Jim's Beer Kit

I have fond memories of drinking Higsons in my formative years in Liverpool. Sadly, it was not the same after it moved to Sheffield. I have ingredient information from the Liverpool version from the first edition of Protz's Almanac: Malt: 85.5% Pale malt, 3% Crystal malt, 3.5% Wheat malt, 8% Invert ...

Does anyone have any information on Star hops beyond what is available here? https://essentiallyhops.co.uk/product/hops/bare-root-hop-plants/star/ I planted one of these in my garden last year and it is now growing. I know it is a bit early but I'm wondering what beer I should brew with this when (h...

Just seen this. Thanks for the good comments. For beers with only ingredient information then either 1. that is all I could find, or 2. there is a recipe out there (which will be referenced) that I want to be careful about reproducing because I don't want to infringe copyright. I've been informed th...

BeerBloke wrote:So how about a link the the newer version Les?

Since you asked, the e-book is here: http://www.lulu.com/shop/les-howarth/th ... 00116.html. You can also get it as a paperback from Amazon etc.

Cheers,

Les

I must admit, I've never seen THBRD on any of the CBA sites, even buried away on a non referenced page, but that it not to say that it was in the very dim and distant past. If we are the source of the escape, then I apologise, and will buy a copy asap. :oops: That's OK. I released it at the time so...

Les, what's the score with that book being available on Google Books? Is it legit? Have you given permission? Are you happy to see it there? I haven't given specific permission and I guess that effectively Google Books is like any other book seller so they will have access to the book through the u...

To set the record straight, the 1500ukbeers.doc appears to be a text copy of the database that was the basis of the first edition of the book. I supplied this to the Craft Brewing Association long before I had any thoughts of compiling it into a book and it appears to have "escaped" to the internet....

Aled,

I sensed that you were not only OK about it but actually quite proud! It was liked you'd brewed a beer the judge was scared to taste!

Cheers,

Les

I'm guessing that you want a recipe which has your home grown hops as a significant feature of your brew and, since you won't know their alpha acid content this means hops added at/near the end of the boil. A search of my database indicates that most brewers tend to use Progress mixed with other var...

... & aleds acid beer was like vinegar, ... (The judge even refused to give the acid beer a score) ... Aled was highly amused by that! He said he was going to give the judge a bottle of Rodenbach. :D Although I didn't win anything I was happy that the judges didn't think any of my 3 beers were horr...

Steve, Cobwebs? Essential in any good lambic brewery :lol: I'm not a big fan of lambic beers so I have no intention of ever trying to brew one nor deliberately infect my kit with a wild yeast. :-& My brewery has quite a few spiders and other life forms....which is why I brew under airlock. I don't u...

I've just ordered some of these http://www.petremedies.co.uk/Flea-Control/Home-Environment/Fortefog-P-Fumers/p-123-124-226/ in an attempt to control a serious spider problem I have in my brewing room (garage). According to what I've read about the agent involved it is also effective on some spiders ...

Sodastream may have changed their mind since they are now offering refills of their 35L cylinders on their web site: http://www.sodastream.co.uk/gbretail/category.asp?catalog_name=Sodastream&category_name=cylinders&Page=1 They charge you £12.99 for the full cylinder + courier delivery and will refu...

Crikey Les that's a lot of crystal :shock: Still I'll give it a try......I have gone to 15% crystal in the past with another beer. What about the chocolate - does 1.5% look like enough? Cheers Garry Garry, The amount of chocolate malt looks good. I'd guess it as being from 1 to 1.5%. Cheers, Les

Following Les Howarth's chat on http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=radio this morning it reminded of this old favourite of mine......So I thought I would try to knock up and approximation brew :? Any thoughts? It looks good to me apart from the proportion of crystal malt which I'd suggest y...