Young's Definitive Bitter

[FATTYTRIATHLETE]

Just ordered this as looked a bargain - May well live to regret that.

This is only my second brew - First was Woodforde's Nelson's Revenge - which I was extremely happy with and finished way too quickly !

However, a couple of questions.

Does the pack come with yeast ? If not what yeast would you recommend.

I am thinking of trying to make it a dark pint by using Moscavado sugar - Good / Bad idea ?

Am I ok at bottling this in cleaned out 2 litre Plastic Lemondade/Coke bottles and if I do, will Ihave to releasse the pressure every so often ? If so, how often ?

Lastly, any recommendations for a cheap but reasonable pint to be ready for Xmas ?

Many thanks for help.

[Barm]

IMO, these kits are pretty bad when brewed as per the instructions ie 25L, 1kg hopusehold sugar.....thin, weak, very little bitterness, and no hop aroma at all........bleuuuuuurgh.

BUT!!!
They do make a reaonable (and pretty cheap!) base for a modified recipe.
eg use 1kg medium spraymalt, plus up to about 150g sugar (muscovado will leave a nice residual flavour)
add 'hop tea' liquor (do a forum search), and make up to around 20L.

I wrote a previous post with a more complete recipe (again: do a forum search) - or have a look in the 'recipes' section.

[FATTYTRIATHLETE]

Thanks very much, I will give that a go.