Jim's Beer Kit

Here are a couple of Graham's Guinness recipes. All 25 litre brewlength. BYOBRA 3rd edition 2009 GUINNESS EXTRA STOUT Pale malt 3410 gr Flaked barley 975 gr Roasted barley 485 gr Target hops 38 gr ABV 3.8% EBU 45 EBC 203 BCEBAH GUINNESS EXPORT STOUT Pale malt 3900 gr Flaked barley 1050 gr Roasted b...

Thanks for your contribution guys.
I’ve got plenty of thoughts to consider, I’ll sort it one way or another, and learn from my mistakes!

Coincidence this, I’ve just brewed the Graham Wheeler’s recipe for Guinness. I’ve brewed it about 6 times now, a very nice drink, but I have been reducing the roasted barley to make it less pronounced and a little smoother (to my taste!). I think I’ve overdone it, by reducing it by 20%, I’ve lost al...

Hefe yeast give off more clove at the bottom end of their range. Banana at the upper threshold. That’s interesting, the grain kit arrived today, and, doing a bit of reading on the T-58 yeast, Fermentis claim it has a strong fermentation character of phenolic flavours, especially banana, clove and p...

In 2006 (!) I emailed Hop and Grape to ask about sourcing the ingredients to make Leffe, based on a recipe I got somewhere (perhaps here?). Just found my old email. The recipe (including a different yeast) was: >>>>> 5340g Belgian Two-row Pilsner Malt >>>>> 113g Belgian Biscuit Malt >>>>> 113g Belg...

Thanks for the advice Eric, the way I brew (three vessel system) is simple and I can adopt your advice. I always rehydrate dried yeast so will continue so. Ian, I think you’re right with the taste profile thinking about it, the glove taste is well pronounced. Let us know the outcome of your next Lef...

Thanks for prompt reply Eric. Please find recipe below https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/belgian-blonde-leffe-clone/ My expectation is as the bottle version, full bodied, aromatic, drink with care at 7%! Water profile as at a few weeks ago. Alkalinity as CaC03 71 ppm Calcium 40 ppm Chloride as...

Hi guys. I hope to brew the MaltMiller Leffe Blonde grain kit in the near future, always loved the drink out of the bottle, so due to its outstanding reviews have decided to try something a little different from English ales stouts and lagers. As it’s classed as a Belgian Abbey beer, Graham’s water ...

I can’t see you having a problem. I was using starsan which I think is very similar, in a blow off container for my fermentation vessel. At the end of fermentation I force cooled the beer which sucked some back into the bin. Beer was sound! Don’t worry.

What water profile suitable for this? I’m brewing a clone next week. I use Graham’s water treatment for sweet pale ale with the best results, and am doing so at the moment. If you’re using the wyeast 1469 beware of an explosion after a day or so of pitching, as I post, mine is filling the blow off ...

I’ve just been for a 5kg refill of CO2 and after around 16 months the price has almost doubled to £20.00!
Is anyone else finding the price shooting up, or am I being ripped off?

Stumbled upon this: https://brew2bottle.co.uk/products/keg-king-10psi-blue-prv Question is... would it fit a corny keg? Looks like it might. I like to ferment in the keg sometimes and a 10psi pressure relive valve would come in very handy. What's your thoughts? I’m looking at a couple of cornie PRV...

I’ve been using these AccuWeight scales for the same purpose as you wish. They come with a handy cover/bowl, and are accurate. https://www.amazon.co.uk/ACCUWEIGHT-Electronic-Weighting-Multifunctional-Backlight/dp/B075VM7TJH/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=LozoN&pf_rd_p=441f5864-92d0-4067-8946-b0cfd1b58106&p...

I have not used the app but if it follows American home-brew practices it might not be the best approach for UK beers; they are a little scared of minerals. ;) Do you have a water report? Water chemistry can be a complex subject when you dive deep but needn't be scary to get a reasonable handle on ...

Thanks for your help mosquat, information took onboard.
I may have to compromise on the dispense, as it will probably have to go in my keezer where I normally have a couple of English ales in there, I don’t like going below 10c with those.