Jim's Beer Kit

3 Gallon? Seems a small batch, but then is'nt Baltic Porter a strong 'un? Ah c'mon, spill the beans, gizza grain bill. Thinking that these do some sort of cold ferment so will fit in the fridge?
I dont know, educate me mate!

Thanbks folks, was looking for reassurance. I bought these little cornies so they can go in my fridge, will put one in and keep one out (2 x 12Lt) and see what occurs, thanks again folks. Planning a McEwans Champion next...well sort of with what I have. Trying to give up red wine as it makes me whee...

Hello All! I made a couple of corny kegs of beer then went on holiday for a fortnight. Upon return the beer is great but pours like foam and serves flat. I assume this is overcarbonated and the dispense of foam removes the CO2 on dispense making the beer flat? If I just keep letting the pressure off...

This is a familiar tale! I have a small shop down here in Cornwall, we sell local beers as well as the usual cornish gins, wines and what have you. I have come across so many bad beers its unbelieveable they have the brass neck to try and sell them. I must also say that the majority of small breweri...

Graham Wheeler’s Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild or his Exmoor Gold. You couldn't get two beers much further apart but both magic!
GW you are much missed and well remembered!

Well anyway…thinking of a mild next, GW’s Gales Festival Mild from his book. Any hints and tips? I have the ingredients as the recipe and wondered if the US05 yeast would be ok. Actually I have some pale ale fermenting with some now so could take some of that if that would be advisory?

Just make sure if you do use ‘household’ sugar that its cane not beet sugar. Beet gives off flavours iirc.

Having been proper ill a while back i had only managed two or three brews in the last four years, thought i was done for at one point. Lifting was a problem, wife bought me a G30, bless her. Still had problems and couldn’t be arsed, realised it was not so much the brewing as the back breaking bottli...

Did a user upper today! So damn rusty though, a catalogue of errors! I thought the mash had stuck, added a light spray malt to compensate, oh no….so added more hops to compensate, well 1045og became 1056 and I have yet to work out what chucking all the hops in means…who cares! It’s beer and it was f...

Whereabouts are you Ian? I recently switched to Grainfather system so have lots of all grain equipment I want to sell, anywhere near Cornwall?

This is how it is on mine:

windows c> prog files (x86) > beer engine> recipes

hope this helps!

I can remember my old dad letting me try this from his pint glass in the early 70s, my first beer memory. I was taken by the bitter/sweet taste! I never looked back! Perhaps I should add it to my brewlist!

Thanks Foobar and Eric, much appreciated!

Blimey! You dont want all that black in 6X! Off to correct my book. Well spotted! I expect GW meant medium crystal, about 150EBC? I've never used any of these sugar block things, though I've used golden syrup, black treacle and honey in stouts. Would any of those be (ballpark) substitutes for sugar ...

Yes indeedy! Just planning a use up stout.....that i 'had to buy' flaked barley for!