Jim's Beer Kit

What kind of orange extract is it? I tried an orange extract in a stout, but because it was oily it killed the head.

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Turned out great. Lovely orangey flavour. Only negative is that the sediment has gone very loose recently. Needs to be really chilled down and poured very carefully. Not entirely sure it's yeast though. Doesn't seem to have an infection, just this very loose sediment which floats up in the bottle. S...

Sorry. Worked for me. Maybe the sparkler is exaggerating the problem.

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A length of silicon tubing attached to the tap and long enough to reach the bottom of your pint glass can help reduce foaming. Still have to pour fairly gently and keep the tube on the bottom of the glass till poured, but does help in my experience. Not sure if it would work with a sparkler tap thou...

You are only using 30 litres total water, of which approximately 1 litre per kilo of grain will be absorbed by the grist. That leaves 25-26 litres pre-boil, but you are aiming for 25 litres post-boil if you are following Graham Wheeler's 25 litre recipes. The boil will evaporate some of the wort lea...

Brewed this one on Tuesday. OG came out at 1.040, so 1 point up on predicted gravity. Progress hops were from "A Bushel of Hops". Very resiny and fresh. Styrians came from The Homebrew Company and were very fragrant and floral. Brewer's Gold was leftovers from an earlier brew, think they came from t...

Bottled this yesterday. Nice orangey aroma. Gravity still at 1.007 so definitely finished.

Just added 30g Mandarina Bavaria dry hop with 50g of dried bitter orange peel. Took a gravity reading and it's down to 1.007 against a predicted FG of 1.008. Tastes good with a definite hint of orange. Looking forward to this one being ready to drink in a few weeks. Sent from my LG-H870DS using Tapa...

Cheers Jim, The previous brew was fermented with the original mix of Imperial Tartan and Gervin and I am currently working my way through it. The Imperial Tartan yeast was selected because I assumed it was a version of the McEwan's strain such as WLP028 or WY1728 which I have used in the past and fo...

Some more pics. Forgot there was a limit on how many you can post so these should have been first.

Yesterday was a brewday. Haven't posted a brewday for quite a while so thought it was time I did. Nice smooth brewday with no issues. Mashed for 90 minutes (@ 65C) as I had a few things to do, but normally I mash for 60 minutes. First time using Mandarina Bavaria hops so hoping they have a nice oran...

Wow that's expensive malt! By my calculations based on $0.76 to the pound (Google), that's over £100 for a sack of Deer Creek malt! Is that the cheapest malt you can get or is it unusually expensive?

Can you clarify "brown ale" and "old geezer"?
I am partial to many brown coloured ales such as TTL, London Pride, Black Sheep Bitter, but not overly familiar with many Broon Ales other than Newcastle Brown.
Does 54 count as an "old geezer"?

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Just recently bought MInch malt again after a period of using Crisp's Extra Pale Clear Choice malt. The Crisp's is excellent for producing clear beers (no good for NEIPAs),
but the Minch has more flavour in my opinion and slightly better efficiency.

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Can I ask why you are priming in a corny keg? If you are relying on the priming sugar to carb the beer 3 days is not very long. I usually bottle and although I start drinking them after a week they don't taste anywhere near as good as they do after 3 to 4 weeks. Patience is the key.[emoji16] Sent fr...