Prices

[badgerdan]

What's the average price for all the Extract ingrediants compaired to the kits? and does the quality of extract brewing improve with the price. I only have Coopers kits and they're ok but nothing too special so want to go onto extract so I can make lots of different styles and clones etc but as I was looking on different websites it seems like the price will increase by around 3 times that of the kits.
My LHB shop only has Coopers kits and no beer making ingrediants so I have to look on the net to buy.

[tomU]

An extract brew will cost about the same as a premium kit - £25ish a time. Obviously this varies depending on how much extract/hops you use and whether you use liquid or dry yeast. Its more fun than kit brewing though. Get creative!

[Philbo]

Hi.
Much cheaper to buy 15Kg tub of extract (enough for 5 brews) for apprx £55 plus hops.(Try Grimsby Homebrew for cheap hops)Am I allowed to say that?
Philbo,CHEERS!

[beardybrewer]

I've been using bulk for a while now. £52.50 for 15kg at H&G which sounds comparable to what Philbo said. You used to be able to get John Bull in bulk which was cheaper again. Certainly the way to go if you have 3 or 4 extract recipes lined up.