Jim's Beer Kit

A quick Google search proves me wrong! :rolleyes: http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000132.html ...and a http://www.merchantduvin.com/pages/5_breweries/samsmith_yorkshire.html link! If there's an easier way to produce the same results, I'd like to know about it, but I have my doubts. :(

Some hazy recollections of reading about on of these systems is coming back into my mind! ;) Is the Burton Union the system where they used to ferment in closed vessels with an airlock, and recycle the yeast and foam that came out of the airlock back into the brew via open channels? Don't recall eve...

Assuming you are just talking about cask ale, as far as I am aware, the difference happens at the point of serving the beer. Frothy (typically northern) beers are served using a different nozzle size, which tends to force gas out of the beer to produce the head (the Guinness 'creamer' nozzle is an e...

I get all my stuff on the web these days. Decent home brew shops are pretty thin on the ground now. I have used 'Leyland Homebrew' and 'The Home Brew Shop' online, and they both seem to be pretty reliable. There are links on my main website. The only other shops I have used are Gemini in Newcastle a...

I've never tried this myself, but if you've got the bottle to turn up and ask for a jarfull, you'll certainly get good results, provided your brew is similar in style to the brewery's own. An alternative is to use one of the specialist yeast cultures available from the likes of http://www.wyeastlab....

Bill,

I generally buy from either 'The Home Brew Shop' or 'Leyland Home Brew', both are on-line shops. Both give good, prompt service and are competitively priced.

You can find links to them http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jim.dunleavy/links.htm

Best wishes,
Jim

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Welcome to my forum on home brewing. In looking round on the internet I've found that there's a lack of discussion forums related to brewing English-style Real Ale at home, so I've decided to start one myself! Please feel free to read or post in any of the forums. I'm a believer in sharing one's har...