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This seems like very good advice. If these cheap lager kits contain ale yeast and other more forgiving ingredients, are they not really light ales that have been lagered anyway? I'd like a kit that uses tangible ingredients rather than a tub of malt goop, so I can become familiar with what...

Wow. Great advice - thanks island lizard! question...if I'm gonna pull the bag apart, separate the hops from the grains,boil the hops, break up and steep the grains, by more malt extract, throw the instructions out the window, add the finings and hope it all works...would I not be better writing...

Well...thanks to all the doubt cast upon the mission, I have called it off for a week. SO in the meantime, does anyone have a nice easy lager recipe for newbs? And please don't tell me (again) that newbs don't do lager!! :)

Hi all, thanks for the super quick responses. @kenny_d. http://www.homebrewcentregy.com/beer-cider-kits/mariner-beer-kits/mariner-lager.html that is the lager. Sorry it is very nondescript. @keystonehomebrew - I have been rigorously sanitising the equipment for the past week. The wort cooler...

Hey all, I have been holding onto some basic handmedown brewing equipment for a few years and am finally ready to give it a go. Brewday - T minus 9 hours. I have everything sterilised and ready to go. I'm using a lager kit (I am a pilsner man) which isn't the very basic malt extract...but...