Jim's Beer Kit

Why are English people,these days,so sqeamish about what they eat? 'cos they all want to eat flavourless copies of the real thing "vegan sausage" or "vegetarian cheese" oe "meat free meat". So that the little fluffy wuffies can be set free in the countryside. Everyone knows meat grows in clingfilm ...

Cobnut wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:51 pm

This is what I use (occasionally):

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/pro ... latine-13g?

The same here.

Jocky you are a bad man 🤣 I laughed so much at your comment... so much. Beef gelatin does have a very very very slight flavour, but I doubt you could taste it in a beer. Gelatin is an animal product, "beef" is the source not the flavour. Certainly buy plain for beer, but don't throw the beer gelati...

Yes, use plain gelatin, unless you want your beer to taste like beef. When fermentation is done, give it an extra day or two at fermentation temperature, then cool it down (the colder the better) for a couple of days. Dissolve a teaspoon (if powder) or a sheet of gelatin in around 100ml water that h...

MarkA wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:29 am

MashBag wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:23 am

Is it unreasonable to expect clean bottles back?

I don't think it's unreasonable at all. I have a simple solution to this - dirty bottles = no more beer for you!

I wholly endorse this approach.

It’s not so much the question of the citric acid itself, but how it’s then been handled up to packaging to ensure it’s not picked up any contaminants (bacteria, oil etc).

As you’re putting it into a fairly alcoholic environment I’d say the risk is low, but then so is the saving.

The risk is usually water left sitting in the hose. I would always recommend running the hose for a minute before using it to flush out any yucky water that might have picked up a plastic or rubber taint. For years I used a decent quality garden hose without issue, just flushing it through before us...

I use a hose to fill my vessels. Just make sure you get a potable water (blue) hose.

Ghaze wrote: ↑

Fri May 20, 2022 8:55 am

Good Morning Brewers,

Hazy Ipa's I have currently only used the Wyeast Labs London Ale III for Hazy IPA's and had some great results with the haze and overall hop and malt mouthfeel.

Would you recommend any other yeast strains that are worth trying ?

The Yeast Bay's Hazy Daze II is amazing.

Hi folks, I assumed someone on here would know the answer when Google failed. 5 litre water bottles from the supermarket, what size rubber bung do they take? Going to buy a bung and airlock off eBay but can’t find what size I need anywhere. Thanks If you're using it for an airlock, then years ago w...

Looks good, go for it!

Obviously a 180g dry hop is sizeable, so you will need to figure out how to separate hops from beer without letting oxygen in (really important!).

I put on the other thread about my Triple IPA recipe, making 16 litres for £58, but that would cost around £270 to buy (conservatively).

Some do it to make the absolute best beer they can.

Sadly, not always, but it's fun trying, sharing, discussing and arguing about it. My Wife reckons I've got it down to £80 a pint now. She's a card.

f00b4r wrote: ↑

Fri May 06, 2022 4:34 pm

You want to be confident of your process and recipe when making a beer like that. [emoji3]

I brewed it on my birthday, so it was a present to myself.

Like others have said on here, however it came out it was fun to try and I learned a lot in making it.

It also came out beautifully.

My most expensive beer was a Triple IPA that came in at a starting gravity of 1.106 and finished at 11.5% ABV. Pricing it up for a re brew today: 9kg grain - £16 1kg dextrose - £3.79 200g Simcoe, 200g Columbus, 100g Centennial - £29 Wyeast 1056 - 1 packet, but was used across 2 beers - £4.50 Electri...