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  1. thejesmonddingo

    Butane availability advice please

    I've got a Malt Miller 7.5 kw burner,which has been brilliant,but my butane bottle is now empty.My problem is that it is an old 13kg Eurogas bottle.There are only Calor depots available in Barnsley as far as I can tell,and they want £27.99 for an 12kg exchange cylinder and £10 for a new...
  2. thejesmonddingo

    Butane burner help please

    I've got a 7.5kW burner and stainless boiler,from Rob at the Malt Miller,I'm using it with a 13kg Butane cylinder and a low pressure butane regulator,I'm just doing my first brew,and the flame is really sooty,my boiler is turning black as I watch.I phoned the Malt Miller,but Rob is out until...
  3. thejesmonddingo

    Anyone used Summer hops?

    I've bought some Summer hops,sound really nice,going to do an APA,the Summer are 56.1% alpha so thought I'd bitter with NS,and bomb at the end with the Summer,to highlight the apricotty flavour.Anyone tried anything like this?Any other suggestions (legal!!) welcome. Ian
  4. thejesmonddingo

    Amarillo Slim

    I haven't brewed for about 4 months,cutting down on alcohol and slimming :evil: but I've no beer left at all,so I'm brewing this Amarillo Slim Recipe Specs Batch Size (L): 23.0 Total Grain (kg): 5.000 Total Hops (g): 140.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.054 (?P): 13.3 Final Gravity (FG): 1.014...
  5. thejesmonddingo

    Help ! temperature controller problem

    Hi,I've got an old fridge,so I've set up a willhi 7016 as a temperature controller,to keep it at cellar temperature.It worked fine for the first hour,got the temperature down to 18deg,but doesn't seem to be working now as the temperature has stopped falling.I wondered if the fridge compressor...
  6. thejesmonddingo

    AG3 Mocha Porter

    So I brewed this today Mocha Porter Robust Porter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recipe Specs Original Gravity Final Gravity Colour (SRM / EBC) Bitterness Alcohol by Volume 1.053 1.013 37.5 / 73.9 37.0 IBU 5.2% Brewhouse Specs Recipe Type...
  7. thejesmonddingo

    What yeast for this porter?

    I'm about to brew my first AG porter using this recipe Mocha Porter Robust Porter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recipe Specs Original Gravity Final Gravity Colour (SRM / EBC) Bitterness Alcohol by Volume 1.053 1.013 37.5 / 73.9 37.0 IBU...
  8. thejesmonddingo

    AG#1 Galaxian

    Taken the big step,and initiated my AG brewery today,picked a fairly straightforward brew,and managed to take pics too,so here goes Galaxian Recipe Specs Batch Size (L): 23.0 Total Grain (kg): 5.027 Total Hops (g): 100.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.047 (?P): 11.7 Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (?P)...
  9. thejesmonddingo

    Brewday nightmare

    Decided to do two brews today,both extract,a Schneider's Edel Weiss clone(my own recipe,still tuning in),and a NZ Pale Ale,with lots of Nelson Sauvin.Started with the wheat beer,3.5 kg Muntons Wheat DME in 25 litres of water,going to use 30g Cascade at 15 mins,5 mins,and at 80 degC after...
  10. thejesmonddingo

    AIPAish

    I've got 250gms of Nelson Sauvin in the freezer,thinking about brewing a one hop AIPA like this NSIPA Recipe NSIPA Style American IPA Brewer Batch 23.00 L Partial Mash Recipe Characteristics Recipe Gravity 1.062 OG Estimated FG 1.016 FG Recipe Bitterness 52 IBU Alcohol by Volume 6.0% Recipe...
  11. thejesmonddingo

    Extract APA,made it hard work for myself

    blonde1 Recipe blonde1 Style American Pale Ale Brewer Batch 23.00 L Partial Mash Recipe Characteristics Recipe Gravity 1.052 OG Estimated FG 1.013 FG Recipe Bitterness 47 IBU Alcohol by Volume 5.0% Recipe Color 5° SRM Alcohol by Weight 3.9% Ingredients Quantity Grain Type Use 0.40 kg CaraPils -...
  12. thejesmonddingo

    Extract Schneider Edel Weisse

    Having brewed Alemans Hefe recipe,to much acclaim from my mates,I'm trying to emulate Schneiders Edel Weisse,I've cultured some yeast from bottles of Scneider Weisse,and fiddled about with an all grain recipe and I've used my new homemade boiler,the brew went well,I've only ever used pans on the...
  13. thejesmonddingo

    AG Brew Buddy needed

    I'm looking to convert from extract to AG after Christmas,and I'm a virgin :oops: well in AG terms anyway.I'd really appreciate watchinmg someone do an AG brew before I rush into it and make cockups.I live in Silkstone near Barnsley,and can travel anywhere in a reasonable radius (10-20...
  14. thejesmonddingo

    Homemade boiler

    I'm going to make one of these,but can't find cheap kettles to get the elements from,they all seem to be cordless now.Can anyone point me at a source please,I've looked at Backer's site,but can't work out what I need. Ta,Ian
  15. thejesmonddingo

    Weiss and Silkstone special bitter

    Brewed this on Friday recipeview.php?recipe_id=744 but converted to wheat DME and used tettnang for the bittering,and brewed this recipeview.php?recipe_id=1285 on Sunday morning,beats going to church,LOL.Both smell gorgeous in primary. :D Ian
  16. thejesmonddingo

    Extract 5 Blonde 1

    I'm in the middle of brewing this recipeview.php?recipe_id=1265 ,the house smells like a brewery,I love it :cheers: Ian
  17. thejesmonddingo

    Extract 4 Cooking bitter1

    I'm doing this recipeview.php?recipe_id=1262 today,trying to fine tune a traditional bitter style that I like. Ian
  18. thejesmonddingo

    Decisions,decisions

    In the last three days,I've got 2 x 5 gallon fermenters,2 king kegs and a Boots barrel and a CO2 cylinder from a nice man on ebay (£56.56 all in,the Boots barrel and cylinder were freebies,yey :whistle: ),7.5kg of light malt extract some Cascade,Fuggles,EKG,Amarillo and Nelson Sauvin from the...
  19. thejesmonddingo

    Dry hopping porter

    I brewed this recipeview.php?recipe_id=1235 last week,and I'm racking it off into secondary tomorrow,but I fancy dry hopping it.I'm out of Challenger,but I've got EKG,Fuggles,Cascade,Amarillo,and Nelson Sauvin.Any recommendations?. Ian
  20. thejesmonddingo

    LME storage question

    How long can I store opened LME,if tightly covered and stored in the fridge? Ian
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