Jim's Beer Kit

Yes, a jubilee clip sounds the easiest. I like to clean out the filter after every brew, so that means getting the screwdriver out etc etc was hoping to avoid that. Am at a bit of a loss how it came off, it had come off before so I was being careful not to stir too deep, and no I hadnt had a pint w...

When whirlpooling make sure you only stir about half way down. You can still get a good whirlpool going without going any way near the filter. If the rubber part that connects to the pump outlet has started to become loose, try a jubilee clip around it. That will stop it coming loose. The best thing...

Not sure i understand where this thread has gone regards the original question or it might just be me. As i know understand it then it seems like i take the OG apply the attenuation percentage to get the predicted FG then add a few points on :) In all honesty it was just the fact the FG ended alot ...

Not sure i understand where this thread has gone regards the original question or it might just be me. As i know understand it then it seems like i take the OG apply the attenuation percentage to get the predicted FG then add a few points on :) In all honesty it was just the fact the FG ended alot h...

I like the steam extraction, better than my fan behind the boiler trying to get it to go out the window I bet your garden smell excellent whilst your brewing

Used to brew with s-04 a lot and it's not a great attenuator unless you mash low and warm it right up at the end. It loves to carry on in the packaging too so if you're looking for a lower FG, add some us-05 or Nottingham and it'll chew up the maltotriose. Thanks for that, i have some us-05 in the ...

840g of lactose in 26L would have added roughly 9 points to the OG (and to the FG, seeing as it doesn't ferment). It's quite a lot of lactose for the batch size, and you might expect it to finish in the mid or high teens, SG wise. The recipe and grainfather app suggested a OG of 1.057 and FG of 1.0...

Without knowing the volume involved it is not possible to adjust for the lactose addition For all practical purposes, a litre of your wort with gravity of 1055 might be assumed to have 55g of sugars including the added lactose. Divide your 840g addition by the volume of wort in your FV plus the vol...

Hello everyone. I have a question. I have brewed a raspberry and vanilla smoothy ipa. The question is about attenuation when you have added non fermentables to the boil. I added 840g of lactose to the boil which i understand will increase the gravity but will be non fermentable by the yeast. How doe...

Not got any specific coments on that but i did a very similar thing a while back. I too had lots of different grains and hops, so i bunged it all in and sat back and waited to see what turned out. Not too bad at all as it happens Going to brew it again at some point.

My last brew used WLP002. First time for me. After seven days in the FV, then a day or so cooled to 12°C, there was close on 500ml of yeast slurry to harvest. The most I've ever had from any yeast! Just shows how different yeasts yield different amounts to harvest. Fascinating! Guy Looking forward ...

That cleaning part doesnt sound to bad then. I have a grainfather and the cleaning cycle on that is all about cleaning out the pump/pipework that you cannot get to. It still needs a scrub as well.

Love the wooden set up I seem to remember reading a thread about you creating that setup.

When I first began making yeast starters from harvested yeast I was using far too much yeast. Orlando (I think) explained how less is better with a starter. If a yeast has yielded loads from the dump valve I now spoon out just a small portion for the starter. Then put it back in the 'fridge until n...

So this is how much yeast was harvested. A little bit more than last time.