yorkshire Bitter. I've never bothered with an enhancer, but so good so far. :)

Cheap and reliable. :grin:

 

[grinchy]

Well i have just returend from a lovely week abroad :thumb: and am ready for starting my bitter, he opted for the geordie yorkshire bitter .

I have a quick question..... Will it have any affect on the taste/quality of the brew if i used an internal heater to maintain brewing temperature? Basically my brewing obsession has become too big for our little house now, so i have been evicted to the garage, although he has built me a very nice work station! Of course the temperature outside is fluctuating at the moment and there is no heating in the garage, hence the use of a heater. I am hoping that the birthday fairies bring me a brew belt fo my birthday next month

I have used the heater on my wines before now and thay have been fine, but wondered if it would affect a bitter or indeed a lager.

 

[Wez]

As long as it's food safe and sterlised it's fine, the thing to watch out for is making sure it doesn't get too warm. If you are using an aquarium heater I think those are normally thermostatically controlled :thumb:

 

[grinchy]

Yes sorry should have mentioned it is a thermostatically controlled aquarium heater.... Thanks, will get on with now then.

 

[Wez]

Happy Brewing :thumb: