Beer kits are made with all the bittering hops and specialty grains already brewed into the can.  We recommend using dry malt extract, which will give you more malt taste, when sugar is required.  Also add 1/2 oz extra bittering hops at the beginning of the boil to offset the extra malt and 1/2 oz finishing hops in the last five minutes of the boil for good hop aroma.  We also recommend using a liquid yeast culture rather than the dry yeast that comes with the kit.  Liquid Yeast is the final ingredient that makes homebrew as good tasting as microbrewery beer.  These are the same yeast the breweries use.