Jim's Beer Kit

Thanks for all your thoughts. I did suspect my pH meter first, as I've had it a while now. So I bought a new sensor. Same readings. Everyone in my area gets their water from the same place, the Ladybower/Derwent dams complex. (That water is sent all the way down the valley as far as Derby and Nottin...

I’ve been having a bit of trouble hitting the optimum mash pH consistently lately and would appreciate any advice or ideas. I’ve been brewing for years, once I’d started with water treatment I used John Palmer’s water calculator, but about 9-12 months ago I changed to Bru’n Water. When I first start...

Probably improved processes, better quality ingredients and better (IE some) quality control. I don't think a brewery would let a new brewer bring in his own yeast and start using it in their existing brews.

When you say "30 minutes drive", I'd suggest you don't drive. Can you get someone to drive you?! When I was last there in November, the visitor centre had 10 different draught beers on. I think you'd really want to try several :) I did. It's like a mini beer festival. The food is pretty good and rea...

As regards the StA yeast this is my understanding: As someone else has said, it is their 'own' yeast. I read somewhere it was sourced, a very long time ago, from a Dorset brewery (maybe). Somewhere in that area, anyway. But I'm talking decades ago, so it will have evolved by now. I have read someone...