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beermeister · Post by **beermeister** » Thursday Mar 10, 2005 3:32 pm

Has anyone tried the ESB stout kit? The lady in my HBS reckons it needs no additives - its a 3 kg tin.

BM

db · Post by db » Thursday Mar 10, 2005 4:00 pm

i think these kits include hops pellets in the tin?

if its ESB it's gotta be good

GTI86 · Post by **GTI86** » Thursday Mar 10, 2005 4:36 pm

Brewed up a esb nut brown yesterday smells great looks fine bubbleing
away this morning looked like it had hops in with it gave the tin a good
rince out into fermentor let us know how you go with the stout kit
cheers Dan

die sudhausanlage · Friday Mar 11, 2005 2:28 pm

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Friday Mar 11, 2005 5:25 pm

Did one late last year. The 3kg kit, water to 18 ltrs, yeast as supplied. (Safale) very very 'just one more....'

If you bulk prime just don't forget that your are 18 not 23 ltrs.

BUT...
For $27, personally I'd go for a Coopers Stout and Coopers Dark Ale, some specialty grain and a safale to 23 ltrs.

Enjoy,

Greg.

stevem · Post by **stevem** » Friday Mar 11, 2005 6:45 pm

While we are on the ESB kits, has anybody tried the Chez Pilsener? I am thinking of trying it for my next brew.

Steve

stevem · Post by **stevem** » Friday Mar 11, 2005 6:52 pm

Oops! Spelling should be Czech....

beermeister · Post by **beermeister** » Thursday Mar 17, 2005 3:40 pm

Haven't tried the Czech pilsener, but just bought the ESB stout kit from the HBS.

Didn't get the special yeast though, I'm too much of a tight-arse and the HBS throws in the safale for free. Will give it a go and report back with results.

Ingredients doesn't say anything about hop pellets, but we shall see!

beermeister · Post by **beermeister** » Monday Jun 13, 2005 6:37 pm

Made the original post on this a while ago, but I recalled that I said I would report back - anyway, the ESB stout was magic - big, strong and nice balance of malt/hops.

I'm putting down one of their 3kg Bock kits tonight, which is only brewed to 15 litres! This will be a big one...

Friar · Post by **Friar** » Monday Jun 13, 2005 6:46 pm

Beermeister

If you want a change I regularly brew the ESB 3 kg Bavarian Lager but use a whitelabs California Ale yeast.

Comes out fantastic and if you propagate the yeast you can get at least six brews out of one phial.

F

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Monday Jun 13, 2005 7:15 pm

what exactly is involved in using the hops that come with these kits?

i like the sound of a high quality nothing-to-add kit, however im a bit concerned over the hops as i have no experience with them.

thanks

beermeister · Post by **beermeister** » Tuesday Jun 14, 2005 10:35 am

Friar,
I have seen the bavarian lager and was interested, and yeah I reckon an ale yeast might be interesting. Thanks.

Guest,
I did a boil with my ESB kit so the hops were strained when the hot wort went in the fermenter, though this may not be the way everyone does it. Sorry but I am not really qualified to be giving advice!

da_damage_done · Wednesday Jun 28, 2006 10:58 am

stevem wrote:While we are on the ESB kits, has anybody tried the Chez Pilsener? I am thinking of trying it for my next brew. Steve

I just tried the czech pilsner and it is really good

Aussie Bob · Post by **Aussie Bob** » Wednesday Jun 28, 2006 9:13 pm

i did an ESB bavarian lager a few weeks ago, looks and smells ok, currently have a esb czech pilsener brewing at the moment, and will do an esb bock right after. however, trying something different with these, the HB shop man gave instructions as follows, keep brew at about 8 - 12 degrees (i'm using an old fridge) will take about 2 weeks to hit fg, then leave brew at 1 degree for 2 weeks prior to bottling. takes a month in total, hoping its worth the wait.

melbourne man · Post by **melbourne man** » Wednesday Jun 28, 2006 9:15 pm

What does ESB stand for?

ESB

ESB

ESB Irish Stout 3kg