Jim's Beer Kit

Hey all, decided to do another Lager to use up the last of my grain which jas been sitting for a while. Decided to do the mash on Friday afternoon and boil first thing on Saturday morning seeing as I had some spare time on Friday afternoon Recipe 4.5kg Golden Promise 400g Carapils Malt 54g Saaz Hops...

Yeah it's a lot less water & hassle to just set this up and boil the kettle twice & set it away for 10 mins

Cheers DC

Hi all, I recently started using my new plate chiller from Mr Lard and after reading a few posts here about different ways of cleaning & sterilising a plate chiller I decided to have a go at fashioning a cleaning system using my Solar Pump. I have been running the hot water from cooling my wort thro...

+1 for the Hop & Grape Bucket I've got one of those as my 1st all grain boiler (well actually it's my 2nd one as I messed up drilling the holes in the 1st one ) and it's still going strong but been replaced with a shiny boiler

Cheers DC

I have a list

2 Brewing Fridges
1 x Bottle Rinser (http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... ml#a101296) how did I manage before without one of these
Plate chiller

Cheers DC

Hey Charlie, that's looking good mate no looking back now Brewing fridges are Awesome I've got 2 tall larder brewing fridges and I love them

Cheers DC

Hey Seymour, I know it won't be a hybrid yeast as such but as they're now mixed together in the 80 shilling they will both contribute different things to the finished beer, which I am excited to see what it tastes like and like you said I can re use it again & again. I still have a 1.5L bottle of my...

Hey all, Just wondering if anyone knows of anywhere I can get a list of bottle conditioned beers and which yeast is used in each of the beers? I am sure I remember seeing something similar on Jims a while back. I am a great believer in reusing bottled conditioned yeasts to save money and to experime...

Hi Seymour, I checked on the brew on Sunday and it appeared to have stopped fermenting at 1.022 :shock: which I was not expecting from the WLP099 even after 2 years laying dormant. I had made a starter with some of the 80 shilling wort using the yeast from a bottle of Coniston Blue Bird Bitter to re...

Hi Gaz, I have used a large marble or stainless steel ball bearing or even a small shot glass all sterilised prior to going into your beer

Cheers DC

Decided to give the plastic coated hooks a try as they were only £1 each from a local hardware store. I will need to shorten the hose from the boiler to the beer in port on the plate chiller to cut down on the air in the tube and less distance for the wort to travel to the plate chiller http://i13.p...

Hi Aleman, Why do I need the beer in at the bottom ? I thought it would be better to have beer in at the top and let gravity do the work of getting the beer through the plate chiller ? How do they work better when vertical ? I've already bought 2 of those plastic coated hooks for £2 so might give th...

Hey all, I have recently used a new plate chiller in my latest brew day and I had it balanced on top of a tool box on top of a calor gas heater under my brewing table whilst using it during my brew day. It wasn't ideal to have it balanced there and I am looking for a way to suspend the plate chiller...

Just a quick update on the 80 Shilling, the WLP099 is going great guns for being over 2 years old



Cheers DC

Hi Dave, I put my recipe into Beer Smith and I got 1050 at 5.02% but I did a full volume mash so my efficiency may have been a bit lower plus I mashed at a higher temperature 70 degrees C so the beer would be a lower abv but better mouthfeel and body too the beer ! So that might explain the lower OG...