Basic Base Kit

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Bizier
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Basic Base Kit

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Can someone recommend a supermarket kit beer in the bottom range that is a great starting block for additional malt and grain?

I am going to find it difficult to get my hands on LLME, so I want to know what the least dominant flavoured supermarket beer kit is, so I can hijack it with hops and grain. Are any of the supermarket ones any chop or are they all crap?

This means I can get one every time I go to wooleys or whatever rather than making a large mission to a HBS - Which I am happy to support for other items. I am inner city Syd with no car - liquid malt is not easy to find in my hours, let alone easy to transport in QTY.
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KEG
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Re: Basic Base Kit

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mexican cervezas or blondes are a good place to start.
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nath76
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Re: Basic Base Kit

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I bought a can of coopers mexican cerveza 2day from the supermarket.Is it any good....who has tried it?? :?:
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pixelboy
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Re: Basic Base Kit

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Coopers Real Ale is a good start for any Ales.

Its got quite a bit of bitterness (36 IBU in 23l) and only calls for a can of malt or 1kg of LDME and some finishing hops.. cascade or amarillo maybe...
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Lachy
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Re: Basic Base Kit

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I'll second the call on Coopers Real Ale. It's an awesome base for general experimentation. I've variously added wheat malt, light, amber and dark malt, specialty grains, various yeasts, and a heap of different hops to it, and the results seem excellent.
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palealemale
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Re: Basic Base Kit

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Why not get familiar with some of the online HB stores that will deliver LLME etc to your door?
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Bizier
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Re: Basic Base Kit

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I was trying to keep mail-order to a minimum, esp as the weight of LLME adds up quickly. My pack came from Ross @ Craftbrewer on the wed after ordering late monday night... that is awesome stuff.

I wish to try a few variants on Boonie's LCPA clone, and wanted to start with a reasonably neutral kit.

By the way, does anyone know if the high IBU in the real ale kit is from POR?
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Re: Basic Base Kit

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If your worried about hop aroma/flavour from a beer kit but want to utilize the bitterness do a boil with it for an hour. Bitterness should stay but you'll drive off any aroma/flavour. You can then add additional bitterness if you want along with aroma/flavour of your chosen hops.

I agree that Real Ale is a good start for ales
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