It can be expensive but I like to steep some crystal malt and add it to a pack of medium spray malt then stick it in a wherry kit then stick a muslin bag with a handful of Goldings into the FV
Also this is a monster brew
1 Betterbrew Yorkshire Bitter Kit (�7 at Boyes)
1 Extra Dark Spraymalt
3 medium Spraymalt (�1 each short date and damaged bags)
250g Crystal Malt
250g Roast Barley
33g East Kent Goldings pellets
30g (approx.) Goldings hops
15 g goldings hops (end of boil)
Gervin Yeast
Steeped the grains barely simmering water for 45 mins
Strained out and added pellets and hops.
Boiled the hops for 45 mins and added the last 15g for the last 15 mins.
Added the Kit to the bucket, added dissolved spraymalts and hopped mix from earlier.
Got to say wow. Having said that I can't wait to make my first mashed brew in about 15 years soon
Wow (and I don't mean Wurzel's famous wine)
I usually check a brew after a week in the bottle and have just cracked this.
Talk about a serious ale. It's like a supercharged Guinness, more bitter grain flavour, deeper malt. (Mother says its a cross between cold espresso coffee and Dandelion and Burdock) Wow, highly recommended brew, now going to hide it for a couple of months.
I have had a CAMRA type friend compare this with Guinness Foreign Export Stout