ESB fresh wort kits

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 1:06 pm

G'day guys, I just purchased 2 ESB fresh wort kits one is a 'Pilsner' the other an 'American pale ale'. The pilsner came with Saflager and the APA with Safale. Has anyone tryed these before and how did they come up?

db · Post by db » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 1:12 pm

i tried the apa with a whitelabs wp001 yeast made up to 20L & dry hopped with 2 x cascade plugs - was a great brew..

Evo · Post by **Evo** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 4:23 pm

Ditto to DB's post minus the cascade. I didn't think it was all that, but alot of my mates loved it.

normell · Post by **normell** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 5:22 pm

db wrote:i tried the apa with a whitelabs wp001 yeast made up to 20L & dry hopped with 2 x cascade plugs - was a great brew..

So why add the plugs ????

Normell

kitkat · Post by **kitkat** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 9:53 pm

just bottled the irish red, made to 19 liters with liquid british ale yeast (wasn't any irish ale yeast left), tasting it just like that makes me want to fast forward the next 2 weeks

Nice chocolaty smell and after taste, yummy.

I was thinking of trying the pilsner in a couple of months (when it's cold enough), was also looking at the amber, any feedback on those?
They also have an IPA now (seasonal), anybody tried it yet?

db · Post by db » Wednesday Apr 13, 2005 9:32 am

normell wrote:
db wrote:i tried the apa with a whitelabs wp001 yeast made up to 20L & dry hopped with 2 x cascade plugs - was a great brew..
So why add the plugs ????

Normell

a bit of dry hopping never hurt anyone

that was the 1st time i'd come across plugs so i thought i'd give it a go.. wasn't too impressed with em. i prefer the pellets i think

normell · Post by **normell** » Wednesday Apr 13, 2005 11:42 am

db wrote:
normell wrote:
db wrote:i tried the apa with a whitelabs wp001 yeast made up to 20L & dry hopped with 2 x cascade plugs - was a great brew..
So why add the plugs ????

Normell
a bit of dry hopping never hurt anyone

that was the 1st time i'd come across plugs so i thought i'd give it a go.. wasn't too impressed with em. i prefer the pellets i think

Still, had you tried the APA before, and thought it needed something extra.
If so good, but if it was the first time, I can't understand why you would try to alter something that already has a good record.

db · Post by db » Wednesday Apr 13, 2005 11:54 am

nope, that was my 1st attempt. i dry hopped in 2ndry.. tasted it before racking.

Hrundi V Bakshi · Thursday Apr 14, 2005 12:00 pm

Indeed Mr normell, dry hopping is a very very wise thing to do for an APA. There is no way for a kit maker to dry hop for you now isn't it? Dry hops in the secondary is not at all like flameout additions. Mr db should not be criticised for dry hopping APA. Dry hops in stout or Irish Red ale would be much different thing.