ESB 3kg cans

[Unclestewbrew]

Hi fellas ,
Was at my LHBS the other day and grabbed one of these new cans they were advertising.
3kg of goop and a Safale 04 yeast for $ 29.95 - seems pretty good value to me .
Plenty of styles in the range too

Has anyone on here been brewing these ?
Hope to put mine down on the weekend so I will let you all know how it goes ,

Cheers
Stu

 

[Marcus]

Sounds like good value! Would be keen to see how they do.

 

[mofox1]

Yep, the Bavarian Wheat was a solid fav. Although I usually added a touch more hops and occasionally went with US05 instead of wb06.

 

[Unclestewbrew]

I grabbed the Australian Draught to try.
Will do it as is without tinkering to get an idea of how they come out

Cheers

 

[stux]

Back in the last millennium I used to quite enjoy the ESB 3KG Czech Pilsner. It used to come in a paint tin with actual pellet hops floating in the goop, and a saf yeast under the plastic lid

Looks like its still the same

 

[Unclestewbrew]

So I'm gathering these things have been around for a while ?

My LHBS was sort of promoting them as a new thing .......

 

[stux]

They might be back from a long hiatus.

 

[TheBigD]

I only buy ESB brand extract now as its always seems fresh due to the high turn over I guess purchased from the brewshop at Peakhurst . It always seems to make excellent beers with great head retention I've yet to purchase any of their prehopped goop but will give it a try soon enough just out of curiosity. They've Had the 3kg cans there for some time and never noticed them off the shelves, their fresh wort kits are also great.

 

[Unclestewbrew]

Should be able to bottle the one that I put down mid next week so I will keep everyone posted on how it turns out. Looking forward to trying it ,

Cheers

 

[MattSR]

I used to brew these also around 2003. The Bavarian Wheat always had great results, and was a favourite. This was back in the days when the ESB factory was open and sold direct to the public, I think these days, ESB and The Brew Shop are owned by the same people.

Cheers,
Matt

 

[Unclestewbrew]

That's 2 likes for the Bavarian Wheat , might be the next one into the fermenter

 

[Unclestewbrew]

Hi Fellas ,
Just after a bit of advice here.
This brew has been in the fermenter for 2 weeks yesterday. in brew fridge at 20 degrees.
I also have a Coopers Sparkling Ale in there with it that has been fermenting for 6 days , activity has now stopped.
I wont be able to bottle the ESB brew till Saturday. I was thinking of taking the Coopers out of the fridge and leaving it at ambient and cold crashing the ESB brew for 4 days.
What should I do ? Will it harm the ESB brew if its in the fridge for 18 days at 20 degrees ?

Also ive never cold crashed before , do i just drop the temp controller to around 4 degrees and leave it ?

Any advice is appreciated ,

Cheers