Jim's Beer Kit

I would guess that you have under pitched as well, i had the same problem when i started slanting my own yeast, instead of stepping up the yeast i would put a slant in 1 litre of wort for 24 hours, and then i pitched only to get a flavour i could not describe (may be sherry) but it was not there in ...

Thanks, it looks like a delicious recipe. Just to clarify, do you add those two hops after the boil for 15 minutes and 5 minutes, then chill and move to FV?

with 15 and 5 min left to go in the boil

or how about this i call it what yer dad would love to drink it has a very nutty complex taste and its my favorite beer at the moment Ingredients for 25 ltrs Amt Name Type # %/IBU 2.914 kg Maris Otter (Crisp) (4.0 SRM) Grain 1 54.9 % 1.121 kg Lager Malt (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 21.1 % 0.672 kg Caramel/Crys...

well I think I am going try the water calc on here, dial in 0 for everything and point it towards bitter as I have a dark beer to be brewed this weekend and see how it goes, if its good ill stick with it

Sorry, I misunderstood lol I don't think you miss understood I just find it hard to get across what I am saying, I would be lost without things like spell check #-o cant wait for that book, if it is as good as the yeast book it will be amazing even though its taking time to get my head around it, I...

It's just ratios, the ratio of the water-mix compared to how much of that element is in the water. Thanks Wolfy but i can understand that, but what I dont understand is what makes good brewing water for the beers that I brew, so if I was to dilute I would be still none the wiser to what is better, ...

Do you have a water analysis report for the stuff that comes out of the tap - it's a bit hard to say which is 'better' without knowing that. It may be that mixing the tap and RO water gives you a good profile for a large range of beer styles. Yes I do but don't know much on this subject to do a dil...

Thanks for the replies, I have tried the calculators and I do get good beer but I tasted a couple of beers that a friend had made that had been made with just bottled water and the results were so much better than mine.this is why i am now thinking RO, the shop near me will give me as much RO water ...

Here in Oxford we have very hard water but I have an endless supply of RO water, I have dialled the numbers in the beer smith water profile tool as base profile ca 00 mg 00 na 00 so4 00 cl 00 hc03 00 and the target profile as Burton on Trent which gives me additions for 25.5 Gypson 14.1 Epsom salt 1...

thanks for the reply's i will defo give it a go i wonder what kind of taste this will bring only one way to find out

Thanks

this might be a silly question but i normally dry hop my usual brew with EKG but i have run out, i have some target would i be able to dry hop with them instead, would this give me a completely different flavor or is this a hop that you would not dry hop with.

that looks good should be a nice beer

OG 1048 IBUs 40 SRM 9 4.67kg Marris Otter 95% 250g Simpson's Dark Crystal(approx. 70lov.) 20g Target 11%AA at 60m 18g Challenger 7.5%AA at 3m 18g Northdown 8.5%AA at 3m 6g Goldings 4.75%AA at 3m WLP002 there you go London pride the recipe from the directors mouth just brewed it myself and looking go...

The recipe from jamil cybi is spot on, since its given by the brewer on record. The most important thing however is to understand that the brewer's recipe is for a partigyle brew, and london pride itself is a blend between a few different runnings of wort. I believe there is a comment that if you a...

FWIW, I recently did a different version based on one from the byo site - it's tacked onto an interview with the Fullers brewing director and supposedly been "reviewed" by him. No dry hops, and the later hops at 15 rather than 3mins, but similar to your recipe above really. Can't comment on the fin...