As promised in another thread here starts my blow by blow account of my attempt to make a Festival New Zealand Pilsner under pressure. Given my limited knowledge of the Noble Art of Brewing it should be a long road of hit and miss occurrences. The up side of this is that in no way can I be held responsible as I don`t know what I`m doing really. The taste of the beer at the end will be subjective to say the least as I have no idea what Festival New Zealand Pilsner is supposed to taste like. Anyway onwards and upwards.
Firstly the kit. Well what can I say? It comes in a nice box which is not that easy to open but does stop the contents from falling out.
Nice not easy to open box contents:
1.5Kg Foil Sachets of Pilsner LME (contains barley) X 2.
350g Packet of Dextrose X 1.
100g Foil Packet of Antipodean Pilsner Hop Pellets X 1.
10g Packet of California Lager Beer Yeast X 1.
150g Packet of Priming Sugar X 1.
Instructions X 1
Festival New Zealand Pilsner.
Re: Festival New Zealand Pilsner.
Interestingly the LME contains barley 
How much did that little lot cost ?
How much did that little lot cost ?
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1. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip
It's better to lose time with friends than to lose friends with time (Portuguese proverb)
Alone we travel faster
Together we travel further
( In an admonishing email from our golf club)
Re: Festival New Zealand Pilsner.
According to a quick Google search, anything between £24 to £30...
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I don't need anger management classes, I need people to stop pissing me off.
No beer, no fun - know beer, know FUN!
Carrots may be good for your eyes but alcohol is better as it gives you double vision!
Re: Festival New Zealand Pilsner.
I got it for £23.50 and when I grow up I want to be a yeast!
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cwrw gwent
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Re: Festival New Zealand Pilsner.
I did a Festival Landlords Bitter in August and it was superb, although next time I won't use so many hops. The only downside was getting the liquid malt extract out of the sachets - tins are much easier.
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With my limited knowledge of brewing, I hope that getting the extract out of the sachets is the only problem I have!cwrw gwent wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:12 pmI did a Festival Landlords Bitter in August and it was superb, although next time I won't use so many hops. The only downside was getting the liquid malt extract out of the sachets - tins are much easier.
I had enough issues opening the box. But it is a nice box and I suppose it stops the contents from falling out eh.
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Re: Festival New Zealand Pilsner.
Made a Old Father Hooks Bitter and bottled at weekend. Agree pouch was a pain! Give me tins any day. Box also strangely hard to open, but less of a faff than trying rinse out a pouch!