Jim's Beer Kit

Thanks for the responses. Have decided to sack this idea off, bin all the stuff and look out for a cheap second hand boiler. I reckon that's probably the best idea. I used a Electrim plastic boiler for years, but I never felt as if it was really safe when it was boiling. Stainless steel is so much ...

As said above, very important electrical connections are well protected in brewing gear - there tends to be a lot of liquid splashing about.

Welcome! What your beer needs is a bit of time. I know very well how difficult it is to leave it alone, but that's what you have to do. After a couple of weeks it will be much, much better, and the clouds of yeast will settle down nicely to leave clear beer above it. It's not bad for you per se, but...

Those hops look gorgeous.

Perfect brewdays are rare, but they do happen (I'm told).

I seem to recall David Line described a method involving a hair dryer and a tea chest. Apparently it didn't work too well though.

Knowledge is better than speculation. Ask your water company. I asked the Drinking Water Inspectorate in 2015 and got this answer: chloramines I have a £35 RO filter system for brewing. I live in a very hard water area. I must have missed that post first time round. It shows my water company (North...

Yes, welcome back!

As LeeH says, home brewing is a different world now.

I have dumped half a barrel of beer. :-( I have put the barrel pressured into a tub of water and can see no bubbles. I have the new type taps and see that the tap should not be turned fully off but left at a 3 o'clock position. Anyone else do that? I have filled the barrel with water and pressured ...

Welcome!

I've had a barrel leak from the welded seam. It was below the tap so easy to see (because beer was leaking out), but if it had been near the top I'd probably have spent ages mucking about with o-rings and valve seals before I found the real problem, so as Guy says, get the soapy water and brush out ...

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Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:11 pm

brew done.

in fermenter, 65 litres of Mosaic pale

I like a happy ending!

Should be nice. Are you planning to using finings or let it clear down on its own?

I bet it was a bit of a let-down after planning for a brew, but at least it's a good job done!

Adding sugar does dilute the flavour - this was a fault of the kits that were around when I were a lad, they all specified adding an entire 1kg bag of sugar and were pretty horrible. They used to result in pretty bad hangovers as well. If you add malt extract as Jocky suggests, that will add flavour...

Now that I look at it after a few months, it isn't really clear is it? There was a discussion about it here https://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=17405&p=843593&hilit=wheeler+creator#p843593 at the time, but I'm not sure what the current state of development is - it was still a wo...