Jim's Beer Kit

Heron1952 wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:45 am

Party? for a small group of six of course.

Actually, it’s a wedding. So 30 guests permitted..

I bought a used beer engine from someone on here for a very keen price (I find resisting a bargain rather hard :lol: ) and have finally got round to trying it out prior to using it to serve a beer at a party next weekend. It works fine, but there is small leak from the shaft (only pumping water to t...

Jocky wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:00 am

Here's my full build of an O2 rig, updated to all the equipment I have now:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=76794

Perfect!

Trouble is I now have another project and more expense...Ah! The joys of homebrewing!

(Thought I'd better change the title, as the topic has moved from its' starting point...) So for those who use pure O2, where do you get your cylinders from? What other equipment is needed? I'm guessing a suitable regulator? Airstone (oxygen stone)? Suitable tubing? And what costs are we looking at?...

orlando wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 08, 2020 4:08 pm

...always aerate....

with pure O2? Maybe I need to invest...

A member of my local HB club has a Grainfather alembic still and has been in contact with HMRC regarding home distillation. He gleefully told us that he'd had a letter from them essentially telling him that they are not interested in his tiny level of spirit production. He has laminated the letter a...

you should have an email from me.

I've brewed a few lagers under pressure.

I have a powerpoint or pdf pack I shared with my Homebrew Club, but JBK Forum won't allow me to post it.

I'll try to send it via PM.

Boiling will reduce alkalinity, but (and others here know more than I!!) I believe it will also precipitate out Calcium which we want. Some people in hardwater areas use bottled water (Tesco Ashbeck is a good option, I believe). There are many ways to skin your cat! I think HCO3 is what is known as ...

Water here in Suffolk is also super hard. For my latest batch I tested using the Salifert kit and it needed more than 1ml of the test reagent to change colour giving me a reading of >300ppm. I used approx. 60ml AMS/CRS for a 30L batch. This is a bit more than the more normal c. 50ml I use (hardness ...

There has also been a series of webinars from Crisps Malt which have all been put on youtube. Some of them have been very interesting (in a beer nerd kind of fashion, but that is what we're all here for

Just seen a set of 3 for sale on FB "Buying & Selling Brewing Items" Group. £90 for 3, but it does say they are missing seals.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1509617019124373

I like the lower line on your glass

My water is at a alkalinity level that I use 1.22ml CRS per litre of liquor to get the alkalinity down low enough for pale beers. I have also won medals at National competitions with my beers - and have made decent Helles with this water (CRS/AMS treated and without treatment, but using acidulated m...

I made a sort of clone of Brakspears Bitter recently that I was pretty pleased with. Based on the recipe in the CAMRA Wheeler and Protz British Beers book, but with a few changes to suit what I had in stock at the time. It's a Southern Bitter, so may not be up your street, but was pretty straightfor...