Replacement kit for Inkeepers Daughter Sparkling Ale

[stquinto]

G'day all,

I fancy making a Return of the Red IPA but I can't get hold of a can of Inkeepers Daughter Sparking Ale.

Between a Australian Pale Ale kit and a Real Ale kit, what would you suggest ? I would have thought the Real Ale looks closer to the colour, any ideas ?

Cheers, and happy/hopppy brewing

[jamiek86]

I reckon real ale Is closer to the bitterness as well mate I'd go for that might just lack the premium malt otherwise close.

[stquinto]

@jamiek86 cheers mate, will give that one a go 

Got the makings of Coopers Australian IPA (have to change some of the hops, can't ger Eclispe or Enigma here), an Authentic IPA, a Vintage '21 and the Return of the Red.

I'm going to do an extract of Timothy Taylors' Landlord (the last I did had its hops fade pretty quickly, but I've found a recipe with a bigger dose, and some Fuggles in it too), and a Theakston's Old Perc.

Keep me going for a while, until the winter comes, and it'll be time to get cracking on the Pilsners with some dubbya...

[Tone boy]

The real ale is closer to the bitterness. The Australian pale ale has the same EBC(90), but lower bitterness (about 1/2). You could use the pale kit and build up the bitterness if you want.