Martin's ESB Recipe Kit

Get brewing today with everything measured out and ready. This Strong Bitter recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's ESB, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

Extra Special Bitter is the strongest member of the English bitter family, a style Fuller's made famous and one that gave the whole category its name among American brewers. Expect a deep amber pour and a full malt body, with notes of toast and dried fruit and a bitterness that stands up to the extra gravity without turning harsh. Fuggle and East Kent Goldings run through it from the bittering charge to the late additions.

At close to six percent it drinks bigger than a session bitter but keeps the same balance and cask character. Crystal malt lays down a caramel backbone that the higher strength can carry.

What's In The Kit

Your Strong Bitter recipe kit includes everything below, portioned and ready to brew. All you add is water.

Fermentables

• 10 lbs · Maris Otter
• 1 lbs · Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L
• 8.0 oz · Brown Malt → we include Biscuit Malt

Hops

• 2 oz · Fuggle Pellets (Boil, 60.0 min)
• 1 oz · East Kent Goldings (EKG) (Boil, 20.0 min)
• 1 oz · East Kent Goldings (EKG) (Boil, 0.0 min)

Yeast

• London Ale III (Wyeast Labs 1318) → we include LalBrew Verdant IPA (Hazy/English IPA)

Water treatment salts and any specialty extras are noted with the recipe.

Recipe At A Glance

A Note On Substitutions

This kit includes Biscuit Malt in place of the recipe's Brown Malt. We stock dry yeast only, so LalBrew Verdant IPA (Hazy/English IPA) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's London Ale III (Wyeast Labs 1318).