Jim's Beer Kit

Trying to get my bar taps sorted they take 5/16th 8mm OD pipe I only have a couple of meters of pipe and with the pressure down about as far as it will go 4-5 psi getting quite a bit of foam. what length of 5/16th pipe do I need ? http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t526/fordpopular1/tap1_zpsvmlrbbj...

now its cooled I have broken it up and bagged it.. from 1 Kg of sugar I have ended up with almost 1Kg of candi sugar not bad just got the cleaning up to do now

Just made some Candi Sugar for my next brew.. a belgian possibly Westmalle Tripel like quite surprised how easy it is to make, watched a video on Youtube ( there are quite a few) dug out the old Jam pot and thermometer, I knew it would be useful one day 1kg of Sugar (Tate and Lyle) enough water to b...

Hogarth wrote:Nice set up, Fordpopular. I like the look of the building it's in too. Is it an old farm outhouse or something?

yep an old barn next to the house its a bit dilapidated but Im working on it

Tried a black IPA today using up some odd hops keeping the cascade and amarillo till the end will be dry hopped with whats left of the cascade Style: Imperial IPA TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 41.89 l Post Boil Volume: 39.52 l Batch Size (fermenter): 36....

Hi Ford, it's looking good to me maybe a blind tasting with a bottle of the real McEwans No 1 Champion and see how yours compares ? I for one will be interested to see how it compares to the original ?? Cheers DC Did a blind taste tonight, I thought it would be easy but found it very difficult to t...

Our HLT at work is fed from a CLT so by the time it is used to brew it will have been standing for at least a day

Aleman wrote:Where the hell can you buy TSP in the UK?

on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trisodium-Pho ... XQdGJRzJY6

from ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Set-of-10-Rep ... Sw~gRVwDE-

search for cornelius feet

Just been and picked up a 6Kg bottle of Co2 from Dixons of westerhope price was £60 deposit and £24.90 for the gas just bring the bottle back next time and pay for the gas there are probably cheaper places out there but they are the nearest to me, very helpful and even carried the bottle to my car f...

Bottled this today smells great and a sly taste says its going to be good, not sure how close to the original but full of promise out of the fermenter http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t526/fordpopular1/b1_zpsctlbrehu.jpg and into the bottling bucket http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t526/fordpo...

good info from Kyle_T on cleaning we use hot caustic wash but a lot of our casks have been left outside pubs for a while and often get full of fly eggs homebrewers shouldn't have this problem if washed soon after use ..one useful tool is a shive hammer http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t526/fordpo...

so do you still use finings ..protoflock, whirlflock etc.

thinking about investing in a plate chiller, ..been using an immersion chiller and cooling in the boiler where all the cold break stuff stays when I transfer to the FV
how does this work with a plate chiller, surely all the break material ends up in the FV ?

I used to use brewmate and it was very good I now use Beersmith which took a bit of getting used to at first but once you have your equipment profile sorted its very good there is quite a good database of recipes on the beersmith website which you can scale to your equipment. it also has a timer whi...