Jim's Beer Kit

UPDATE MB.Instead of usin a coopers lager yeast with wot come with the stout i used a gervain ale yeast The airlock has`nt bubbled 30 hours on but wots whipped up looks and sounds very good indeed

I`ll keep an eye open for a plastic one, for now i might getta spare and maybe a spares spare.Either will save me another unnecessary trip into town.

Its gettin better with time MG.As the weeks go by it tastes maltier n slighty sweeter with a nice bitter finish.I read somewhere on ere that fuggles goes well in stouts so tried it.As i`m fairly new to this game i think trying things is wot its all about.I now know a few things that work n a few thi...

Thanx Manngold.I gotta readin 3 hours later and it was where i thought it would be for 20l of stout weighing in at 1.044.

Will do MB.I got into town for a hydrometer and wot i`d drained earlier was readin 1.044.I did 20l of Burton stout about 2 month ago and this started life the same at 1.044.Am suppin that now and its realy good with fuggles so it`ll be intresting how the amarillo is with your recipe.

Thanx Jim,i never pour it back in, wot i meant was will it just be ok for a readin after several hours in the trial jar.I had already poured it into the trial jar b4 i discovered the snapped hydrometer.I`m goin down into Bishop Auckland now for a new one as its stopped raining.

Hello monkeybrew.Av just started fermenting 20l but I`ve spent just over £15.(No sale for me )But as I was about to take a SG readin I found my hydrometer snapped in half.Que Ditch and let the pleasantries commence..............

Hello all.I`ve just set a wilkos stout kit away and when I went for my hydrometer to take a SG reading it was snapped in half.(Ditch if your readin this I know this will please you).Anyway what I want to know is,will the brew in my trial jar be ok for several hours until I can get into town for a ne...

Hello MB.Back on the subject of Brewferm kits I gotta tell yer that I tried a bottle of my xmas abbey mentioned in whose brewin wot for xmas 2014.You told me it was one of those kits that get better with time.Well after doin wot it sed on the tin I couldn't resist so necked one after 6 weeks.It was ...

Hello I use these drops also and I always put them in b4 the brew so I would say that would not cause a problem.

I also have just come across this thread and am gonna try it as i like the look of it(Should suit me as i`m still just messin with kits)I have a burton xmas stout maturing which i tweaked by adding fuggles hops and am gonna sample this weekend at 4 weeks old.

I also use a two handle capper and have no bother with any bottles even wychwoods

I bored a 24mm hole in one of my 25l FVs.I fitted a plastic keg tap with a back nut.Its better than syphonin in my opinion.

Am certain this recipe is on wikepedia.

I thought I`d better do a winter stout as well as the brewferm abbey I bottled a few week ago for xmas.I bottled 16 abbey and thought theres xmas day n boxing day gone.Went to me local brew shop last week gotta a 23l stout kit tweaked by adding fuggles hops n brewed it under 2day at 20l.(expectin it...