Jim's Beer Kit

Apart from the boil over a successful brewday! Nice photos. The good thing about this recipe is you will experience what EKG taste like, owing to the fact that this is the only hop used in this recipe. It will be good to know how this turns out. Hi Oli, Yes, it was a good brew day. Pics were taken ...

Hi Dave,
I did consider doing that, but if memory serves me correctly, the XB was lighter in colour than the XXX. So I figured I would drop the roasted barley for this brew. It's all experimental at this stage though.

Cheers,
Charliemartin

Latest brew was on Friday past. An attempt at a sort of clone. :? Following on from my Devanha XXX attempt, this was an attempt to recreate a beer called Devanha XB. This was another eighties beer from the local (defunct) Devanha Brewery. It was a lighter beer, probably akin to a 70/-. Unlike the XX...

I bought one too and have tried everything to get it to spin. I read that taping up some of the holes works, but it didn't make any difference to mine. Moved to batch sparging which works fine for me. Involves a bit more hands on than fly sparging, but since my spinner didn't spin anyway I had to be...

I'm sure it will. I will wait a bit before opening any more, the carbonation will improve, but it was perfectly acceptable already. I'm wondering of the Citra aroma will dissipate quickly - do I drink this beer young, or let it condition a while? I am afraid I am no expert on this, but I have done ...

Hi Clibit, That's good to know that it had carbonated after two weeks. I don't have a fridge to crash cool, but I put the FV out to my shed for several days to get the yeast to drop out as there were quite a few "floaters" in it. Seemed to work quite well. My concern now is whether the yeast still h...

Just bottled this today (after 27 days in FV). Made a schoolboy error and forgot to check the FG before adding the priming syrup. #-o It was down to 1.018 on 28th October, but don't think it has fallen much further, if at all. Checked it after priming and it was approximately 1.020. I primed with 50...

I would suggest either a Cooper's Pilsner or European Lager. I believe they come with a true lager yeast as standard. I brewed the European lager last winter. Turned out quite nice, but takes a long time to condition properly.

Cheers,
Charliemartin

In that case maybe an imperial stout would be the way to go.

Cheers,
Charliemartin

Had to Google this one as I am not into computer games. However, it appears that Fenrisian ale is also known as Mjod, which translates from Norwegian to English as mead. So I would suggest it is a light coloured brew. Not sure if they would have honey available to brew with and besides, it is appare...

Started drinking this one already. Must admit I am impressed with this second attempt. The cascade hops have definitely softened the hop hit slightly, but still full of flavour. A combination of orange and grapefruit citrus which is balanced by a nice malty sweetness. This is almost exactly what I w...

A quick update on this thread. My Stepdad was round on Sunday and had a couple of pints. His recollection of the original was that it was maltier than my version. Back to the drawing board! I think I need to do something about water treatment. Keep threatening to send a sample off to Murphy's, but n...

Looks and sounds delicious! By the way can I ask why you rehydrated the yeast for 24 hours? I thought it was only necessary to rehydrate for about 15 mins before pitching with dried yeast.

Cheers
Charliemartin

Sounds like you made some tasty beer. I like your relaxed, laid back brewday style, unlike my usual headless chicken style, checking temps and SGs, carefully weighing out hops etc.

Cheers,
Charliemartin

I've found that S33 attenuates ok but unfortunately is a bit lively in the bottle. so should be poured very carefully. Very neutral and clean yeast, I usually use it for german-style ales, rauch beers etc, not for Belgian beer as the manufacturer recommends. Thanks for the reply. I have searched th...