Recent content by Jim2607

We sadly lost Izzie our 19 year old burmilla 6 weeks ago, then went a bit crazy and ended up with 3 kittens, all distant relatives of Izzie. This is Jessie cat, the cutest of the new brood, 18 weeks old.

Hmmm, maybe I got a bit fleeced then! Less fleeced than mainstream option though so still feels a win!!

The pump on my Grainfather has been misbehaving for ages, barely working and making awful noises, particularly just when you want to cool down the flameout hops which are going to bitter the brew if the wort doesnt get recirculated through the chiller. Couldnt bring myself to shell out over £100...

Did a roast chicken in our two drawer last week, roasties in drawer 2. I was doubtful in would turn out well but it was awesome, did a 1.5kg in 1 hour!

Highly recommend a kamado, got a kamado joe classic for my 50th last year and its just been amazing. Did a spatch cocked roast chicken on it and the flavour was fantastic, juicy, smokey. Everything tastes amazing on it. Aldi have got a version on offer at the mo.. I use my butane gas plumbing...

Just seen above Foxy wrote more or less the same.. apologies Foxy!

Realise its a day late but for next time.... I pause the timer, turn off the pump, remove the recirculating arm and use thick rubber gauntlets to remove the mash cover then carefully stir up the mash, before replacing/restarting. Things that help when I use corn or flaked oats in the grist are...

That sounds like a much better idea Chippy to be honest!

We have an air source heat pump which was installed by the builders prior to our buying the house. When its cold you only get around 1 to 2kwh of heat for each kwh of electric, but more like 4.5 kwh for 1 of electric in milder weather. The pumps dont have much better longevity than a gas boiler...

Thats a great idea, love it!

Im in like Flynn thanks for the chance to win

I was chatting with a guy on a job we were both working on and we got talking about diets. He was telling me how for a week his wife had only eaten almonds and pistachios. "Wow", I said, "Thats just nuts!"

I made misty ricardo garlic chilli chicken but with turkey leftovers last night, was fantastic!

I made an 8.6% dipa based on Proper Job but with lots of citra and amarillo in my grainfather. It was fantastic! I used two sachets of us05. The grain bill was 7.64kg. I would add some rice hulls next time (2 or 300g) to aid the sparge as it was slow verging on stuck. Heres my recipe.. Happy...

I too am having wifi trouble with my iSpindel. It will send to Brewspy if its on 10 second transmit intervals, but when I revert to the 300 or 900 second intervals I dont get any results at all. Have also tried to configure with Brewfather without success. Im wondering if there is a dry solder...