Jim's Beer Kit

Thanx Eric.It tastes similar to Allendale Wolf iff you`ve ever had it and it actualy clears pretty good with chitosan finings.

IMG_1683.JPG Does this look normal? This is my session bitter i do very often.I set it away yesterday and before i went to work this morning i give it a good stir as there was no activity in the airlock.I notice as i stirred it the film on top looked dirtier than usual.When i got home from work the...

Hello Suffolkbrewer.IMO you need to add 4 or 5 campden tablets to 20l of untreated tap water.
I`m not saying it will get rid of your unwanted caramel taste but it will help with other off flavours.
Good luck and may the brew gods be with you.

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Mjr is your mates name Rodney?

Thanx Doc

Hello Mjr i hope it comes good. :-k Hello WA.I noticed advice you gave there about not using DME and sugar together. After 6 years of brewing myself i am still asking the question why not? I know theres a chemical difference between maltose and dextrose and yeasts perform differently with the two. I...

Ahhh......brings back memories of Jennifer Grey carrying her water melons down to the staff quarters so she can have a dance with Jonnie.

Hello WA.I`ve not been lurking on ere for a while so have just read this post.Sorry to hear about your drainer and the grief BB has given you

Anyway what size tog was the quilt you threw over the FV?

I used 500g of Candi sugar in my most recent Belgian Abbey brew.The only difference i noticed compared to what i always used up until this point was the FG reading was where it should be at 1.010 as opposed to my best of 1.014.I`m certainly using it in my next Abbey brew instead of soft dark brown s...

Hello John. I just had the same scenario as yourself.A good stir with a sterilised plastic paddle got mine goin again. It got down to 1.010 and i have just this minute finished bottling. I now always pitch these kits at 24c.Iff yer have a heat pad or belt or FTH try getting yer temperature up toward...

Mainly from the fields at the back of my house,theres plenty of blackthorn.
With the dry hot summer it may not be a good yield this year so fingers crossed.

Let me know how your reccy mission along the Trent goes. Berries ere in the north east of England are usually ready september or october but its been dry ere as mostly elsewhere around the country. It could be a bad year for wild fruits but hopefully i will get enough elderberries for my wine and sl...

Hello Jomay,i do elderberry wine during october with berries fresh from the bushes. Don`t freeze like goodolpete says.Pectin is the key carbohydrate in ripe fruits and loses starch and sugar content when frozen. Jims advice concerning campden is again good advice. I presume where ever you are aint N...

TT Landlord was the favourite tipple of Madonna whilst married and living with Guy Ritchie ere in Old Blighty.
A long time ago now but there yer av it.