Out of all the Youngs bitter kits, what do people prefer?

[Schnell88]

I have made a Young's Harvest Yorkshire Bitter; however, I accidentally only added 1kg of sugar when this kit required 1.5kg. It still was fantastic.

I am currently fermenting a Young's Definitive Bitter bought from Wilkinson for £6.99. Lets hope it's good value for money. 1kg Sugar.

What is just the Harvest Bitter like? Not Yorkshire.

Also are there any better bitter kits than Young's?

I am also a keen Real Ale fan; however, I havent brewed one because most are nearly £20.

What is the Tom Caxton Real Ale like? That is only about £10.

How is it different to the Real Ale kits like Woodfordes?

Thanks

 

[steve_flack]

The Woodfordes and other more expensive kits include more malt extract and generally don't require you to chuck in a ton of sugar as well. Sugar has no flavour and only adds alcohol so kits that use it tend to taste a bit thin. It depends on whether you think it's worth spending the extra on a better product.

 

[ano]

Also real ale is just a term invented by a few people when forming the campaign for it, ie CAMRA. The more expensive kits are no more 'real' than the others, but IMO are worth it.

 

[leondz]

Tom Caxton's real ale is great; many people on this forum have tried it with great success. I was pretty impressed myself, as were those I gave some too - though you will have to add your own sugar (about 1.3kg of spray malt will do the trick).