Jim's Beer Kit

Doreblade wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:45 pm

Its in my 3rd edition under Caledonian Deuchars IPA.

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You're absolutely right! I missed that - I was looking under 'D'.

I also have the 3rd edition dated 2009 - no Deuchars IPA in it. It must be in the subsequent edition he wrote several years later.

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.

Have you used the same batch of malt before so that you know it's good?

Looking good Eric!

Sounds good Eric. Should keep you warm!

Any particular yeast in mind?

Absolutely fantastic job.

Now you never have to go into the house at all!

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...

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...

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?

EDIT: just for clarity, that remark was tongue in cheek.

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?

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.

As above. Also get a bottling stick - it saves hours of time over using a jug & funnel.

I believe gelatin is made by boiling up the hooves. Yum.

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...