Jim's Beer Kit

I read something not too long ago about using a Coopers Dark Ale kit with a 1.5kg can of Coopers Dark LME as the extra fermentables. I think it may have had a small hop addition also, but can't remember where I saw it. It was supposed to be quite Hobgoblin ruby ish. If I can re-find it, I'll post it...

Loaf, Get another RIS on to keep for Christmas. :D Keep a few bottles of this for Christmas. Every month from now, You, FIL and BIL drink one bottle each per month. Each of you make tasting notes as each month progresses, should be interesting! :D Did the fermenter have a vigorous spew over? WA Tel...

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Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:36 am

I do love a RIS but it’s the planning that far ahead that usually hamstrings me.

That's always been the issue I face too, but I decided to go for it.. really glad I did as it's very drinkable, so I'm gonna make another one very shortly..

The priming sugar used is twice as much as I would use. Two grammes a litre should be plenty. So far so good. It suits my taste at the moment, but I'll know more as the months pass. I do like a head on a RIS, so didn't want to go too low. First RIS I've done, so a bit of a learning curve at present.

Hi all, I thought I'd share a little concoction I've made. For many years now, I've been intending to make a RIS. Well, back in February I finally did just that. This is the ingredients and method that I used. I decided to keep it very simple, and started with the following ingredients: 1 x Coopers ...

I would think you are in for a treat there. Only been 8 days or so in the bottle hasn't it? Unless it's been somewhere warm, I would guess the secondary isn't finished, which is why it's sweet. I think we ought to have an update next week too. 😁😁 It's been a bit more than a week, apologies, but a q...

I tried a bottle of the Wherry last night. Wow, it's sweet and malty. It's very dark in colour, almost like a stout, but I have no idea why. It tastes reminiscent of McEwans Champion.. which is a good thing in my book as I like that stuff. Overall, I think it is around the 6.5% mark and I look forwa...

Ps. Wherry taking a bit long.... I should have said "buy it a fresh sachet of yeast" thought about it but never typed it. It will be fine. I decided to bottle the Wherry just a few hours ago, but I've put it in those 500ml carbonated water bottles (such a waste to just throw them away!) as the lids...

I have to say I agree with you about that. We enjoy a drink and making all of it saves us a couple of quid. Fair play, it does make a of of sense, certainly if you can keep it up for the long term. I guess, on average, I probably have around 4 x 500ml ales a day, so around 28 a week. The missus, pr...

Well, I've been isolating this week after testing positive for Covid on Monday morning just before work. So I've had to be a prisoner in my own home. Luckily, I can do a fair bit of my job from home, so that's kept me a bit occupied. But I also put together an online home brew order and had it deliv...

Hmmm, 11 days now and there is still activity in the airlock. It is down around 1018 now though, so I imagine it will reach the end soon. Not much aroma to it, which I will take as a positive, as in no infection or similar. If it goes down to 1010 or so, it will be pushing close to 7% once I factor ...

I wouldn't worry too much about the BBE dates, like most food stuff its only a before before date, good choice on getting some new yeast though. Fingers crossed everything goes according to plan for you :) Well it's bubbling away happily to itself. I can't wait to be drinking some in a few months t...

Cheers Jim, it's good to be back.

Next up will be a stout which I'll start in a couple of weeks, once I've bottled the wherry up.

Hey fellow brewers, I hope everyone is well. Looking a bit quiet on here nowadays, I hope people are still lurking! I have just set up my first brew for over four years, and it feels great to be back. I moved house a few years back and all my equipment got thrown up in the loft and forgotten about u...

How is this brew going? Must be getting toward the end of fermentation by now.. sounds like an interesting experiment.