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.
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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)
Be who you are
Because those that mind don't matter
And those that matter don't mind
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!
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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!