Do the festival kits come with the flavour/aroma hops seperate? If not, if you boil the kit you'll boil off the flavour/aroma additions. No problem though just buy (some) hop tea bags off ebay for a couple of quid and add a hop tea to the kit
Yup, there are 75grams of hops and muslin, and a little sachet of salt?? no idea what that is for?
My Festival Landlords Bitter had hops for dry hopping, and a filter 'sock' for fitting over the siphon, which worked!Do the festival kits come with the flavour/aroma hops seperate? If not, if you boil the kit you'll boil off the flavour/aroma additions. No problem though just buy (some) hop tea bags off ebay for a couple of quid and add a hop tea to the kit
You'll be fine to give the kit a boil then. Salt? are you sure it's not an oxygen absorber?
nope, its an a measured sachet, 6 grams i think and same style packet as the yeast and nutrient.
Looks like the salt additions are to be added to your water. By the looks of it this is meant to be classic English Pale in the style of Pedigree, hence the 'Burton water' salts. Although surely this would have differing effects on the water depending on what your water was like in the first place...Let us know how you get on :thumb:
MyQul, definitely salts, anyway will need to get to it tonight.
If it is as WSOA says, it's supposed to 'burtonise' your water I'm not sure I'd add it as WSOA rightly says much will depend on your water profile.
Well, the new kit has arrived, super quick and must say very impressed with the HBC, no problems, quickly resolved. can't ask for better service.
Plan of action would be to empty contents both pouches into a pan, add 5l of water and boil for 10mins. both pouches are covered in malt, but the bust one has a small pin hole in it where I can hear the air coming out when squeezed. haven't had time to do this so it will be this weekend before I start. I take it a few days will make little diffrence if I boil it all?
nope, its an a measured sachet, 6 grams i think and same style packet as the yeast and nutrient.
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