[Village Taphouse]

I don't know why these kits come with Liquid Extract - it's always darker and always tastes oxidized to me. DME is the way to go. And even for DME you may want to sub out some sugar for the malt to get the beer drier and get rid of some of the extra malt-like character some extracts tend to have.

For extract distilled is the way to go since the minerals from the original extract manufacturer are bond up in during the extract. But that's not going to cause an issue with your color

I remember kits coming with canned LME.  Not only was it dark but the extract tasted like the can.  I remember a few places like Austin Homebrew and Midwest Supplies claiming that they used fresh, pale LME and they were packaged in small buckets or containers that looked like half-gallon milk jugs.  They were better for sure but not as good as extra-pale DME.  I have a bag of extra-light DME in my beer bunker that I bought for starters and it's super pale.