I've always done the the kit versions and find them mostly more flavourful than commercial beer so that's good enough for my tastes. I might give some dehydrated malt a chance it up in the future though.
Just a short message to say hello. I started brewing beer from kits about 1985 or so using Coopers and another brand called Ironmaster which no longer exists. I kept it up for about 7 or 8 years and then put it aside due to excessive business travel. Got back into it around the year 2000 using...