Jim's Beer Kit

I'm wondering if anyone here can recommend a good pie recipe. Criteria: -Hand held (no utensils) -Freezable -Able to reheat in a toaster oven. I'm looking to make a big batch and then fetch and thaw when necessary. Don't want to buy a box of mass produced bunk at the big box store. I know there are ...

Amarillo hops!

Love it!

Not sure if he'll ship to the UK, but this guy sells a "Pliny Pack" packaged by addition time. A US forum (homebrewtalk) has good things to say about it.

Farmhousebrewingsupply.com

Garrett Oliver, head brewer of Brooklyn brewing, has written an book about food and beer pairing. He also give talks on the subject (not that that helps here) regarding the vast amounts of options available with beer that you can't get with wine.

First cider I ever made was from a French kit consisting of dry fruit that I rehydrated. Unlike the national team, this was fabulous.
They discontinued it over here so I've never had it again.

Waiting for the label...

Malt syrup added by the brewer for homebrew purposes? Maybe he has greater efficiencies or a unique process that as a homebrewer we could only replicate by adding malt.
Just a stab...

Here's something I did a while back: Batch Size: 19.87 L Boil Size: 25.32 L Estimated OG: 1.049 SG Estimated Color: 3.9 SRM Estimated IBU: 31.7 IBU Ingredients: ------------ Amount Item Type % or IBU 4.31 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK - Perle (1.8 SRM) Grain 95.00 % 0.23 kg Wheat Malt, Dark (9.0 SRM) Grai...

If I may chime in on behalf of Centennial. It is a wonderful hop and goes quite well with a malt backbone.
Use it late for a fantastic aroma. Much better than Cascade in my opinion.

64.5C mash
Doesn't that seem low?

The only comments I have are when you say "dribble 7 to 8L water over the grains". Just dump, stir, wait and drain. Don't dribble unless you're drinking while sparging.

Steve,
Here's a good link: http://www.donosborn.com/homebrew/stir_plate.htm

My stir plate is just the guts, no container at all except for a plastic tub to hold everything. Works great!

I'm growing Glacier hops and had enough for a batch last year. Very nice hop. Hope it tastes great!

Make sure you treat the top of the bench with something. Looks like pressboard or mdf which will bulge if liquid is left on it.
Not that I've any experience or anything...