Jim's Beer Kit

I did see that you can buy the Kindle eBook version for a more reasonable price.

A quick google search brought me to this:

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Sear ... all-_-link

I hope you're sitting down when you read the prices :-O

Assume this is for 23L at a typical HB efficiency, but can you confirm? OG, brew length, etc. I can then apply my preferred brewing software/calculator. I have some hops I want to use in a single hop ale. Was thinking of a SMASH, but this would also work well. TIA It's for 23litres OG is 1050, expe...

Thanks for all the replies. I took delivery of about a kilo of green hops on Wednesday and initially laid them in single layers of hops between sheets of newspaper (which I hadn't read!!), but then decided I should try to dry them quicker. So I fashioned a "basket" which I rigged up with a couple of...

Check youtube for how to remove the top valve. Can also buy replacement valves online, but if you're careful, they can be re-used from the commercial mini-kegs. They're a 3-piece design: make sure when you re-assemble, you "click" together the top and bottom red-parts. Otherwise they don't hold pres...

+1 for mini-kegs I have been re-using commercial ones for a while now - when I need a larger quantity for special events (e.g. cricket tour). Removing the valve at the top is the hardest part of the operation. Take care not to scratch the metal, or they will start to rust! And don't use as much prim...

Assume this is for 23L at a typical HB efficiency, but can you confirm? OG, brew length, etc. I can then apply my preferred brewing software/calculator.

I have some hops I want to use in a single hop ale. Was thinking of a SMASH, but this would also work well.

TIA

I have been offered a friend's allotment hop crop and I know they ought to be dried (as i'm not planning a green hop beer), but unsure as to how best to go about achieving this.

What can the JBK Hive Mind offer?

buy online. Plenty of options: malt miller, brewuk, etc. I tend to buy a bunch of different colours along with a load of other stuff - keeps the postage element to a small %. And with some suppliers, if you spend enough, they post for free :) Although, I have also bought from Wilko when I've run out...

I have used the “gluten converting” enzyme, but there does seem to be conflicting advice on whether it truly makes beer “gluten free” or simply able to pass the chemical test for gluten. Try reading this, but do report back on whether your coeliac friend suffers any ill effects: https://homebrew.sta...

Looks lovely.

Guess I'll buy some WLP300 or else stick with the MJ yeast which has served me fairly well to date.

Did you find a suitable source?

I was trying to propagate some weissbier yeast from the dregs of a couple of bottles of (very nice) Weihenstephaner weissbier and this happened: It wasn't there at 7pm last night, but 12 hours later is surely is. And the smell is very much like a sour beer. So my thinking is I have my house "wild ye...

@guypettigrew, I log to Brewfather.com via a TiltPi, so I can see the trend and work out (see) from that when fermentation has finished. I agree that the Tilt doe snot always give the same answer as other means of measuring gravity, but I've so far (c. 8 brews) I've found it is pretty good at tellin...