Has anyone tried the Wilko's IPA kit ?
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Godsdog
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Poor kit in my opinion and not much you can do to pimp it up as its a very dark IPA and not pimp friendly
munkian
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I've not made many kits but I liked it - though I did with 500g dark malt, 500g brown soft sugar and 35g of citra hops - half in a tea at the start and half dry hopped after a week. Was nothing like an English ipa or an American one. But I really enjoyed it
LarryF
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+1 for the John Bull IPA over the Wilko IPA, they're worlds apart.
GDog
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The American APA from the new (ish) Youngs range is amazing https://www.creativewinemaking.co.uk/american-craft-beers.html
The American IPA was bottled today and smells amazing. Citrus aromas all through the kitchen ! (almost double the hops of the APA)
The American IPA was bottled today and smells amazing. Citrus aromas all through the kitchen ! (almost double the hops of the APA)
craigie_ale
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I tend to go for the Thomas Coopers IPA but I think it's changed to Coopers brew a IPA
Coopers revised their range about 2 years ago, and replaced the old Coopers IPA with the current Brew A IPA. The two are not the same. The old IPA kit was more like an English IPA, the new one attempts to be like an American IPA but falls far short.
sdt7618
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+1 on this, have done this kit twice once with a cascade dry hop and once with a citra, preferred the cascade but both were very nice. use spray malt or brew enhancer. and you can now get them at wilko. Used to be able to get the kits very cheap in the Tesco sale, but not sure they are still doing homebrew kit outside of a secondary seller.
craigie_ale
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Thanks Terry I was never sure when it all got changed around and have switched to better brew IPA this time round
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