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Welcome cliffyboy. Unfortunately due to my new job I'm not able to post as often as I would like but keep on eye on things with tapatalk.

Here's a few kits and bits english ale recipes that have turned out well for me.
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English ales are my passion, it is why i got back into homebrewing 6 years ago.

Both kits can be turned into english ales.

My approach would be to take 1 of the tins, 1kg of dry malt extract, 250g of medium crystal malt (english), some EKG (hop found in Speckled Hen) and S-04 yeast. The kit ...

As much as I would like to post an ultra informative post with a recipe and all info needed, my foray into english ales has just begun in home brew terms and only have 2 brews under my belt and both of them I am yet to drink as one is fermenting and the other is only just bottled.
Dr! Where are you ...

Geez Cliffy, you have quite a cultured beer palate there.

Someone help Cliffy out will ya???

Thank you, Sonny, and apologies once more for not replying earlier. It's now just turned Noon Saturday and I've only just got my computer back on line. I hope you try some of those brews cos they are ...

......further to what the good Dr has advised Cliffy, the pre-hopped goo is just that. A mixture of malts and hops!

What you do to them is what makes this so much fun, and sometimes a little disappointing.
Your Pilsner and Lager no doubt actually come with 'Ale' yeasts, or a combination of 'Lager ...

Back in my kit days I used lager kits as the base for all my beers, english ales included.

To convert a lager tin into and english ale you'll need some english hops and an english yeast. If you're up for a challenge then steeping some english crystal would really bring the kit to life.

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Without knowing what ingredients you have cliffyboy it is a bit hard for any of us to offer advice. If they are just the general tins of goop that come with most starter kits then yes it is indeed possible to produce your desired beer.
A bit more info will give us an idea on how best to help you ...

Hello, everyone. I'm just staring out on my first home brews having bought a kit that contains all the ingredients for brewing two beers, a Pilsner and a Lager. I know this is going to sound dumb, with my having bought the kit, but neither of these brews are my favourites, far from it in fact. I don ...