Jim's Beer Kit

Hi Hanglow, where in the country are you? Was thinking abut a Mittelfruh or a Hersbruker myself for next year.

I still thoroughly enjoy a bottle of Pedigree, so I hope its the primary strain.

guypettigrew wrote:And they work faster-no matter which design-if you stir the wort while the cold water is running through the coil.

Guy

Would that also be the case if you have a recirc pump running?

When I worked at Findus in Longbenton, we pumped sauces through 316 that would have had a higher levels of salt than that and never had a problem.

I'd have thought the keg walls would be fine, but I'd be extra vigilant in checking the fittings; they might not all be the same grade.

I've collected bags and bags of blackberries and elderberries from Holywell dene through to Seaton Sluice. Also had bagfuls of sloes from the around the outskirts of Ebchester.

It's just Malt Miller's own brand StarSan. You will still need to clean the bottles, but you use this for sanitising them. I don't have a bottle tree either, but I use it in one of those pumpy bottle washer things, shake the dregs out and bottle. As everyone states... DON'T FEAR THE FOAM.!

Cool, sorry I didn't notice these replies. As for venue... There's The New Continental that always has a good selection of bottled beers and draught stuff (cask and keg), but it is a bit out of the way at the far end of Miller Park. There's a new place called The Guild Ale House up by the bus statio...

I'm thinking of scaling up a touch so I can do 15l batches of the stuff I've already made and really like, but I'm also thinking of going back-over and making some demijohn size batches so I can try out bigger hop hits and higher IBU brews. I reckon I could do a 5l full volume BIAB now in about 2 h...

I'm thinking of scaling up a touch so I can do 15l batches of the stuff I've already made and really like, but I'm also thinking of going back-over and making some demijohn size batches so I can try out bigger hop hits and higher IBU brews. I reckon I could do a 5l full volume BIAB now in about 2 hr...

HisDudeness wrote:That brown ale recipe is going to have to go on my brew to do list!

Honestly Dude, it's fantastic. If I had one left I would have sent you one..!!

Clibit wrote:Cool! You're like a duck to water.

Hahaha, steady on there tiger.! I do bloody enjoy it though.

Cheers Clibit. I've actually changed the ratios a little bit so the Ahtanum doesn't get lost. Using it at about 2:1 with the Mosaic and will probably dry-hop with about 20g of the Ahtanum as well. I want this to be the main hop in this brew, but still with some complexity to it. It's about on target...

Ok, so there seems to be about 7 of us on here, theres another guy on another forum who is also interested, plus there may be a couple of people who are part of a Facebook group who might also be interested. If we were to arrange a meet up in a pub somewhere that is ok with us swapping a few bottles...

OK gents, looking at doing this in the next couple of weeks and want a bit of opinion on it. Do you reckon ahtanum and mosaic will go together ok or will the mosaic drown the ahtanum a bit? Also, thinking of adding a third hop into the mix... maybe some nelson sauvin, but wasn't sure if that would g...

stevej383 wrote:
Only bloody 3

7 now