Jim's Beer Kit

Just updating this - I tried out the 'vinegar/salt + battery' etch solution yesterday and it worked friggen' awesome! Got everything all marked up inside the vessel - most of the lines are even straight - and my daughter added a picture of a dog from a stencil we had lying around. Even my wife was i...

StrontiumDog wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:54 am

This is the way I'll be doing it when I get round to it;
https://byo.com/project/etch-your-kettle-projects/

I have zero D.I.Y. sense but that looks easy enough even for me! Perfect, just what I was looking for - txs.

I have a great 5-gallon stainless steel kettle with a tap, thermometer, and false bottom.
It does't have scale markings however. What's the best way to add some marks on the inside of the pot without wrecking anything?

Bumpity bumpity? the have any good chest freezer / refrigerator model recommendations? I was looking at the Ice King CH103: http://www.coopelectricalshop.co.uk/pro ... FZ-CH103-W

Anyone using this?

Bumpity? Anyone?

Hey flything - txs for the reply. I'm mostly brewing (well, trying to brew) lagers, so getting my temperatures under control is my first priority! This hot summer hasn't helped much. Unfortunately we don't have a bathroom tub on the ground floor (only a shower booth) and I'll be damned if I'm carryi...

mysterio, that sounds great - problem, I only have a 10L pot. I doubt I'd be able to fit 9lbs (about 4kgs) of grain in there and actually have room for water. Any suggestions? Maybe just make a smaller batch? Would the recipe be something like this? Heat approx. 9L of water to about 68-69°C Put in ...

SWMBO has given me permission to buy a chest freezer or similiar apparatus for cooling during fermentation; apparently I've been a good boy lately :mrgreen: Only condition is that it doesn't chew up too much electricity. When it's not cooling my fermention bucket she'll probably want to use it for v...

I have on hand: 4.5 lbs Vienna Malt 4.5 lbs Lager Malt 4.5 lbs Caramalt 2.2 lbs Muntons Light DME 2.2 lbs Muntons Extra Light DME 2.2 lbs Muntons Amber DME Plenty of Northern Brewer Plenty of Hallertau Plenty of Saaz Salflager S-189 Salflager S-23 Going forward I'll be buying ingredients specificall...

So I made this recipe last night, pretty much as my instructions above. 1) Get all ingredients out and ready to measure etc. before hand: http://www.blue-eyed-samurai.com/images/beer/beer_23jan2010_01.jpg 2) Partial mash of 1kg of pilsner malt. I didn't have any binder clips, but rubber bands worked...

Actually - my bad for not being clear. Still learning how to use BeerToolsPro. But if I put in for a 6.5L boil to end up with about 4 L of final wort (after evaporation etc), with the 1Kg of crushed malt and 600g of DME, the final 4L of wort has an OG of 1.093. So that should be my target OG when I ...

I'm a total newbie brewer; only two batches under my belt. One was a new brewer kit, other was extract & hops. I prefer lagers, so am sticking to what I like to drink. Was recommended to pick up some speciality grains to help round out the flavor profile, picked up some crushed pilsner malt not real...

Just what the title says: Anyone know where I can buy 1-gallon glass carboys with airlock? I'd like to be able to make small batches for experiements etc. I live in London, but anywhere in the UK that can ship is fine.

TIA,

S

I made the Coopers Lager as my first-ever batch from Cooper's beginner micro-brew kit . It uses brewing sugar (which, as a homebrew buddy of mine noted, is what prisoners drink), so it definitely comes out a bit sweet, and it certainly isn't a good strong lager. However - after about 12 weeks in the...

Hello oracle of all beer wisdom. 1) My dishwasher does not really have a 'sanitize' cycle. The hottest cycle is a prewash at 45 C, wash at 70 C, 2 cold rinses, 1 rinse at 70 C, and dry. Is that hot enough to sanitize my glass beer bottles? 2) I opened up my FV briefly yesterday to give it a stir. Th...