Jim's Beer Kit

Some of the books in the series have been heavily criticised, several of them are quite old but I see this is one of the newer additions.

Never even tasted a Gose, let alone brewed it yet. I am happy to be persuaded I need to rectify that omission!

orlando wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:52 am

Drinking: Song For Keith, 4 Hops To Heaven, No Stout About It (Porter), From Russia With Love (RIS), Twist & Stout, Reasons To Be Beerful (Part Three).

Love your brew names Orlando, always make me smile, thanks!

Welcome, you will find everyone here incredibly helpful. I do not brew in the bag as I’m lucky enough to have a half share in a Grainfather. I have accumulated a large Brewing library over the last three years, one of my very favourite books is: James Morton Brew: The Foolproof Guide to Making World...

I’ve brewed almost 40 GF batches and only used pellets twice as I didn’t like the amount of sludgy trub that made it into the FV. Pellets are much more convenient to store, but even with a strong whirlpool I found too much hop debris gets through. Didn’t use a hop spider which might help. I do find ...

Over the last year I've been doing the same addition but using cheap supermarket porridge oats. I haven't experienced or noticed any clarity problems and it's a very cheap way to add some body and head to the beer. I've used both porridge oats and malted oats to add head retention and "body" to goo...

Since starting a couple of years ago, I have brewed the GW recipe Summer Lighting several times as it's a go to favourite. It's such a simple almost SMaSH recipe, but the last batch had 350gm of flaked maize "thrown in" with the 5.4kg of Maris otter for 25 litres, just to use it up as it was left ov...

floydmeddler wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 08, 2019 11:16 am

The Californian Common / Steam Beer yeast is fantastic.

I've enjoyed this with several brews too, one of their best original series yeasts.

Any updates on their other newer Beirm yeasts would be really useful, especially how they compare with the dried yeasts they seem to aim to compete with!

Hi Cobnut, I have successfully released over-carbed pressure a couple of times by easing up slightly on the crown cap whilst bottles are in the sink, shaking to release some of the pressure (wasting maybe 10%ish of the beer too) then just using my lever capping stand to re-secure the same crown caps...

On an unhelpful but lighter note: Perhaps you've inadvertently discovered an alternative "green" fuel, I know nothing about cider making but see people write about turbo cider here.

This sounds a bit like turbo diesel cider, though not sure I'd risk running the car on it.

80-100g. Low end enough gas, top end er, more than enough. :D Correction: Less for 23 litres I was going on 25. Just make sure you are completely fermented out, otherwise IPA's advice will come storming through when you go to pour. :D Even if real FG has been reached, I have found a huge variation ...

It just struck me that the world would be a better place with more interaction like the thread above.
Knowledgeable, considerate people, helping others out for no personal gain!
It feels a privilege to be part of this community.

I'm intrigued by this comment "If bottling watch that S-33 yeast, it has a tendency to slowly munch through the dextrins it left earlier". As per the no/low alcohol thread, I have now bottled 3 different S-33 fermented batches and wondered why they have slowly become more and more carbonated over th...

Thanks PeeBee, I will try the slightly hotter mash next time as well. I have the advantage of only 20-23 L batches, help drinking them and also plan to get round to another soon. In addition to earlier posts, lessons so far mirror your comments. Wheat Malt in conjunction with Munich has been a good ...

… One thing I've been looking for but have not found yet is what is the sugar composition of a cold extracted wort. … Doesn't go down to "cold" but does go down to 45C. May be not what you're looking for (and you may have it?), but I do know you like this sort of stuff and I'm finding it pretty int...

Be careful not to "suck" the contents of the air lock back into the fermenter when you crash cool, particularly if you've used a blow off tube into a larger bottle/airlock, a pint of starsan mightened be the best addition to your brew Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk Good point - I have a bubble...