Jim's Beer Kit

Hello,
2 Tins of Coopers Stout are Good!
WA

Tesco selling St peters Christmas ale 4 for £5 .7%abv. Youngs double
chocolate stout 4 for £5..
WA

Do you think your mild, with all of the extra hops stays true to the variety? I don`t know, I only bought it because it was cheap, (just right for tweaking), never drunk mild before! I am not like Jilly Goolden yet with all the tasting Faff that those people give, but I am getting there! Smell OK, ...

Only Me..... 500gr Medium Spraymalt 1Kg Brewing Sugar 25gr Simcoe Hops 5 min boil 25gr Galaxy Hops 5 min boil 20 Lt Brew OG @ 21 deg 1052 Day 7 Dry hop 25gr Simcoe and 25gr Galaxy Day 14 FG 1012 80gr sugar batch prime into the leaky barrel. This beer is Bloody Lovely Mun! Looks Good, Tastes Good, Sm...

Hello Orlando,
How was the Brew-Off? Are your students enjoying it? Any pics?
WA

Super Cleaning Blitz of all areas due for next Brew!
Cheers Boys!
WA

:( Always grim. But, now? Just be philosophical. Sanitise ye gear and get another one on 8) This IS the other one. Just going to keg my John Bull IPA this morning, F@kcing Vinegar! Sod this Vinegar shit! Followed all the usual cleaning and sanitising methods but I still get this Sh£t! It smelled OK...

Only me! Hello Everyone, where the hell are you all ? Tazzy? You still brewing ? 7pm tonight made Ditch`s Stout to 18Lts with addition of 1 bottle Golden Syrup. YES It`s not to HIS Stout recipe so I tweaked it a bit, this is MY stout recipe! ( Don`t tell Ditch)! Ooooh Errr and I used a Hydrometer ( ...

Hello Dean,
What does the copper do? Is this an old wives tale or is there something really happening in the brew? Never heard of this before.
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Only been in the keg 5 days but I couldn't resist!! It's so smooth, it makes George Clooney look like a hobo! The sorachi adds a subtle "something" (I can't describe it) under the roasted malt and it's GOOOOOOOD! lol http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/14/2epaja6a.jpg Looks good Dave! You couldn`t find...

Hello Snowbeast, When you recover from your amazing stomach bug, I am up for a challenge! What do you fancy? I will try anything as long as there is no Lager involved! Kits must be readily available, ie no extortionate postage costs involved. Give me a few ideas and I am sure we can organise somethi...

Looking good Orlando!
WA

Game on Snowbeast, Nearly 6 weeks in bottle so here they are..... http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww331/paulhearne/Strawb1amp2001_zps4fc7dcc1.jpg Srawberry Essence. Good hiss on opening, no head, slight bubbles in pint, nice beer but no taste or smell of Strawberries, nice and clear, bottled 28/9...

Wezzel wrote:Just to add my two'pennerth. I wrap loads of PTFE tape around the threads and then only add Vaseline to the washer. Seems to work.

I will use PTFE as well. Just pulled 1/2 pint seems OK so far!
WA

Runwell-Steve wrote:You shouldn't really put Vaseline on the thread, only on the washer.

Awww! Bloody Hell Mun! Here we go again!
5th pint pulled Beautiful! See what happens!
Thanks for all your help!
WA