Jim's Beer Kit

so how come you need to unplug - doesn't the controller turn on the heater when it's needed and therefore turn off the cooling? and vice versa or if you leave both in are they in constant battle i.e heater on but low and fridge on max trying to cool it down to required temp Most of the time the roo...

I'm using what you're wanting to build: IMG_20200406_103520.jpg One power supply in Cool to the fridge from the socket on the top Heat to the tube heater from the trailing socket out of the rear - shown unplugged 'cos it's now warmed up Wired internally with 15 Amp terminal block , just snip off a s...

I was in Wells yesterday as I thought it would be the last chance before lock down. Popped into Morrisons, filled the bike - petrol was 107.9p, the car park was half empty. They were very well stocked apart from no flour and yeast i.e. huge stacks of bread in plastic bags, huge stacks of basics toil...

I'm in a very hard water area. I have a £35 reverse osmosis filter and prep RO water the day before. Typically I'll mix 10% tap 90% RO, no other additions apart from gypsum of calcium chloride in the mash. Works well for the paler beers I tend to brew. My water supply doesn't vary much and dilution ...

You don't have room in the house to ferment? A plastic 25L bucket takes up very little space. Surely you can fit one in for the time it takes to ferment? I was thinking that. I've fermented in a variety of storage containers from Wilko's as they have food-safe markings. They sell 28 & 32 ltr underb...

Looks great. It's images like this that sometimes make me wish I wasn't a bodger. For the moment, I'll stick to my built-from-scrap stir plate - phone charger connected by bent paper clips to a computer fan with a magnet from an old hard drive stuck on it. Tell a lie, I did spend £4.16 on a Zalman f...

Jocky wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:40 am

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I've used that too. Buy the antiseptic solution not the surgical scrub.

+1 for bleach. You do have to rinse it away with tap water but remember kit-brewers top up their kits with litres of tap water, so nothing to worry about. I store my no-chill cube filled with bleach solution. My go-to sanitizer is Starsan mixing just a few ml in a litre, but you need the right tap w...

Old/lots of scratches? Time to get five for £24 delivered. Cleaning gets the dirt out so that sterilization can work. Sterilization will work eventually but the more/deeper the scratches the more time you'd need to soak them so not worth it really IMHO. Treated carefully, mine have lasted years. Thi...

Not sure what if any consumer rights apply if buying from liquidators - e.g. if liquidator takes descriptions from company directors and you get an item not as described e.g. heavily scratched FV? That's the sort of thing I had in mind.

Saw this on Bristol Brewers, passing on to "the wider community"

Don't know anything about Ubrew but found a Ubrew on Trip Advisor, hmm, exercise caution if taking a punt.

Funnily enough I noticed B&M's when I was in there yesterday. It says "nothing added" and is £2/Kg. It is pharmaceutical grade.

Jim wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:38 pm

That boiler must be infected with flounce-itis.

Each time I brewed with it, I had a strong urge to edit all my posts to a poo smiley, but since there wasn't one, my content remained intact.

LeeH wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:27 pm

I’m confused how trunky got involved in this scandal...

When people leave, most just leave. A few ask a moderator to delete their content.

AFAIK, he was the only other member to remove his content by replacing each post with a single character (a smiley). That was around 700 posts!

Are you saying hedgerow pete and trunky are the same person? Nope, Trunky's Bristol-based and Hedgerow Pete came and collected my boiler last week. Just a spooky coincidence. :-k EDIT: Are you all freaked out yet? Forgot to mention, the boiler hedgerow pete collected ... I bought from trunky. Are y...