Jim's Beer Kit

One can bottle cask-conditioned beer without priming in the bottle. I do it all of the time with keg and cask-conditioned beer. It is a little bit easier with kegged beer. The bottles have to be placed in one's freezer until they are cold enough for frost to form when they are removed from one's fre...

[quote=MashBag post_id=860312 time=1636012119 user_id=13284] Welcome Rookie. You can do all grain brewing without much stuff. Buckets and Bowls work. As do cooler boxes. And plastic fermenters. Don't let anyone tell you you must have a stainless megastructure. You will find your own way. You may als...

Olive oil is a source of UFAs, so it is an alternative to aeration. However, the data is scant on its effects on ergosterol. These compounds are necessary to keep yeast cell plasma membranes pliable. A pliable membrane is necessary to take in nutrients and expel waste products. That is why ergostero...

[quote=PeeBee post_id=860558 time=1637435030 user_id=16274] That is wrong! However, if you're not confident how well your starter performed, it's best to assume it is "right". Yeast grown in a good air supply (constantly stirred and stoppered with a very gas porous plug - like the specially created ...

Do you use silicone or plastic tubing to cast-out wort into your fermentation vessel? Do you have an old racking cane that is no longer in use or have a section of unused copper or acrylic tubing? If you so, you can make an inline aerator that is based on Bernoulli's principle. I have been using thi...

I am in the United States, but I ordered a stainless steel 1520 (1.52mm holes) micron mesh screen hop spider from Arbor Fab for whole hops. One can see wort actually moving inside of this spider. I use a fine mesh bag-based hop spider for pellets. As as to containing hops in a spider without dealing...