Jim's Beer Kit

Hello, quick query, sorry if this has been asked before... I had to go and sort something out during brewing and left the wort (completed the spare phase) for about an hour before I started the boil, any issues with this, will it affect the beer? Fist time this has happened to me in the brewing proc...

I find this a nice beer and wouldn’t mind giving it a go... It’s listed malts are Chocolate Rye Malt, Munich Malt, Amber Malt and Rye Ale Malt. would anyone hazard a guess on the ratios or what other malts may be in it?

Cheers

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I got a recent batch of water treatment and protofloc from a supplier with very short best before dates, I would usually get over a year or so, these are June and August 19, and even with 200g/250ml I wouldnt get trough allot to be honest. Technically they are within the dates so no point in mention...

I would like to brew this but down at 4%, sticking to 92/6/2 ratio would this still come similar to the original?

Cheers.

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Hello,

I’ve drifted away from liquid yeast having found very good results with some mainstream brands. I m planning on a kolsch for summer and was wondering if Safale K-97 German ale yeast is good one? Or are there any others I’ve missed?

Thanks.

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Hello... I must admit I was worried about the blocked pump scenario moving from Bulldog to GF but since I use hop baskets I have had no problems and no hop debri goes into the wort. I have two baskets one for pellets and one for leaf.

Hello, I have just moved home and ready to start a brew again! My new property is not on mains drainage/sewage, we have a kleigester and mini treatment plant. So I was after some advice from a beer brewing perspective what I can and can’t put down the drain. I do 20l batches and sometimes use VWP, a...

Hamblton Bard supply them, try taking it apart and cleaning it up first. That worked for me.

Hello, does anyone use hop pellets with a mangrove jacks hop spider? Does the mesh keep it all in? I’ve been using leaf but now started doing dry hopping with pellets, so I want to use just pellets for the boil and dry hopping to make things easier. I wasn’t sure where to post so I have also added o...

Hello, does anyone use hop pellets with a mangrove jacks hop spider? Does the mesh keep it all in? I’ve been using leaf but now started doing dry hopping with pellets, so I want to use just pellets for the boil and dry hopping to make things easier. I wasn’t sure to post on here or on equipment :?: ...

Hello,

Does anyone circulate the the wort whilst boiling on the grainfather? I figure the flow over the heat plate would stop any burning, also you could let the flow back in into to hop spider?

I assume the pump is good for continuous working at 100C?

Really nice brewer and glad I bought one I just see the pump as weak point you dont need playing up when in the middle brewing, and being able to switch out is ideal. I figure your best bet if the pump fails during the brew is to temp transfer the wart, take out the pump and plumb a spare 12v mag pu...

Hello, The pump was ok on the cleaning cycle at 55C and circulated very well with the grainfather cleaner. I did a dry run on hot water to understand how to control the chiller and in the hot water there were allot of bubbles and the pump was struggling to push around the chiller, hence why I was th...

Hello, thank you for the tips and advice, I did a test run on the chiller and it landed at 22. Amazing piece of kit, great efficiency. It will certainly cut down my brew time.

Cheers.

Ok so I might have killed this thread with my suggestion of modifying the pipework? I ran mine for the first time doing the cleaning cycle and can see the pump issue as soon as it gets air bubbles in it, same as this quote. FUBAR wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:47 am I find with mine sometimes you need ...