Jim's Beer Kit

Here in the rainsoaked wetlands if sunny Brittany, and possibly all of France for all I know, there seems to be something of a move towards "craft" beers. They sit on supermarket shelves at around €3 for 33cl, which the genuine Trappistes are around €2 and the Mort Subite kriek is €1.45. They are i...

I've had a similar experience with a brewery in Pontardawe that is based in an outbuilding of the owner's private house, so presumably a homebrewer who thinks he is better than he is.

I enjoyed that.
I've been too the Three Tuns in Bishop's Castle, this one will have to go on the list

Hi guys, I am trying to make a clone of 'Marstons Merrie Monk Mild' long since discontinued. Rumors say it was Marstons Pedigree Bitter with Caramel in to darken it. Could anybody tell me how much Caramel I should add please? Cheers Andy You can use black malt instead. Using caramel imparts an off ...

The sparge water needs salt additions in the same proportion as the mash. So 24/15 x the amount in the mash water.
Incidentally, 24+15 =39. What happens to the other 26litres? Are they used to top up the pre - boil volume? If so they should probably be treated inn the same way.

This is old news. It happened some months ago

Teign Cellars, Cider Bar, Maltings Taphouse - all in Newton Abbot. Regular service on No 12 bus - about 20 mins. Hope the suggestion was not too late. It was for this trip, got back Sunday night after a nightmare drive due to the heavy rain down there, but useful info for next trip, thank you! Judg...

www.whatpub.com to find pubs.
CAMRA's Good Beer Guide lists breweries

+3 just got mine as well, much cheaper than Murphy's via MM

I made a golden ale using green Prima Donna. I just multiplied the hop amounts by three compared to using dried hops.
It was a very popular beer.

I use one of these to store a 25kg sack Maris Otter
https://www.dvcontainers.co.uk/product.asp?pid=70

I've just finished the chapter on mashing in John Palmer's How To Brew. He recommendeds 67c for 60 minutes as a baseline to start experimenting from. His general rule is 30 to 60 minutes at 65 to 68c He doesn't see a benefit from a higher mash out temp. at the end but says you can use a two step mas...

I use this https://brewkegtap.co.uk/products/gas-f ... eaning-kit

Brewlab offer a water analysis service. I don't know if they do it for home brewers but you could ask.
https://brewlab.co.uk/analysis-services/

Did the BM come with the pump spped controls sealed? The original pump on my BM20 didn't have speed control but when it packed up the replacement was a newer model with the speed control. The control wasn't sealed and I remember finding some recommended settings on the BM website.