Jim's Beer Kit

Made my first beer in eons yesterday, spent all day yesterday doing it and iv just got in from work today and the thermometer strip is saying 32 [emoji853]. Will it at least be drinkable or is it facing certain doom Sent from my SM-G781B using Tapatalk So it's been in a king keg for around 3 or 4 w...

Depends on the beer, but in most cases, it will be pretty nasty! If you’re making a Belgian style, you might get away with it, otherwise I think most likely this is drain fodder. [emoji3525] It's a pale ale from the brew dog diy list, I'm going to have to see it through but I don't have high hopes....

Made my first beer in eons yesterday, spent all day yesterday doing it and iv just got in from work today and the thermometer strip is saying 32 [emoji853].

Will it at least be drinkable or is it facing certain doom

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Yeah looks good I think this is the way forward, I'm going to have to aquire some wood to build a large box.

Can these be left on till they die like a light bulb or is it recommended to have 2 and alternate them?

Bodging is about as far as my DIY knowledge goes

Never heard of these tubular heaters before, are they fine attached to wood or Sat on wood, think this might be my best bet.

My wife's always moaning about buckets in the kitchen, the garage would be perfect for me but it's so damn cold in winter

Cheers for the responses, I was thinking heating the whole garage, I sometimes have 4 or 5 buckets on the go at once. I'm thinking it might not be such a brilliant idea for a heater to be on 24/7. Maybe build some sort of wooden box that fits over say a maximum of 6 fv's and put one of those tubular...

I wasn't sure which sub-catagory to put this in. I'm thinking of doing all my fermenting in my garage outside, not a problem this time of year but autumn and winter I'm going to need to keep it warm. Does anyone else brew outside, if so what heaters do you use and how much in elecric do they cost to...

timbo41 wrote:presuming you're all grain?

Kind of yeah, i have a large boiler which holds its temperature very well with a thick sleeping bag over it so i can steep my grains in it (which are in a bag)

i see where your coming from but all i need are my malts and yeast so i wouldnt be no better off really

sorry should have said, i only have the hops, been out of brewing for a couple of years. need to buy all other ingredients

hi, i have in my freezer some
styrian goldings
goldings
fuggles
and a small amount of challenger.

I dont have a lot of money so i need to keep it simple, is it possible to make something with these?

oh thats good news then, jumping to a different forum now for some recipe ideas

i have some hops in the freezer, been there for just over 2 years. Are they good to use still? they are in silver foil bags but they have been opened.

Been off brewing for a while but im wanting to get back into it, cost is a major issue so it would be helpful if i could use them

i keep it in the towel cuboard upstairs, its normally 22c but because of the warm weather the other week we turned the heating of and when it turned cold again it dropped to 16-17c, i have some old bed quilts around it at the mo and its 20c. fingers crossed

The only yeast i had was youngs wine yeast so iv used some of that this morning, hope it doesnt ruin the flavour too much