Jim's Beer Kit

Fil, I also found out the hard way with the burrs, it was worse on the 45 degree holes, I plan to have a valve inline but does anybody's know if you can get a circular shape from supplying from one end (usually my tests have been Christmas tree shaped). I assumed that if you had progressively bigger...

Trial and error an lots of it. I've gone through 3m of plastic 15mm pipe testing and hoped someone would have the key. I will be using a pump.

Hi team, Im looking for the best way to make a fixed sparge arm with 1/2" tube 300mm long. It will be fixed to the top of a circular pot and also used as a handle. What would be the best orientation and size of holes to get the best coverage at 3L per minute. Tried using paint which is not good but ...

Seems that shower pumps are cheaper than sub pumps on the bay, plot2pot have you any more detail?

Nice one! This is a manual cleaning station used in the soft drinks Industry, they can use harmfull chemicals in these, make sure you clean thoroughly, you don't want a jiffy belly.

Cheers barn, it's got me thinking, hopefully all the members who have crusaders kegs will be thinking about or have built a washer. I think an all for one approach is needed. If anyone has pics on a homemade keg washer it would be appreciated.

Hi, I'm hoping to build a keg washer for the two 50l kegs i bought from crusader recently. Can anyone recommend a good cheap pump which could handle cip temperatures and create the needed pressure through a 1" pipe with holes drilled. Cheers.

4 x 19L but mrs needs a cider tap soon, so another two me thinks

Hi, After knocking out brew after brew, I plan to upgrade to a rims setup, sourcing cartridge elements is a tricky business as im finding out. I can get hold of 5/8"diameter x 12"long stainless steel standard density unit. It is 240v, 1200w, 53w per inch squared. If i put this in a 28mm copper tube ...

Garth, you are correct. both values are EBC not L. One says dark crystal malt the other says Crystal Malt. Both from barely bottom. Oh and the thinkin behind it.....none it was beer induced and i wanted to get rid of it off my shelf. Im getting confused using beersmith descriptions. So i have 1kg of...

Im thinking of doing this, im a bit nervous of using the 240L crystal. Any thoughts? Black Sh@t recipe 5kg MO 1kg Crystal 120L 0.5kg Crystal 240L mash 90 mins boil 90 mins 35g bobek @ 90mins 41g fuggles @ 90mins 20g bobek @ 15mins s04 to do the business. colour - 33.3 og - 1063, fg - 1016 6.05% ABV ...

HEADS UP!!! I've just ordered GW's book from WHsmiths, and just had the reply that the book is being reprinted at the moment. They didnt give a time scale.

I'll get the book, its my birthday soon!!!! thanks

Tap on the MT! Then looking over the top and getting boiling water on my jeans, looked like i pissed myself.

Any chance to post the recipe, sounds like a dark mild. cheers!