Recent content by JimmyP

Ahhh I guess I need something like this: http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/gas-equipment-parts-pid-618BL.html http://www.micromatic.com/part-pid-1319069.html Would I need right hand threads? I'm connecting a Micromatic premium primary to a ODL secondary.

Ah thanks for that, my regulators have just arrived and it seems I need some sort of adapter to attach the primary regulator to the secondary, anyone know what it's called?

You using 3/8 line jmcm_brew? Thanks for the replies all

Oh right cool, the line hasn't arrived yet does anyone think I will have a problem with it fitting on the posts? I will buy some clamps to make sure it's nice and tight.

Hello all. I've decided to go down the kegging route and I have pretty much all the equipment sorted. Co2 regulator, tap, disconnects, keg - but one thing thats bugging me is what line do I need to fit the co2 regulator to the keg. I have already gone out and bought some of THIS which is 3/8...

Haha since I posted that last post I managed to get them all off the 32 or so bottles using a blunt normal cutlery knife, just slide it under the plastic then twist the knife until it snaps, did feel slightly nervous dealing with a blunt knife and slipery wet bottles though. Oh and I didn't...

A completely different question but I'm kind of struggling to take off those plastic rings which are left behind on the bottles after you unscrew a plastic bottle. You know, the plastic seal which breaks when you open a fresh drink in a plastic bottle. I'm trying to take them off with my nails...

Well I soaked all the PET bottles in water at around 30c last night mixed with PBW, probably hotter than 30c actually and they have been sitting in the water for about 21 hours now. I hope the hot water hasn't ruined the bottles but we will see as I'm about to rinse them in a minute.

I've decided to just go with the PBW clean just in case. The packaging on PBW suggests 25-35 minutes soak at 100 - 150 F, everyone else seems to do it overnight. Should 35 minutes be sufficient?

Hello all. I have finished 2 brews now adding up to almost 80 pints. I know a lot of people say it's best to clean the bottles straight after pouring your beer but I have left all the bottles with the sediment and a little beer in the bottom since I bottled them. Let's say up to 2 months...

Well I decided to go ahead and make the kit just now, ended up adding 350g dextrose and didn't boil any hops. I'll just be doing a heavy dry hop I reckon.

Whitebread Golding Variety (WGV) Pedigree: Selected as a seedling in 1911 from a little-known variety called Bate's Brewers, it was eventually named after the brewery that owned the farm. The original variety was selected in 1880 by John Bates of Brenchley from a hop garden in the Sevenoaks...

I think maybe I'll use the kit and add an extra 200g of dextrose and do quite a big dry hop of Centennial/Citra.

Oh and I don't have Fuggles or East Kent Goldings right now, I have a Fuggles hop plant but it has no fruit yet :D

Yes it's from the UK. I was thinking of adding just a little extra dextrose to the kit so that I hit just above 5% rather than 4.5%. How hoppy is the kit to begin with, does it have much aroma as that's what I want to achieve a nice hoppy aroma. Cheers.