Best kits?

[Scriv]

My first batch is in the fermenter and I'm looking for recommendations for a second extract kit. I prefer saison and ipa's, but I'm open to any suggestions.

So tell me, what's your favorite extract kit?

 

[astrolic]

LHBS had a oatmeal stout extract I picked up. Was delicious.

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

True Brew and Brewers Best make some good kits. Many online brew sites make their own kits. The secret to a good kit is the yeast. Many come with old dry yeast packets that are undersized for a 5 gal brew. When I used kits, I used to chuck tbe yeast packet (or save it for backup) and spend the additional $4 on a packet of US-05 or Nottingham. Makes all the difference in the world.

Better yet, a good LHBS will make you up a custom brew kit. Just tell them what you like and they can make it up with all fresh ingredients. Good luck. Cheers.

 

[mrgrimm101]

Just my 2 cents..take some time to peruse the recipe section on this site. I find kits to be a bit..restrictive. Google recipes and you will get loads of results. This way you can find a particular recipe that fits your tastes..and you can make any tweaks from there. My LHBS is great..I can call ahead and they will get all the grains milled and collected so I just stop in and get the hops, extract, and yeast.

 

[unionrdr]

Morebeer, Midwest & Northern Brewer have some good kits. I love the Morebeer ESB (E/SG) kit with S-04 yeast rehydrated. NB's Saison De Ete' is pretty good with 3711 yeast. Or try some of my recipes or others on here. Just click the arrow next to "recipes" under a members avatar to search any recipes they've uploaded.

 

[Scriv]

Good idea, I'd like to try making Heady Topper.

 

[unionrdr]

Just like you, man, I'm on the hunt! People gonna talk about brewin' good beers,every night I'm gonna hunt it...

 

[Sailingeric]

Like said before, go through the recipes, see what you like or read the forums to see what hops, yeast and grains work well for you style of beer, play around with a recipe builder and live wild! In the end it will still be beer.