Jim's Beer Kit

You can smell the chlorine in our tap water before you even taste it. You'd likely find the same with my water, the cause being the result of three chlorine atoms replacing the hydrogen atom in ammonia to create trichloramine which has the very strong smell we think of as chlorine. This is well dem...

You can smell the chlorine in our tap water before you even taste it.

I use it for head retention in a lot of my brews, but I don't worry too much if I have none.
Did I read somewhere recently that you could substitute shredded wheat for it (other cereals are available), or did I dream that?

Living in an area with mega hard tap water, I decided to collect some natural spring water from a well known spring head in the Faversham area. This water reputedly comes from the same source as Shepherd Neame's famous artesian well. I tested the water with my salifert kits and it comes out at Calci...

You'll probably need a heater to maintain a steady temperature, just chilling will overshoot and go too cold. I also tape my probe to the side of the FV. The computer fans will be 10 or 12 volt even out of an old desktop, as has been said already they run on an old charger, just cut the connector of...

It would be really interesting to brew this using your own tap water without treatment (except for campden) and then swap bottles around the country to see how different water profiles affect the finished product.