I'm drinking a Czech Pilsener right now and it's subtly different in flavour to a kits n bits. It's about as sweet as a Melbourne Bitter so not overly sweet and the hops are excellent and herby without the iso "twang" you get with some beer kits. The malt flavour is much truer to an all grain beer and doesn't scream "malt extract". Very nice and I'll definitely do another one.
However a Czech Pilsener it aint
- in fact more like an English Real Ale bitter. However it could be an old pack as it is quite dark. Probably right at the end of the supply chain here in SEQ. I'm going to try to see if I can get an English style brew from ESB, I reckon it will be a ripper if they do one.
A few points re above posts:
1. Yes, lots of hop pellet in the mix. Primary krausen looks like a slimy green English duck pond
but it all settles out. It looks absolutely feral in the bottles to start off with but everything settles out nicely after about 3 weeks.
2. Beware the yeast. Yes it's a Saflager (22 or 33 or something). I brewed it at the same time as a Morgans and a Coopers. I was a teeny bit unsure about the seal on the fermenter but it seemed to attenuate at the same time as the K&Ks so bottled it at the same time. 3 weeks later I have a volcano brew but have gradually leaked off the excess pressure - one advantage of using PET - it's still a bit lively. Obviously not a quickanddirty regular kit yeast.
3. At about 25 bucks it's about what I would spend on a Kit and bits anyway. I'll definitely do some more ESBs if I can find them.