Hi, I did one and bottled that batch, started drinking it after only 2 weeks, it was the last brew I did. I’ve stuck to the recipe including the yeast. Still got half the batch but it’s going down a treat. I can’t really pick up the malt taste as it’s massively dominated by fruit flavours and the aroma is amazing! All I do is add some acid to the water to adjust. I don’t add anything else as I was making things worse, but maybe if I got it right it would balance out a bit.
If anything I’d say my bitterness is higher than a canned version from them. It’s not unpleasant, but I notice it. The aroma and taste from the hops however is far more intense than the original. Which works for me! I dry hopped after 4-5 days and left it for 3 days before bottling. It only came out at 1.036 though but still fermented down to 1.010. The mash temp was 62C like there’s (4-5 degrees lower than normal) Give it a go, I’m sure you’ll like it.
