Jim's Beer Kit

Hi Jonny. Yes it was 200g. The hops were going cheap from my local micro brewery and may have been hanging around a while there, and I wanted to use them up.It was a big steep and dry hop. For the amount of hops that went in it was bit disappointing. Didn't get much peachy/ floral thing as has been ...

Hi Jonny. Never used Apollo but did a brew back in May using Archers which I am drinking now. From memory it was pale malt 4k,200gms crystal.Bittered with Northdown with the Archers going in 15,10,5 minutes with a steep and dry hop.MM West coast yeast. I found Archers quite a subtle hop, even using ...

Thanks for the info. Will try these methods.

So I have finally got round to filling one of my new cornie kegs with a pale ale (which have been sitting in the corner of my garage for months). What's the procedure for carbonation of my beer. I have gassed to 30psi, shaken the cornie for 5minutes(I assume helps saturates the beer with Co2),discon...

Hi mk1paggy. Your dead space losses are what they are.5 litres dead space is not uncommon.Personally I would go ahead and brew and see what you end up with. Keep careful notes of the final volume/ gravity in the fermenter and adjust the grain bill/ total brew liquor on the next brew. As you probably...

Hi all. I am fairly new to water treatment and have just received my tap water analysis from Murphy & Son. I am advised to mix my recommended amount of DWB in with the mash. When I look at Brupaks DLS Water Treatment info they appear to recommend mixing the appropriate amount of DLS into the mash wi...

Hi Anthony Uk, Just had a tasting of the Batemans Victory Ale after five weeks in the cask. Quite fruity,slight sweetness,no off tastes. 4.4%,slightly lower than G.W. recipie but still damn good!

On a recent visit to my local small Essex Brewery to pick up some beer,I enquired as to whether I could have any of their surplus skimmed yeast.They said if I were to bring a container along they could supply me with some. This is new territory for me as I have always used rehydrated dried yeast.Gra...

Hi Dave. Gravity was at 1018 eighteen hours after pitching from an Original Gravity of 1054. I guess I will have to see if the gravity drops any further over the next 24-36 hours. There still seems signs of yeast activity on top of the wort.

Just fermenting a Batemans Victory Ale (A.G.). I pitched the yeast (Danstar Windsor) yesterday evening and set my wort heater to 18c as usual. Unfortuantely the heaters temperature control must be faulty as when I checked the temperature again 12 hours later it read 36c!. Of course I immediately swi...