Jim's Beer Kit

f00b4r wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:08 pm

As you can see though, it takes 5kg cherries in a 20L batch!

250g/l is nothing, some krieks can go up to 400g/l - but they are using the traditional Schaarbeekse variety of morello which isn't much good for anything else as it has a big pip and so not much flesh.

I happened to come across this recipe from Crisp and thought of you, with Admiral, BX and Endeavour....

https://crispmalt.com/recipes/homebrew-best-bitter/

Entries (300) are open for the CAMRA homebrew competition at Olympia this year, as before the prize is to have a gyle brewed by Brewhouse & Kitchen in Worthing although I imagine they're hoping that this year they get something more commercial than a 16% stout that had been aged for 5 years!!! https...

doing a bit of reading on the T-58 yeast, Fermentis claim it has a strong fermentation character of phenolic flavours, especially banana, clove and peppery notes. May be wise to ferment towards the lower end to enhance clove notes. T-58 certainly isn't known for being particularly clovey, it's more...

Malts: Chevallier/Maris Otter [enough to get the ABV to about 4-4.5%] Crystal Malt 150EBC [~13-14g/ finished volume litre; ~300g in 23L batch] Hops: Bittering addition @ 30 mins* [High AA English; Admiral/Challenger, enough to raise the total IBU to about 30-35] Flavour addition @ 10 mins [~10g/l o...

I've just come across this - on the basis of a fairly crude genetic fingerprint, these guys reckon Star is a Fuggle clone (or at least a very close cousin) :
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/artic ... ne.0257746

I'm wondering what beer I should brew with this when (hopefully) I get some hops off it later this year... Treat it like any other Continental hop - Tettnang, Hersbrucker, Savjisnki etc - so any kind of Continental style, but it would be logical for it to be something Belgian and a bit old-fashione...

Why is 26% considered a spirit. Is that the definitive number therefore 25% is not? I thought spirits were 40% I was just using an arbitrary number to give a flavour of the arguments, that was low enough to be plausible but high enough to keep clear of the 14-25% range where it gets complicated wit...

I get that the kits are "brewing" I get that actually distilling is illegal. Is the act of freezing illegal? In the UK, it's illegal to "manufacture spirits" without a licence by any means, distillation or otherwise under section 25 of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 : https://www.legislation....

Not sure if Wilkos is winding down but they have had no Wilkos Gervin for several months now 😕 Wilko stock control has been a disaster for a year or two - one suspects they have no working capital for inventory - and it's always a bit of a miracle that they survive past each quarter day. I can't im...

Looks like the taxman has claimed the George Wright brewery in St Helens, so if anyone can make it along there next week, they might pick up a bargain - aside from the main 25bbl brewery there's various bits and pieces that might be relevant here - chillers, handpulls etc : https://www.wilsonsauctio...

I assume they are still 'usuable' being in tins but will obviously need new yeast. Actually the yeast is probably still in reasonable nick - dry yeast goes off pretty slowly, it has a half-life of up to a decade. Personally I'd be far more worried about 5-year-old liquid extract. But to answer the ...

Dried orange varies a lot so you need to tailor the amounts to the precise version you use - it's discussed a fair bit in this thread about cloning Blue Moon with contributions from a Coors brewer, albeit using orange that's available across the pond : https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/blue-moon-...

The others will catch up - Malt Miller were always on the more expensive side anyway, but I imagine the real factor is that they get through so much of it that their retail prices reflect wholesale prices a month ago, whereas others will have bought their stock several months ago before the price ri...

Some huge approximations here, but let's assume I'm saving about £4 a pint compared to pub prices. Saving lots more compared to prices up in London! Except most of what you pay for in a pub - isn't the beer. It's paying for the real estate, heating, insurance, someone to serve it, someone to clean ...