Jim's Beer Kit

I have a 3 year old batch of Brewferm Grandcru which is really nice.

The reason for it longevity it seems to me is is not only was it 9% but it was stored (lost/forgot) in a cool and dark garage were it never saw any light or extremes of temperatures.

Hi Are your % you over all efficiency, I ever only hit 75%, but I do use precrushed ? Cheers Danny The numbers are based on the BeerSmith mash efficiencys I'm not sure what they are it's just the OG of the volume in the fermenter. Like you when I started I got 75ish but I believe GF and BMs like a ...

Is that a Bulldog mill? If so I might adjust in a smidgen.

I quite like Stone's Arrogant Bast@rd and the in laws think its funny to buy me a few bottles of it on my birthday (jokes on them) so was thinking of making a clone when I came across a quote from a while back by a regular poster on this site. Those recipes all sound like delicious beer, but you wan...

I am planning an American wheat with El Dorado hops and US-05 and one of the ideas I have been playng with is to ferment at a low temp (16c) as it is supposed to give out peachy notes at the lower temps.

20160322_174429.jpg Here it is after a week on a slow carb (hence the lack of head) and it is lovely :D . This is what I am aiming for with my homebrewing a pint that I would be happy to get in the pub and drink again, think this will be a base beer for me. The beer it self has a nice fruity bitter...

I have one query before I brew – none of these recipes include torrefied wheat. I want to avoid any issues with head retention, so should I include some ratio of torrefied wheat? I know this doesn't answer your question but there was a discussion/opinion about the use of torrified wheat in a recipe...

I work on a ship, 6 weeks on 6 weeks off, so all my brews are done in the last week at home, left in my fermenter fridge while I'm away and kegged/bottled sometime during the first week home. I don't use any air locks just a loose fitted lid and now on my 5th AG brew with no issues. Better hope I ha...

This is the reason I love this forum so much.

Brewed the recipe today but upped the torrified wheat to 400g as thats what I had in stock. Was a bit chilly so I gave the Grainfather a coat.

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seymour wrote:Looks great. I personally prefer more like 10-14% Torrified Wheat, S-04 yeast will churn right through it, but what you have will be delicious too.

Any chance of expanding on your preferences. I only add 100g based on the first ever AG recipe I did which was a clone.

The tweaks sound great, but I wouldn't abandon the Amber Malt entirely. 3% of the grainbill in any English ale is divine, trust me. In your case, you could replace 120g of the Pale Malt. Mmmmm, classic. Haven't gotten round to it yet, fecking flu, so I'm now looking at a grain bill of 3.38 kg Pale ...

I cool to 80c, and add. I only do that to try avoid adding additional bitterness. That was my understanding that at 80c you get the hop flavour without further bitterness hence the higher IBU readings in the http://www.port66.co.uk/whirlpool-hopping-80c-vs-100c/ article. Something about different i...

Thanks all. Munich it is then.

After making and tucking away my 2016 Xmas ale I have some hops and malt left over, mainly Pale Malt, 250g Amber malt, 500g Munich. I also have 50g each of Fuggle and East Kent Goldings so I thought a nice simple English pale ale. Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name 3.50 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Th...

Just think of a freezer as a more effective/efficient fridge, you use a third party temperature controller usually but not always a STC 1000, to control the freezer which switches on and off the power to it to maintain the set temperature.