Jim's Beer Kit

Hi guys, Just tested my water. I am on a private spring and have no idea of what the waters all about. I had thought about a professional analysis but thought Id give this a shot first. The pH of my water is 5.2 I added 0.04 ml (2 drops was enough to turn it pink) from the 1ml syringe to the Salifer...

Hi all, Bit of advice please. I made a wine Selection wine Rioja kit (BBE was Jun16 so well in date) last year (started 16/3/15) and I made to the instructions. The OG was 1.086 The wine was fermented @ 22.7C (instructions suggest 22-24C). The wine was transferred to secondary carboy 23/3/15 and deg...

Hi All, I use a Braumeister for my brewing and as I usually brew ales I follow the profile on beer smith to give me a full body. However I have a questions about the wort fermentability and the final gravity that I get. The beer ferment great, in fact too great. My final FG is usually around the 1.0...

Hi guys, So you have altered the bittering hop additions to suit the desired IBU - I have also done this. What about the late additions (at 15 and if applicable at 5 mins). Have you changed them to suit the differing levels of AA content of the hops you will be using? My AA value is at 1.7% vs the b...

I ended up going of the Blichmann copy and have used it 2 times. Seems to be ok and did a grand job. The bottled beers are superb - mind you I haven't done any high carbonated beer yet... For less than £27 you can't go wrong.

Hi all, I have the book Clone brews. Theres loads of recipes in there but it seems that the AG content is an after thought as the main content seems to focus on the extract versions. Anyway, whats your guys experience with this book? Theres loads of recipes but I've steered clear of using the book b...

Thanks for the replies. I am still undecided. I like things to be right so I think Ill go for the genuine Blichmann part at some stage (why they so expensive thought!!!) What fittings are neede to get running? I know there is a add-on kit that Blichmann do but it looks expensive for a bit of hose an...

Yes they are the ones

What's your thoughts? The guy said the steel quality wasnt as strong as the blichmann model.

Hi guys, I want a Blichmann beer gun - for its simplicity really. I looked into making a counter pressure bottler but when I totted up the cost to make with stainless steel parts the cost was up at about £70 - the blichmann is just shy of £83 at BrewUK. Anyway I have kept looking on eBay and yesterd...