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by Jim
Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:27 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Advice on spectacularly bad mash conversion
Replies: 13
Views: 3092

Re: Advice on spectacularly bad mash conversion

chrisr wrote:
Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:14 pm
..........I've never had dodgy ingredients from MM before........
No, me neither.

I was never a batch sparger so I don't know what the pitfalls are, but I have a sneaking suspicion that's where the trouble lies.
by Jim
Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:26 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Advice on spectacularly bad mash conversion
Replies: 13
Views: 3092

Re: Advice on spectacularly bad mash conversion

Have you used the same batch of malt before so that you know it's good?
by Jim
Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Something Dark for Christmas.
Replies: 33
Views: 5900

Re: Something Dark for Christmas.

Looking good Eric!
by Jim
Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:39 am
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Something Dark for Christmas.
Replies: 33
Views: 5900

Re: Something Dark for Christmas.

Sounds good Eric. Should keep you warm!

Any particular yeast in mind?
by Jim
Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:00 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Brew Pub Shed Build
Replies: 72
Views: 14805

Re: Brew Pub Shed Build

Absolutely fantastic job. :D

Now you never have to go into the house at all! :wink:
by Jim
Wed Sep 14, 2022 11:07 am
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Gravity fed counter flow?
Replies: 12
Views: 2539

Re: Gravity fed counter flow?

I used to use a home made 'hose and 8mm copper pipe' gravity fed counterflow. I had the boiler on the kitchen bench and the fermenter on the floor, so maybe 3 feet or so of head - more when the boiler was full. It used to take a while though - half an hour at least, and by the end it was just a tric...
by Jim
Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:10 am
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Wheelers Wort Works
Replies: 5
Views: 1631

Re: Wheelers Wort Works

Are you talking about the Beer Engine software? I've not heard of 'Wort Works'. EDIT: Graham's last ever version of the installer is available on JBK from this page - https://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/extras.htm . EDIT 2: Advanced senility is obviously setting in - please ignore my ramblings and go to t...
by Jim
Thu Aug 25, 2022 7:05 am
Forum: Extract Brewing
Topic: Extract Recipes
Replies: 82
Views: 66295

Re: Extract Recipes

MashBag wrote:
Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:08 am
Trolling is obviously permissable on this forum!
As long as he's giving us a laugh who cares? :=P

EDIT: just for clarity, that remark was tongue in cheek.
by Jim
Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:17 am
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: Overcarbed, why, help please......
Replies: 8
Views: 2156

Re: Overcarbed, why, help please......

I'm not sure exactly what you don't like about it, but if it's overcarbed and you only used 50g priming sugar, it can't have been fully fermented out when you bottled it surely.

Did you take 2 final gravity readings a day apart?
by Jim
Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:26 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: Brew kits in the 80s
Replies: 23
Views: 10310

Re: Brew kits in the 80s

LeeH wrote:
Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:26 am
Never had them, but if they were as bad as Geordies bitter, we’re not missing much.
They weren't - I tried that once and ended up chucking it away. Boots kits (though not exactly gourmet beer) were nectar by comparison to that.
by Jim
Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:37 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: bottling ????
Replies: 13
Views: 3639

Re: bottling ????

As above. Also get a bottling stick - it saves hours of time over using a jug & funnel.
by Jim
Thu Jul 07, 2022 1:33 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: Gelatin
Replies: 23
Views: 4384

Re: Gelatin

I believe gelatin is made by boiling up the hooves. Yum. :out
by Jim
Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:44 am
Forum: Winemaking
Topic: Is all citric acid the same
Replies: 15
Views: 3861

Re: Is all citric acid the same

I would guess that food grade certification is all about the conditions in which the stuff is handled before it gets into the final packaging. Where food is handled operators have to wear hairnets/snoods etc to stop hairs, dandruff and other bodily emanations from getting into the product. I dare sa...
by Jim
Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:58 am
Forum: Winemaking
Topic: Is all citric acid the same
Replies: 15
Views: 3861

Re: Is all citric acid the same

Maybe the difference is whether or not it's food grade. For cleaning it wouldn't have to be.
by Jim
Sat Jun 11, 2022 3:08 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: 50liter boiler vessel
Replies: 7
Views: 2176

Re: 50liter boiler vessel

Welcome back Steve! :)