Jim's Beer Kit

Thanks Dads_Ale I have taken the insulation of the cylinder looks like I can replace the glass and piston if that's whats wrong will take it apart tomorrow

I ave an angram pump CQ type with a check valve which I lent to a friend who says his wive cleaned it for me with boiling water :shock: it will only work now if I prime it with water (or Beer) it will not pump with just air in the tube is this normal i'm sure it would suck air before also now makes ...

Today's Brewday. A robust porter which I have named Galena. Galena is Lead ore which was mined in Allenheads where I live and the recipe uses Galena hops so seemed an appropriate name Recipe 37 liters 9.12 kg maris otter 1.20 kg Wheat Malt, 0.61 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt 0.36 kg Chocolate Malt (886.5 ...

I fired up my HLT at 7:00 this morning and have just put my fermenters to bed its now 23:00 managed to collect 30 liters expected 35 minimum there was 45liters in the boil the collected beer is clear ish. the trub looks normal enough on top but like silt below the only different factors to normal ar...

I have a lot of Black Currants about 6 Kilos left in the freezer and I have made enough Jam to last me till next year just thinking I could use them in a brew, maybe a stout would work but maybe interesting to do a blonde ale which I guess would turn out purple ish or maybe even something Belgian I ...

I am having the same problem today, again a new sack of Crisp malt from the Malt Miller, all was fine till I tried to runoff from the boiler to the fermenting buckets just a trickle to start with then nothing. I have siphoned what I can from the top until I got down to the trub which looks like wall...

This is one of my favourite beers and have searched the internet for a recipe but with no luck. There are quite a few hints on the label to the malts and hops used, EBU etc. does anyone have a recipe or able to help put something together Described as IPA-ish Malts - pils, caramel Bittering hops - c...

Barkeepers freind at the ready JMC out shopping for hammerite for the frame tomorrow I have the stainless bolts to join the 2 bits together. only problem I can see is that the hole from the heating element is bigger than a standard kettle element so will need to think of a solution to that. The stai...

I have managed to acquire a huge double sink 3 meters long for the price of helping a mate to take it out I got it partly installed today must say it was easier to take out than put in. its an old industrial stainless sink from an old school kitchen just needs cleaning up and painting the steel fram...

Tried a 2 year old bottle of this at a friends house last week and it was amazing,
the elderflowers around hear are nearly ready to pick so I will be giving this a try

did you add yeast or just rely on natural yeast?

Our chicken goes nuts for it. She gets it fresh for a couple of days after a brewday then I freeze the rest in small bags. It seems a grain popsicle keeps the boredom at bay, at least if you're a chicken. good idea, I give some to my chickens and bin the rest as it goes off if left wet but will try...

very nice setup, would be interested to see how you have made the chiller, looks interesting

Thanks for all the comments. I just did it as a bit of fun but was quite pleased with the end result.
The brewday was about 4 hours long and the timelapse part of the video is about 500 photographs 30 seconds apart then joined together as a video

Cheers
Paul.

Thought I would do a timelapse video of today's brewday but with camera batteries running out and other distractions I messed up my calculations a lot and ended up with 10 liters short and an IPA of OG 1067, I was going to water it down but just went with what I got it could be great. recipe was sar...

been wanting to do this brew for a while Sara Carter's Bombay IPA 40 Liters 9.52 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter 0.30 kg Vienna Malt 19.00 g Northern Brewer [8.50 %] - Boil 75.0 min 17.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 75.0 min 14.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 75.0 min 17.78 g Northern Brewer [8.50 %]...