Jim's Beer Kit

Date Update: Ok, after about 3 days fermenting I racked the wort off through a strainer to remove the date particles because I could see it wasn't going to settle out without help. I left it to carry on fermenting and have racked again tonight, now I'm left with something much clearer, gravity has d...

Ok, I guess that means no-one has so here goes, I've just boiled up 1.8kg of date paste, and simmered until it had all dissolved, this took about 6litres of water and the resulting liquid is very heavy with particles but otherwise strongly resembles a bitter wort in colour, I've made it up to 3 gall...

Hi, first post so go easy with me! I've started wondering about using dates as a source of sugar for brewing, I've looked around but cant find any useful info. probably looking in the wrong places mind you. This came up because I was in my local international food store the other day and bought a bl...