Jim's Beer Kit

hi jonesy i have had 1 in keg for a couple of weeks its tasting fine needs a couple more weeks yet

hi wales my problem is i get saturday to do what i want i have spent the last two years brewing ag 6hr plus so now mi day is fishing ; the ag beer is far better than kit beers but it is all down to time not knoking kits but i can get one on before swimbo gets out of bed sunday :wink: every one is a ...

hi all been ag brewing for a couple of years now but just back with mi first love fishing :) over the past five weeks i have brewed . brewferm - kriek [one of my favorites :wink: ] brewferm - pils brewferm- framboos brewpaks-fixby gold muntons - directors festival - summer glory i am tempted with th...

hi matt better be safe than sorry use a fine mesh bag for the pellets i use bags all the time saves a lot of mess as well , i was a great beliver in leaf but converted to pellet its a lot less fuss

let us know how this 1 turns out magnum is a great hop for bittering did a brew with magnum and citra late it was very nice you should get a nice flavour from the amarillo

hi sbond dont bother with brewing calculators now if making a american apa or ipa once you have got used to your base malt figures you can just play about with american hops i think american beers are pretty forgiving some more bitter than others or fruity dont often brew a bad 1 get stuck in there ...

dont know what hops you have sbond but if you start with 20g magnum then split your amarillo 50/50 with cascade for the other additions i think you will get a better beer but that is my opinian brewed something simular it was great will be nice however

here is a belter [green monkey ] my own recipie 19 l

grain bill
3.500 kg maris
500g caramalt

hop bill
simcoe 20g 60m
simcoe 20g 30m
simcoe 20g 20m
simcoe 20g 10m
simcoe 20g vics secret 20g either cooldown or dry hop [dry hop for me ]

american yeast of your choice
enjoy

graham wheelers book is the bible of british ales [recomend the salem porter ]

hi anarvin hows about swapping the 10min magnum for citra it will give you more fruity flavour and aroma

few delays on job health and safety going down next week or week after will bottle you some belgian blonde should be ok for xmas

thanks barley will up the temp in a couple more days see how it comes out [got real good esters coming from the fementor hope it turns out good ]

1 bag or 2 bags cant see anything wrong with that it is still mashing the same a little more fluid absorbed by second bag but your boiler is big enough wouldnt worry about it
crack on mate happy brewing

hi all just made a belgian blonde with picking ideas off the forum :) 21 l brew 5kg german pilsner malt 500g dark candi crystals 12g northern brewer 60m 40g styrian 30m 30g styrian 10m yeast mangrove jacks belgian m27 fermenting at 28 degrees [would it harm to put the temp up a couple more degrees ]...

few drops of engine oil or hydrolic fluid could make w/a a tasty brew