Jim's Beer Kit

When swapping out White Granulated Sugar for Golden Syrup in a recipe; is it a 1:1 swap out? Does 245g of white sugar = 245g of Golden Syrup ?

09:30 this morning I smacked the Wyeast pack and put in fermentation fridge at 21 degrees, by this afternoon it had swelled nicely. IMG_3579.jpg So 15 hours ahead of brew day start I have made a 2 litre batch; cooled to 21 degrees and pitched the MFG 27 Jan 2015 into the 5L plastic container. EVERYT...

Thanks YeastWhiperer - but to clarify the yeast is already suspended in the worst whilst you are shaking it like made for that 1 minute duration?

I did not see an answer to this question: Hi yeast whisperer, do you only shake the starter once in the 12-18 hours?

OK you have convinced me to go Shaken not Stirred. I smacked the Wyeast 1332 (MFG 27 Jan) this morning and put into my empty Brew Fridge at a temp of 21 degrees. I 'm planning to use a 5L empty mineral water bottle that I have swilled with StarSan. The questions remains; what size should I make my s...

I'm getting ready to do my first yeast starter so far I have : 2 x Wyeast Activator 1332 Northwest Ale 1 x Gallenkamp Magnetic Stirrer Hotplate 1 x 2 litre Borosilicate Glass Conical Flask 1 x 500 g light Dry Malt extract, and 1 x 1kg Coopers Light Malt Extract 10 x 30ml clear sample container test ...

So what is the caramel they used to use and is it commercially available?

Goulders wrote:I'm brewing with him on Tuesday so I will ask him

If you can find out HOW they get the 37 EBC colour that would be great. I got some Dark Crystal yesterday as boosting the black malt impacted flavour too much

HSB is my favourite beer and since starting brewing 5 months ago I have brewed 6 batches. I live 5 miles from the original brewery; I have done a brewery tour of the Fullers Brewery in January and last night did a tour of Irving Brewery in Portsmouth run by Malcolm Irving QC and brewer at Gales Ales...

Also worth just stiring the top couple of inches of the grain when it is resting on the stirrups to stop the water vanishing down the hole in the middle of the grain bed...

So my shiny new BM 20L had arrived; I had flushed it all through with warm water and was ready to go. Now rather than mess around with a new recipe I wanted to try a slight refinement on a brew I have done 3 times before - Gale's HSB - I call it "Hollybank". Here's my Braumeister 20 litre set up wit...

So what what should be the right mash schedule for a malty 5% English Bitter like a Gales recipe in a BM?

Quick question on your mash schedule:
Mash in 67C with 30L
75 Min @ 67C
10 Min @ 78C
Sparge with 10L : 78C

That seems much higher than the Spiegel stepped Mash schedules and wondered why you had gone for this and what the result was like?

When I started brewing (all of 4 months ago) the coopers kit had an ABV calculation in the booklet like this: (Starting Gravity -Final Gravity / 7.46) + 0.5 It added 0.5% ABV for the Carbonation (sugar) Drop that I added to each bottle. Now since going All Grain I batch prime with 90g of sugar for 2...

Freezer compartment it the best whether they have been opened or not. Ideally it is best to minimize the exposure to Oxygen so a vacuum sealer is a wonderful accessory to have. Cheers Any recommendations on Vacuum Sealers; a quick search on eBay turned up this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm//260833634592