Brupacks Fixby Gold and Firkin Dogbolter

[mctoon]

Hi brewers, bought these today, after a quick read about the tea bag etc, noticed it said rehydrate the yeast at 38-40C is that not a bit High?,

Also with the a Dogbolter, noticed on the underside of the can, Best before DEC 06, oops, will it be okay?

Cheers Mal

[andyp]

38 -40 does seem a bit high I reckon, 30 is more usual

[chopperswookie]

mctoon keep us informed on the dogbolter, fancied doing it but not seen any results or reviews.

[mctoon]

mctoon keep us informed on the dogbolter, fancied doing it but not seen any results or reviews.

Will do chopper, I will post a few pictures

Next question:- 5ltrs of mineral water for £1, at iceland what do you guys think?,,, Will mineral water make a diffence?

Mind you with a kit that is nearly 1 year out of date i dont think it will make much difference

[MickyD]

Next question:- 5ltrs of mineral water for £1, at iceland what do you guys think?,,,

85p in Sainsburys.

[mctoon]

Next question:- 5ltrs of mineral water for £1, at iceland what do you guys think?,,,

85p in Sainsburys.

I didnt mean the price MickyD, i was wondering if it would be better using mineral water as appose to tap

[J_P]

Next question:- 5ltrs of mineral water for £1, at iceland what do you guys think?,,,

85p in Sainsburys.

20l for £1.70 in Morrisons and you can put your finished beer back into the 2l bottles too Clean water and bottles for under £2 can't say fairer than that

Edit: D'oh! just seen the post above, I'm not sure I noticed a difference to be fair but you can re use the bottles as mentioned.

[booldawg]

There's absolute reams of information on this site re: the treatment of tap water for brewing. I think when I go AG I'll use treated tap water purely because you need so much more of it for mashing, sparging etc. but I've found bottled water to be good enough, nice and easy for the kits.

[Coppertone]

I just made a Coopers IPA using Tesco Springs water (17p 2ltrs) and it tasted great out of the FV. I found it cheap, handy, plus you get empty bottles. Lots of opinion on water on this thread,
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[mctoon]

The Dogbolter is away, 1kg brewing sugar and 500g of light spray malt, , and my expensive water from iceland

Few pics





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[mctoon]

Sorry about the size of the pictures, i shall crop them next time
The Blurred reading is about 1072ish,

Cheers Mal

[mctoon]

Just had a quick look tonight,, and the Dog is down to 1020, only 2 days in ,anyone out there brewed this before?

[mctoon]

The Dog is bottled, 12 days in FV and looking like a milkpond , smelt lovely, no taster as yet,, will do that Xmas day onless temptation doesnt kick in

OG 1072 ish FG 1018ish, so i make that about 7%,, nice



Cheers Mal

[mctoon]

Just had a sneeky tipple of the Fixbys Gold, wow its lovely but not clear yet

Why havnt I brewed this before,,,

Comes with my recommendations

[PMH0810]

Have just ordered a Dogbolter Kit because of childhood memories and was watching this thread to see how yours turned out

Stop teasing - fill us in! Success? Falling-down-juice?