Jim's Beer Kit

Mine's got a detachable probe, it looks the same as a headphone socket and plug so easy to swap

Cheers Guy, I think you're right but nothing to lose in trying a new probe. If all else fails, I'll have a newer Inkbird and a spare probe as a back-up

Sounds like it’s faulty. How long have you had it? Passed the 12 month warranty, knowing Sod’s Law. I’d replace the NTC probe to test it. Cheapest option. I think I've had it about 8 years, so slightly out of warranty! I guess it's not done bad, though has had issues metioned above along the way. I...

I've posted before about problems I've had with my Inkbird temp controller, but this time it's gone too far! I've put up with having to recalibrate it on a far too regular basis, temps jumping about all over the place etc I made a brew on Friday and tucked it away in the fridge with the Inkbird set ...

One of my favourite commercial beers is William Bros. "Sapien". Described as a "Kveik Double IPA", it put paid to any aversion I may have had to using "kveik". (Olay, hard to do wrong with a 7.5% beer \:D/ ). I haven't tried that one, I'll have to look out for it I'm sure Mark's "Kveik Bitter" was ...

How did it turn out? Both beers turned out well. I racked the 'lager' into a secondary for a week and bottled with 1 teaspoon of sugar per 500ml bottle. It took about three weeks to prime, whereas the bitter in the barrel was done in a couple of days. Both are very drinkable with no off flavours fr...

I've only heard of bitterness ratio for balancing beers to style, but not for bitterness/aroma. There are so many variables, I wouldn't think it would be possible to pin it down to a figure.

Charity shop find for today is a hardback edition of World's Best Beers by Ben McFarland & Tom Sandham (The Thinking Drinkers, apparently). Just having a flick through and there's some interesting brewery profiles. Looks good and certainly worth £3. One minor niggle so far is, on the glassware page,...

guypettigrew wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:01 pm

Here you go. Will do the job beautifully, Just needs a supply of hot water, either pumped or from a container higher than the arm

Guy

Cheers Guy, that looks like it'll do the job!

I ' made' (assembled?) a dip tube thing for my Burco as there was a lot of dead space if you just screw a hop stopper thing in the back of the tap. I found that helpful and was very easy to make. Sparge arm sounds tricky. I don't get much dead space with the Buffalo, and tilt it when transferring t...

Cool, glad to hear it's made a difference. I also use my boiler to heat the mash and sparge water so should be a bit easier for that too, plus I'm now thinking that I might be able to make up a sparge arm to fit as it allows a lot more control. Again, small things that make life easier that I've bee...

Cheers Dave, I'm looking forward to my next brewday to see it in action!

The emblem on the handle reads "Hay's Ale House" (sorry for rubbish pic);

I picked this up at the weekend from a local antique/salvage shop for £25. It works fine, just needs a clean and new drip tray. The cylinder is mounted horizontally, which I haven't seen before.