Jim's Beer Kit

Well I’ve just rebrewed this glorious beer again. It was a tough experience as I though I had shifted the flu I have had all week, turns out I was not as well as I thought, I am wrecked now! That said I hit every number bang on and have 23l of glorious black gold in the FV :) Anyone who’s not had a ...

Mods I can’t be the only one getting a little sick of the combative nature of some of the posts recently, it spoils some good discussion......

I’m liking your beer names! Saison de Quirm is especially good. Need to get a CMOT Dibbler reference in somewhere!

That’s a great name [emoji106] Vetinari Pale might be my next inspired by this

No I didn't replace the white piston ring thing. I didn't have a full set of service parts, just some o rings from B and Q. I would change everything for new if I were you (though I'm not sure if I ever got it dismantled far enough to get that white ring off). That white ring is hard to shift and t...

Got to say I hate the rape honey and it’s a pain to deal with but it does seem to be popular with quite a few people, the jars go quick! Variety is the spice of life I guess, personally I love heather honey but that divides opinion as well and also has problems of its own! I’d love to be able to mak...

Brewlab’s yeast talk was good but you couldn’t hear much of it for the crossover with the theatre next door - hopefully they’ll get that sorted next year. I think I spotted you and your dad and remember thinking that looked like a good idea for a day out! Ian We made a long weekend of it, hit some ...

Quite, brewlab and Phil definitely the highlight. Enjoyed the sour beer talks and Des de Moor was entertaining as well.

Somewhat ironic that I’ve travelled to London to agree that BrewLabs were the best bit as I passed them on my journey down

It was disappointing. Opened late, so lots of people standing around in the cold for half an hour. Not many exhibitors. The talks were at one end of the main hall with only one PA and one projector for two events happening at the same time making it difficult to hear the speaker. All in all very am...

It was disappointing. Opened late, so lots of people standing around in the cold for half an hour. Not many exhibitors. The talks were at one end of the main hall with only one PA and one projector for two events happening at the same time making it difficult to hear the speaker. All in all very am...

Pat Chapman, great book the meat Bhuna recipe is lovely and his recipes for curry masala and garam masala are excellent. He used to run The Curry Club, no idea if it is still a thing

dunno, i see that all 31 are fermenting quite well.. only thing is stupid is next time someone goes to tescos and sees cheep cucumbers; then googles "making with cheep cucumbers" the amount that "google" " cucumbers" has been used on this thread , there now is a high chance the googlebot may send t...

Dennis King wrote:I always thought the idea of forums was to debate different ideas not just to get other people to do your work for you. They even have their own search facility to help you look things up. Calling other members stupid is not constructive.

With you there Dennis!

That’s true there certainly are...

It was pretty tricky to get an account when I went recently. They kindly loaded up a couple of hundred kgs into my car for me though, not all for me. Nice people. Not tried the grain yet