Jim's Beer Kit

It's a wonderful thread to read. So much info. But, as an amateur home brewer, I think all I need to know is how to reduce my alkalinity and which salts to add on brewday--Graham's calculator helps with this.

But please keep going, PeeBee and Eric.

It's a joy to read your discussion.

Guy

Hodda wrote: ↑

Thu May 11, 2023 8:09 pm

Ok, so my flojet has a kettle type lead that plugs into and gets power from chiller.

Can I chop off the kettle end, fit a plug and then have it controlled independently via inkbird?

Any chance of a couple of photos, please? I'm not quite following what you're asking.

Guy

Hi Hodda

Don't know if this will help, but this is how I do it.

The maxi 110 is on all the time, so there's always an ice bath. The pump comes on as needed, with ice cold water immediately available.

happy to answer any questions you might have.

Guy

Nice looking recipe. Where would you get the Flyer hops from? My guess is any good base malt would do. Thomas Fawcett's as good as any. As PeeBee suggests, you might want to replace the Caramalt. It could give too heavy a taste/feel to the finished beer. But it might be fine. I'm sure the people at ...

I'm assuming you mean a chest freezer. I have one that is 900 wide, 550 deep and 840 tall, and I've added a 200 tall collar to it. It fits 5 slim AEB kegs - 3 on the floor and two on the hump (one is partly on the hump and needs support under it), or instead of the 2nd keg on the hump I can fit in ...

MashBag wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:05 am

All tested according to type and instructions at very least.

The testing was for the effectiveness of the end to end process, not ability to sanitise.

So, what was the point? Water's cheap, fast and easy to use, but not much good at sanitising.

Guy

MashBag wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 12:16 pm

Thoroughly. Hot, cold, soak & cip.

So in what way were the one(s) you tested "very poor"?

Guy

MashBag wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 22, 2023 5:29 pm

All of these purpose built "no rinse" sanitizers seemed very poor when I tested them

Fascinating. How many did you test, and how did you test them?

Guy

Try spraying it with quadruple concentrate Starsan or similar. May do the trick.

Guy

Excellent bit of kit, WA. I use one of these to mix the mash so there's an even temperature throughout.

As to aerating the wort, mine is run from the boiler to the FV in a slow steady flow. This creates lots of froth and seems to aerate it well enough.

Guy

Can we remove any, even the remotest, idea that pH of brewing liquor has influence on mash pH. Yes please!! A fun experiment is to run some water from the tap and measure the pH. Then come back 15 minutes later and do it again, then another 15 minutes etc etc. The pH changes every time, as the wate...

Impossible!

Guy

How's it going with the AMS, MashBag? I am not 'up' on water chemistry. Eric sorted me out. The buttery taste, wasn't the AMS, it was the brewing salts (DWB) addition. I was using too much. That too is now bang on. I adjust my liquor (for hoppy IPA) to 80ppm alk, as per Murphy's guides. Where on ea...

I use and can recommend AMS from maltmiller (it is from Murphy's)... unless there a reason for phosphoric acid? How's it going with the AMS, MashBag? Looking at your posts on the subject from September/October last year you didn't seem too impressed. You noted a 'buttery' and 'mineral' taste in the...

MashBag wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:11 am

Tbh I thought invert sugar was just sugar, water & an ammount of acid. I use citric (1g/1kg/1L off the top)

I also make a jar full of viscous uninverted chocolate syrup for bait from just white granulated.

Good grief. You have time to go fishing?!

Guy