has a great malt body with beautiful orange marmalade characteristics.
Festival Premium Ale kits pay tribute to some of the worlds most outstanding beers.
Festival celebrates the high traditions of the original powerhouses of commercial brewing, as well as the bold creativity of the microbreweries.
Father Hooks Best Bitter has a great malt body with a beautiful orange marmalade character. The malt sweetness is perfectly balanced with the bitterness of the hops.
Size: 40 pints (5 gals)
For 40 pints you will need approx 45 x 500ml beer bottles or 30 x 750ml beer bottles
Hop Additions: BRAMLING CROSS, COLUMBUS
Bitterness: 3.5 (0-Least to 5-most bitter)
ABV: 4.5%
Festival premium ale kits pay tribute to some of the worlds most outstanding beers. Festival celebrates the high traditions of the original powerhouses of commercial brewing, as well as the bold creativity of the microbreweries.
Father Hooks is a "luminous amber ale", with a white head. It has complex aromas of vanilla and malt with subtle fruit elements. A full bodied malt taste with a hint of orange marmalade, well balanced with hop bitterness.
Ingredients: Premium Liquid Malt Extract
Genuine Brewer's Yeast Strains
Hop Pellets Addition
Priming Sugar
Kit weight:-3kg
Makes:- 40 pints / 5 gallons
ABV Approx:- 5%
Finishing Gravity Approx:- 1.011
Fermentation time:-7 days approx
Conditioning time:-4 weeks
Fermentables required:- None Required
Priming Sugar: Included
Equipment Needed :You will require basic brewing equipment to make a beer kit
Here is a simple starter kit to allow you to make the beer if you have not already got brewing equipment
Below is a list of the essential equipment needed to make a beer kit
Fermenting Bin 25 ltrs + - To ferment the beer in
Pressure Barrel or Pet Bottles, two packs enough for 5 gallons of beer - To Store and condition the beer ready for drinking
Syphon Equipment - To aid in moving the beer from the fermenter to the barrel or bottles
Hydrometer - Used To Measure the gravity of the beer when it starts and finishes
LCD Thermometer - Sticks on the fermenting bin to help you get the right brewing temperature 16oC - 24oC is best for beer
Steriliser: Not equipment, but keeping all equipment clean and sterilised when used is essential.
Water: Beer is made from 95% water. Tap water will be fine; filtering is better to remove the chlorine will help give you the best result.
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