Jim's Beer Kit

Hi Hermes, nice build, Im just starting on a similar panel build. Is there any chance you can share your wiring diagram/pictures of the inside layout?

People still using them? All the kegs i see thse days are ball lock. Anyone successfully coverted pin lock to ball lock?

Hi Jocky, yes that's correct - ill let you know how it tastes!

#-o #-o #-o #-o :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: Brewing Son of Punkie IPA v2 part 2 from the Malt Miller outside on my electric brewery on a miserable gray drizzly day and I've accidently used my dry hops for bittering and my bittering hops (50G Apollo) are left behind for dry hopping :oops: THE BOIL Bo...

S04 - should give me a good chance, fast fermenting and good flocculation. Crash cooling took longer than expected due to the warm weather

I should have said I will be putting it in a corny keg. First taste out of the fv was good yesterday, and fg has been reached. Fining and crash cooling will begin tonight, aiming to keg on Sunday. Hopefully the low abv and large dry hop will be forgiving.

Hi everybody Thanks for all your views even those that say no chance! Fermentation looks complete, dry hops went in this morning and ive put the temperature is up to 22, Friday morning I will crash cool and fine assuming its reached fg. Worst case - I will have a taste next Friday and if it's terrib...

Also how I should split the remaining time between crash cooled in primary and in the cornleius keg

Hi all I'm brewing a beer for a stag do less than 2 weeks away!!! I've gone for The Malt Miller tiny rebel all grain urban ipa kit. To lessen conditioning & fermenting time I've brewed long to 26l rather than 20l lowering the OG to 1.039 vs 1.050. I'm what's everybody opinion is on; What temperature...

Hi all I was wondering if anybody could help me with water treatment, been biab brewing for over a year with good results but now trying to improve. Below is the report form my water supplier and I know the microbrewery up the road on the same supply use DWB brewing salts but I have no idea on what ...

Hi All Had a good brew day on Sunday (cooking a roast turkey at the same time!) decided to start with 35 litres of water. First mistake strike temperature of 70.8c gave me a initial mash temperature of 68c instead of the 66c DSC_0117.JPG Celotex box worked well lost 1.1c over the 90 min mash DSC_011...

Hi All Thank you for the advice (a great response from the forum as usual) I'm going to try with 36L and see what I end up with, not particularly bothered if I end up short or long on volume/gravity on my first attempt. Bigchris, I received one of your bags for Christmas. Looks well made. Looking fo...

Hi all After eight years of homebrewing I'm finally getting ready to do my first all grain :twisted: weather permitting this weekend. I have a 50l boiler ready and I'm planning on doing a full volume mash. One question, I have bought a summer lighting recipe kit however the instructions (picture att...

Just found this on the internet “100 grams of sugar ferments into almost exactly 1% Alcohol in a 5L demijohn” So going by that 166g of sugar in each carton of grape juice So a total of 664g of sugar from the grape juice And 217.92g of sugar from one jar of jam Total sugar content of 881.92g So i...

Haven’t made a tc in a while so boredom today has got me thinking about making a rose. Just wondered if anybody could help? Was thinking about using 4l of Sainsbury’s Pure Red Grape Juice. http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/sainsburys-price-comparison/Longlife_Fruit_Juice/Sainsburys_Pure_Red_Grape_J...