Jim's Beer Kit

have made this loads of times and its a very good kit ,its amazing how nice it is very bitter and got a lush aroma. The pouches are a right pain to use I tend to slice the yeast and instuction pouch open carefully with out opening the side of the puch which has the wort in,that way you can stand the...

Hello

I have always put the water for the mash in the mash tun at strike heat and never had a problem with gravity.

When you addedd the cold water to bring the temperature down this would have given you a thinner mash this could have allowed a better conversion in the mash .

I tend to sterilize all the time for 24 hours never had to chuck a batch due to infection fingers crossed ive not jinxed myself now. I am bit ocd on cleaning lol.

I use VWP and chuck the cap in to sterilize for 15 min never had any problems witth the cap been doing that since they came out. Maybe just the brass s30 valves may get damaged if exposed to long to the sterilizer.

Chicken Dipper I double dare you lol

You can skim it of if you wish make sure what you use is sterilized first . I tend not to and does not affect the quality of the finished beer, the only time I skim is if the yeast is trying to escape ie blow the lid of the FV

Ive used a whole tin(454g i think) of tate and liles black treacle in 25 litres of stout it is yummy. ive also brewed the same stout but used black strap molasses insted was about 200g but felt it needed more so next brew will use the whole jar.

Columbus hops are a lot more potent than amarillo, to do a comparison on the different methods you would relly have to use the same hops for both.

good god thats longest post i have ever seen lol

Could imagine the malt would take on that oven smell too unless your oven is super clean ours aint lol.

Interested to see how you get on.

Wheat beer with elderberrys ?

I use whole tin of black treacle in my stout bloody lovely, a 454g tin cost under a pound cheap as chips

Mangrove Jacks M07 is really good fermented out a porter I made recently from 1056 down to1012 in 48 hours , it also packs down to bottom of FV like concrete and drops bright in barrel after 5 to 7 days.

Easier to clean of any scale deposits, more sturdy will last a life time and , plastic will weaken eventualy and may fail, better tap etc.

I can twist your arm too lol.

You could lag the pipe from the solar pump.

Hello tried quite a few of these yeast's this one took a while to get going over 12 hours but fermented like a monster once it got going took a while to drop bright.

I think the best one of the range I have used so far is the is the M07 British Ale Yeast made the clearest beer I have ever made.