Jim's Beer Kit

I use Beersmith for recipes, import them into Graonfather site then use the Android app to connect for the brew day. The app used to be simple and has bloated over time with all kinds of community features I don't need. However it still works reliably for me, reconnecting after going out of range et...

I often have around 30 litres pre-boil in mine. Just be ready to spray or pat down the hot break or use a little anti-foam.

Matt

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I currently have a hoppy pale / APA on tap using their Haze yeast. Hop aroma comes through well and it is great, but has dropped perfectly clear which amused me!

Matt

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Maybe I'm being over-indulgent, but I have 3 fridges in my brew/beer shed: 2 larder fridges, one configured as a fermentation chamber for my fermentasaurus (great fit) and one as a beer fridge/hop store 1 under-counter fridge which house 2 x 19L cornies and 1 x 10.5L corny (gas bottle is outside th...

Maybe I'm being over-indulgent, but I have 3 fridges in my brew/beer shed: 2 larder fridges, one configured as a fermentation chamber for my fermentasaurus (great fit) and one as a beer fridge/hop store 1 under-counter fridge which house 2 x 19L cornies and 1 x 10.5L corny (gas bottle is outside th...

Here's a tall (633mm) corny keg in my fridge. Loads of room - the disconnects only add a couple of cm above the corny handles. This is a fairly old under counter fridge where the height in front of the hump is 72cm. Another under counter fridge I have is 70cm. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49...

Hi, I have a Hotpoint RLA36 as mentioned above. Fits 2 cornie or 20l Sankey kegs easily. I believe the RLA34 is the same size. Bought mine nearly new on EBay for about £40. I will replace my other fridges with the same model when they eventually die! Matt Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk Hi Dig...

I am currently sipping on a Red X single hop IPA and I think it is a great malt. I will be buying a 25kg sack soon. Lovely, balanced and malty presence and would be nice as a lager. It would be great to know how you get on. Matt Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk Thank you for your thoughts. Woul...

Hello, Resurrecting this post as I have a very similar question. I have some liquid yeast manufactured in January (Imperial yeast, so theoretically they are double packs as they apparently start at 200 billion cells). I won't be able to brew with these until at least August maybe even September, so...

I am currently sipping on a Red X single hop IPA and I think it is a great malt. I will be buying a 25kg sack soon.

Lovely, balanced and malty presence and would be nice as a lager. It would be great to know how you get on.

Matt

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Hi Rob, I overbuilt a starter of WLP830 in January, and a 500ml jar of this has sat in the fridge until 2 days ago. Made a 1 litre starter on the stir plate, and all seems well. I will step up to 2.5 litres tomorrow, and when that is done decant 500ml into another sterile jar and back in the fridge ...

Pre lockdown I used to take the grains to someone in the village who keeps chickens, geese and goats. They all loved munching on the stuff. For the moment the grains go in the food waste or green bin. Well worth trying to spot if anyone near you keeps animals as a lot of folks will be grateful for e...

Where else can you buy 25 kg of malt for less than £30 including transport ? Almost any local brewery - who will really be feeling the pinch at the moment, and will probably have a whole load of malt/hops that they won't be brewing with in the near future because the pubs are shut. £20 on a sack of...

I usually buy my pale malt in uncrushed 25kg sacks. I have tried all my usual suppliers and they are all out of stock though I can get 5kg bags. Anyone else come across this or am I just unfortunate? Surely not panic buying! Try this at £21.77 for 25 kilos https://www.braumarkt.com/en/swaen-dutch-p...

By sheer good fortune, I currently have around 100kg of various uncrushed malt in stock as well as the hoos and yeast to make pretty much every batch I am planning this year.. Maybe we should do an isolation brew-along based on some really simple recipes that people can oull together? Covid SMaSH? M...