I got this beer to do a trio of extract based IPA recipes- my own american ipa recipe, the DOZE black IPA recipe, and this english-style ipa. The extract kit was very straightforward. Due to my limited space and constant moving, I am stuck brewing extract-only beers. This IPA was a very interesting, unique, and flavorful extract beer. The oak is a tad strong, but adds quite a nice depth to the beer. I brewed with a dry safale-s04 strain. The kit is generally good, but with a couple of downsides. It is quite expensive, and the oak can dominate the beer flavor. Overall, it's quite nice, but perhaps not quite as nice as some of the other IPA kits available in a similar price range.