Jim's Beer Kit

When I was given a fridge for brewing, to get two kegs to fit required ripping out stuff which included totally removing the thermostat assembly. Connected the wires to always-on. Power to the fridge is controlled by an STC-1000 sitting inside a £5 project box.

All 8 bottles had a really thick layer of sediment at the bottom, which swirled up with the slightest movement. {snipped} their APA (which they didn't have available so I haven't tasted) is bottle-aged for 24 months which seems a bit weird They were just hoping the sediment will stick to the bottom.

I cut out a channel in the door seal and held the lines in place each time I closed the door.

Eric wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 08, 2024 9:08 pm

If you can get Proper Job in Greece or another bottle conditioned beer, you might grow a commercial brewery yeast.

Stepping up Proper Job worked really well for me - one of the yeasts that "takes off like a rocket" (I believe that is the correct technical term).

I got an airlock when I started brewing but when the rate of bubbling went down I still took a gravity reading to check fermentation hadn't stalled so what's the point? Why not leave it a good number of days and then take a reading? Well, the point is that a top hat airlock makes a very comforting s...

man_beach wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 16, 2024 3:58 pm

Oh No! I've only just discovered their yeasts too. I'll have to buy in a year's worth

That's what I did last week.

I still have a couple in the fridge from my previous "bulk purchase" and the brew I bottled this afternoon got to expected FG using CML yeast that was well after the BB date.

bitter_dave wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 02, 2024 6:58 am

They still have the active yeast in their one can kits and the gold yeast in their 2 can ones I think, but not much good for you

Buying a kit just for the yeast then preserving it on slants of agar agar is an option. For many years I kept slants like Wyeast 1469, not too much trouble.

Your post count is 4 on your profile. The 109 search results show your username in bold for only 4 posts. Looks like your account was removed during the great cull.

It might be due to your post count? Get it over 5 and try again.

29 litres as it gives me the option to fill a no-chill cube if I can' be bothered to use my I/C.

Ouch!

It's deep clean time. Many years ago one of the most experienced home brewers in the Bristol club had repeated infected batches. Deep clean eventually fixed it, no culprit identified.

I'd try it. Over time these things improve. I remember the first veggie-burgers then last year I had a beyond burger - very impressed. I have Sentia on my to-try list, a non-alcoholic spirit. One of the founders is Prof David Nutt who got sacked from his government job mainly due to harm caused by d...

Looks perfect oz11. Very strange. A mate of mine is a whizz with IT. Perhaps I'll invite him round to have a look--in exchange for a few beers, of course! What resolution is your screen? I have 3840x2400 OLED laptop and 99% of stuff displays perfectly with the window scaling I have set though a cou...

About five years ago I was given an old Hotpoint First Edition fridge. I removed the temperature control housing as my STC1000 would do that job - easy. I hacked out part of the shelf supports and part of the bottom door frame to give more space - easy. The cooling plate went from the front, along t...

You will never need to buy the same yeast again. Certainly for ten years True, but where that fit on my "effort" scale? These days I'm using Crossmyloof dried yeast 90p/pack delivered if you buy ten - chuck it in! I sometimes step up the free yeast from a bottle of Proper Job or similar I've got so...