Jim's Beer Kit

I just rinse well after pouring, leave them to dry and put them uncapped in open crates until my next bottling session. When I come to bottle my next batch I use star san in a bottle rinser and stick them on a bottle tree. I've never had any problems. Maybe leave sterilising/sanitising until bottlin...

Thanks for the replies. That recipe looks good Stewb. I'm going to do something similar, bittering with dried hops and then late additions with fresh hops.

I have a decent quantity of Prima Donna (aka First Gold) hops growing in the garden so I'm thinking of brewing a wet hop beer. Has anyone got any recipes or tips?

Got mine from http://brewinabag.co.uk/en/12-biab-bags which I believe is the same supplier as above, but cheaper for some reason. I wouldn't skimp on the bag, especially as you have a 72lt pot. I guess your grain bills are around 8-10kg dry weight so a strong bag is essential.

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That's really nice.

[quote="Secla"]had a brewbuilder custom cut one in mine, was nice but a slightly more expensive option[/quote] Sounds great, but unfortunately I have to go for the extremely less expensive option. I have found a collapsible stainless veg steamer in the cupboard which is too small on its own but will...

Hi all, do you use a false bottom in your pans? Have you any recommendations suitable for a 40lt 380mm diameter pan? I've been brewing without and I've not burnt my bag (yet), I'd like to keep it that way. I was thinking of a wire cooling rack or pizza tray but I wondered if these would be suitable....