Festival Pilgrims Hope Dark Bitter Beer Kit

Pilgrims Hope - Festival Dark Bitter- Home-Brew Kit 

is a traditional dark bitter with a strong malty base and perfect hop bitterness, coupled with some tantalising modern hop flavours of tropical fruit and pine needles.

Size: 40 pints (5 gal)

For 40 pints you will need approx 45 x 500ml beer bottles or 30 x 750ml beer bottles

Hop Additions: TARGET, SUMMIT

Bitterness: 4.5 (0-Least to 5-most bitter)

ABV: 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.

Festival Pilgrims Hope is a rich brown, mahogany coloured ale with a tan coloured head. Intense aromas of passion fruit with more subtle notes of pine sap. The hops provide complex flavours of tropical fruit and pine needles. Full-bodied malt flavour with perfect 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.

Festival Premium Beer Kit Instructions (PDF file) Click to download.