Jim's Beer Kit

Anyone have a solution for this ? I've used Whitelabs, Brewlabs and the real deal cultured from Bengal Lancer, all have become over-carbonated in the bottle. I love the character I get from this yeast, but unless I can find an answer to this problem I'll be keeping it for the beers I put into a bar...

My Braumeister arrives tomorrow and one of the first beers I want to brew on it is a Gose, with wheat probably being 60% of the the grist. Previously I brewed using BIAB, where I did not concern myself with stuck sparge issues, due to the recirculation of the wort with the BM do I need to be concer...

Could you explain why allowing the yeast to drop twice will get the beer any clearer than allowing it to drop once? Assuming keeping the beer in primary for 3 weeks, against a 1 week primary, 2 week secondary approach, to me it seems that the main drivers are the yeast involved, the time allowed fo...

This is what you need. http://www.swimmingpoolchemicals.co.uk/chlorine-shock-calcium-hypochlorite-granules-p-794.html One teaspoon in 23 litres of water is the dose. Left over night will remove every trace of crud and it is far cheaper than PBW. Is that the same chemical that is in the alkaline, ch...

Beer clears slowly from the top and yeast drops to the bottom. Transferring to a secondary causes this to happen twice. If you then fine the secondary it further clears the beer. If you then transfer to a bottling vessel it is even clearer. My bottled beer using this process is so clear that you can...

McMullan wrote:Racking to a secondary is overlooked these days.

Why is it overlooked? In my opinion it is vital. To quote once again. "IF YOU WANT CLEAR BEER COMING OUT YOU NEED CLEAR BEER GOING IN" Not my words but so very true.

[quote]My "house" beer has become a version of McMullens AK from Grahams book - it's much more complex than the grain bill and hop schedule would lead you to expect/quote]

I have just picked this one out for a regular low ABV house beer.

The hardest ones are are those that require conditioning for twelve months I have failed every time.

Can someone explain the basic procedure for Top cropping Has the yeast got to be used straight away? Do you make a starter with it or just toss it into a new batch? Use the method that I have outlined in this thread and you can save the yeast for at least a year. I have reused yeast two years later...

This is what you need.
http://www.swimmingpoolchemicals.co.uk/ ... p-794.html

One teaspoon in 23 litres of water is the dose. Left over night will remove every trace of crud and it is far cheaper than PBW.

I accept the twigs as par for course really. I mentioned boulders above...in a pack I once found 2 seizable stones that weighed 12g, so quite a percentage of the pack weight. Of more concern were the smaller ones I found in the bottom of my Braumeister after I'd drained....I'm very surprised they d...

I grabbed a few of these, thanks Ian. It's stout season now "down under". I'll let you know how I go. Really looking forward to using this yeast. I am sure you wont be disappointed. Here is a brief history of how it arrived at Brewlab. I bought several bottles of Russian Stout in a pub near Brands ...

I have got some washed WLP860 Munich Helles yeast from May 2015 that I am trying to bring back to life. I have put it in 1.5l of wort and it has been on my stir plate for a couple of days. Krausen has just started to appear so all is looking good. My question is if I leave the yeast for a couple mo...

HELP I'm trying to set up a keezer and I'm getting lots of foam using 3/16 beer line @4metres long keep turning pressure down but no joy can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? Using 70/30 beers gas And a stout tap There is really only one answer as to why beer foams and that is it contains too m...

Looking at your original post it reads as if you are only using a Starsan equivalent sanitiser. If your infection is caused by a wild yeast this could be the problem because Starsan only kills bacteria not yeasts. Might be time to use something that does. MM does a very good chlorine based sanitise...