Jim's Beer Kit

Who would do such a thing as sneaking the real Ghost Ship into a Brew Club competition?

Draught. Not sure if they use the same version in a bottle.

Norwich Amateur Brewers have a very good relationship with Adnams and in the last few years (Covid permitting) we have had what we call the Adnams Challenge, this years was Broadside. Fergus and Dan have been very generous by telling us the recipe for the Beers we have brewed and allowed us their fr...

I preferred my bottom tap. When I was buying them, a very long time ag, there was talk of top taps occasionally losing the floating dip tube connection. Nightmare if that happened. The only reason was to take beer off as it cleared. Tempting but better to fine and let it condition until it's really ...

How well does it work in hornet traps? :D We are plagued by them in summer :=P Well, you have proper summers, we don't, so I wouldn't know. What's a Hornet? :D It's like a Cornet. only it's tuned to a much higher frequency! Guy Love a Cornet me, can't stand those horrible cone things you get ice cr...

IPA wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:33 pm

How well does it work in hornet traps?
We are plagued by them in summer

Well, you have proper summers, we don't, so I wouldn't know. What's a Hornet?

Interesting thread, didn't know about it. I started in the autumn of last year, as I had a poor year for apples so was not going to have apple juice to drink with breakfast. Plus, I had got very interested in the Zoe studies and their approach to gut health and how important fermented "food" was to ...

After use I drop it into warm water and continue to run some O2 through to "blow" out wort that is lodged in it. On brewday it will go into my usual cleaning solution and end up soaking in Peracetic before use.

Terrific. Your kids are always going to remember that. Daughter maybe not so much.

Talk us through the decision making on why the MT doesn't sit flat. Not seen that before.

barneey wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:06 pm

onetigris ROCUBOID zebra bake.

What is that?

herms bay wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:08 pm

https://imgur.com/a/LOy0qnv

Does this work?

Doesn't appear in line for me. Directed to host site.

Very diplomatic Eric. Not my intention, Orlando. I found some White Labs and Wyeast were not necessarily what was thought. There likely is some provenance in all these packages, but the processes used growing these products can well result in refinement, mutation and unrealised biological change. B...

Eric wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:35 pm

This clearly shows the different levels in a fermentor after racking a beer fermented with a real British top fermenting yeast. I'm not saying that American supposed British yeasts are fake, just that they might not be as we tend to assume.

Very diplomatic Eric.

Top cropped yeast is certainly the freshest and most vigorous you can harvest but you have answered your own question really. Received wisdom is to skim the first yeast bloom that appears, as it often has hop resin attached to it and some trub too. It's the next layer thrown up by the yeast you real...