Jim's Beer Kit

The US has been attempting to move towards the Metric system since President Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 :shock: Today after all that time most Americans can now identify a half litre of Coke :mrgreen: Cheers We stand alone with Burma and Liberia as the only countries who haven't ...

He is on a book signing tour with some beer being brewed for the event at some locations:
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2014 ... -date.html

I'm going to the Philly event at Yards
I see 6470zzy is in Cape Cod, not that far from Boston

I was thinking it was a different Andy Hamilton


edit: just found this animated clip http://vimeo.com/18548787

I'm tempted to buy a stainless pin, but Thanksgiving is the only time it would get used and I can't justify it for once a year. I can't drink that much on my own

Brew Like a Monk by Stan Hieronymus is very good. Giving many percentages and various suggestions for brewing as well as the history and practices of breweries. Stan has written other books that I have not read but others here found very informative.

I use a Jack Schmidling Mill, adjustable on one side without gearing. Schmidling's was the only roller mill on the market when I bought it around 1997 and I love it. All of the mills above look great, but the Mashmaster mill is probably the best one because of the stainless rollers if you wish to co...

One advantage to glass (and I imagine Better bottles but I have never used one) is that they are easily made air tight so CO2 can be used to push the beer out; it's the easiest way to start a siphon. I only get the flow started then disconnect and let gravity take over but some people keep the gas c...

I only use glass carboys and what's funny is that Better Bottles made from PET are becoming more popular than glass because they are much lighter and unbreakable, and cheaper since glass carboys are no longer made in Mexico (all imported from Italy now). I have (thankfully [-o< ) never broken one of...

http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=36494 Hopefully Jim's directions on posting pictures are clear. But whatever works. I wish I had enough sun to grow tomatoes and hops. Our tiny backyard is covered by a big tree, which is nice actually, but we can only grow ferns. Which are al...

Well, if its any use I thought I might post some pics of the malting process as I have just started some yesterday. I hope I can post the pics ok as its been 2 years since I really used the PC much (I ain't old, just got fed up of slaving my guts out over PC's.) So, let me try. First up is a pic of...

The hop back filter is very nice but I have to admit for a lot of it I don't even know what I'm looking at :oops: I really like the metal ruler for measuring the level, I never thought of that, instead I put notches in my wooden brew spoon which is pretty crude. I'll be adding one to my shopping lis...

I'b dot clever like that.

A quick search found this experiment culturing the yeast from the can: http://www.bear-flavored.com/2012/09/culturing-conan-aka-alchemists-heady.html Joe Bair of Princeton Homebrew sells the ECY strains through the mail is my LHBS. I've only used the Newark Ale and it flocculates tremendously as des...

Coincidentally I just read about this very topic by Michael Jackson, Beer Hunter, the other day:
http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000149.html

I've been using Beer Alchemy for years and really like it. I will be trying Beersmith when brewing season starts again for me.