Jim's Beer Kit

Am still watchin this space mr mad hippy its better than corrie that my mrs watches .I hope the world calms down for yer man.Have yer heard of a beer called samichclaus?Your onto a winner if it turned out like that

+1 for CestrIan's advice. I bought a big bucket from B&Q for about £5 and I sit my FV in that surrounded by water. I use an aquarium heater in it during the colder months and I find it makes a great buffer for high temps too. I have an American wheat beer fermenting in it at the moment; ambient tem...

Well I've returned from a few days visiting family (hence why I was not able to give the brew a lot of love in the meantime) and I think primary is about finished... Not real airlock activity and given the vigorous activity in the first few days I think it's done. Temperatures have been even higher...

Am gonna try that.I luv beef jerky but av only had the small bags from the supermarkets and there bloody expensive!!!!!

hi, I'm 6 days into primary fermentation of my 1st ever brew, I've gone with coopers brewmaster IPA as my 1st beer(which seems to be very popular choice amongst newbies) and I've just added some dry hops(1x12g goldings hop tea/with teabag and 50g east Kent goldings dry hops in muslin bag) to give i...

Just goin back to the brew i did on page 24.Am about to go in the kitchen and do wot i hope is a final tweak on my next batch.Am gonna add some orange zest and hopefully this will give it a greater taste to compliment the finish i think the mollasses give(Creme brulee,sounds sweet but it aint)Also m...

I`ll watch this space !!!

Hello did you mix the 2 `full` tins together,i presume you did cos you added 2 yeast packs!Sounds gud man.

WalesAles wrote:Hello wanus,
Thanks for the info.
WA

Hello again WA.The FG reading b4 i kegged was 1.006.I`m unsure if the OG reading of 1.034 was accurate One website i`ve visited says an OG reading averages 1.040 and a FG 1.010.By your reckoning whats the ABV here then?Cheers

That first pic of a dark beer looks great walesales....i want some wot is it ? :? There is only one Dark Beer! It`s `Ditch`s Stout` of course! =D> =D> :D :D I must say, It does look rather good! WA Cheers am gonna tackle some of that....check adapted kit recipes WA those SG AND FG readings are ther...

As i said this was only my second brew and i did what it said on the tin and took two consecutive FG readings of 1012 but took no SG reading(doh) :mrgreen: I will next time and let you know the ABV.I`ll take your advice on giving it 14 days also(thanx for that)The oakchips i simply added to the bre...

That first pic of a dark beer looks great walesales....i want some wot is it ?

cellone wrote:Top user name wanus

Cheers am pleased you like wanus

Brewbitz wrote:I always use tap water, but, I put slightly more than I am going to need into a bucket 24 hours before I am going to use it, that gives time for chlorine, etc to disipate and it makes so much better wine, beer, lager & cider (if using kits).

I use tap water and will try this on my next brew

As i said this was only my second brew and i did what it said on the tin and took two consecutive FG readings of 1012 but took no SG reading(doh) :mrgreen: I will next time and let you know the ABV.I`ll take your advice on giving it 14 days also(thanx for that)The oakchips i simply added to the brew...