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  1. j1gsaw

    Long Time Off Brewing

    Hey all. I worked out yesterday that i havent brewed for about 1 1/2 years :( I had some silly idea i should join the local gym and hence all brewing stopped many moons ago, Im getting the urge again... and i feel Ross might start to love me again when i make my first few orders haha. On a...
  2. j1gsaw

    Flanders Red Ready To Bottle

    Hey All. Well after 17 months resting im going to bottle my flanders, fingers crossed it will be a tasty drop. Im guessing i will need to add a bit of yeast with the bottling sugar? like us-05 or notto, maybe some 1118C champagne yeast? Since i dont bulk prime, is there any possibility that i...
  3. j1gsaw

    Craftbrewer Fwk

    To those who havent tried the range of crafties FWKs i strongly suggest you do, they are bloody fantastic, i cant fault them one bit. I have sampled almost the entire range and they are heavenly :icon_drool2: . Do yourself a favour and order one...or 5. Highly reccomended :icon_cheers: No affil...
  4. j1gsaw

    No Chill Q?

    Hi all. I brewed a bitter this morning, just an easy GP + crystal etc, and tried a new approach with hopping that i thought was worth a go. I added a 25g addition of sty golding (4.3AA) at 60m, and then added 65g at 2min. I use a hop sock etc. I cubed and set aside. It just dawned on me what i...
  5. j1gsaw

    Winter Stout Idea

    Hey all. I have been toying with the idea of brewing up a semi big stout for the upcoming cold wintery nights, and came up with this. Advice/criticism all welcome. 4.5kg MO 1.6kg Flaked Barley 400g Roast barley 100g Carafa 2 100g Black malt 150g oat malt 150g rolled oats. 70g EKG - 60m *will...
  6. j1gsaw

    How Hoppy

    Hey gang. I think at some stage of a brewers life we all try to cross the path of sanity and try to brew something weird or wonderful. I have always wondered just how much hops i could cram into a single batch... and im thinking 1kg plus... Im not sure what the world's hoppiest beer is, but id...
  7. j1gsaw

    Flanders Red

    Hey all. A year ago today i pitched a packet or Roselare into the brew, racked it to a big glass carboy, and put it in the dark out of sight/mind. It was a surprise this morning to still see a big pellicle sitting nicely on the top. I imagine if i put it in the fridge now, it will all drop out...
  8. j1gsaw

    Regulator

    Hey gang. Does anyone have a reg like this? I had my first dabble at kegging this arv, and it went ordinary. I think i over carbed it to death, all im getting is foam, and hardly any carb. I followed some advice off youtube.. hmmm.... Its a soda stream set up etc.
  9. j1gsaw

    Recipe For Old Boy

    Hey all. Im under pressure to make up an ale for my Father in law. He is a senior gent at 76, so he has informed me he wants about 3.5% alc, and not a very dark beer, just a fairly simple brew. He has tried a few of my past beers, and they have been either too strong or too hoppy, so im thinking...
  10. j1gsaw

    Best Malt To Use With Flaked Maize

    Hey gang. Just wondering what would be the best malt to use with a heap of flaked maize? Im thinking 5kg maize 1.5kg rye 1kg of ........... pilsener malt or ale? What would have a better diastic power to get more fermentables from the maize? cheers
  11. j1gsaw

    Lactose Ferment

    Hey Gang. Im trialing something that i hope may work out for me, and thats to get lactose to ferment out. Being fully aware its non fermentable i got to thinking that if i added some lactase enzyme to the brew, it might break it down enough to see some action. Even if it only ferments out a bit...
  12. j1gsaw

    Agave Nectar

    Hey gang. I have ordered in some organic agave nectar for brewing, (just a trial experiment) Has anyone used this before? Im making Tequila, but just generally wondering if ppl have used it in beers.
  13. j1gsaw

    RecipeDB - Barts wild RYE'd

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  14. j1gsaw

    Mission Completed

    Well i took on the challenge of a 100% rye beer today.... oh what joy. Being a BIAB'er i figured it will be easier to sparge in the bag... (Insert girly scream) Never, ever ever again... I ended up with 16.5L of wort, which, is amazing considering how long it took. If i ever brew it again...
  15. j1gsaw

    Brewdays Turning Into Birth-days

    Hey all. Well yesterday was an interesting one. it started like any normal day, brewing a champion ESB! :icon_cheers: I finished half hr before I had to take the mrs to the hospital to have our 3rd! Beautiful little girl, happy days. Life could be no better if it tried. :beerbang: And these...
  16. j1gsaw

    100% Rye

    Hey all. Has anyone made a 100% rye beer? Or would it be an overkill on the tastebuds? Id be keen to have a go at it, but unsure on what hops to use with it and yeast. I was thinking 5kg rye + hops + T-58 yeast, but open for ideas. cheers
  17. j1gsaw

    Wyeast 1084 Stalled Or Slow Ferm?

    Hey all. I put a guiness draught clone down 11 days ago, 0G 1049. For 7 days i had it at 18deg, took a reading and its 1020, so i put it on the heat pad and its been sitting on 22/23deg for the last 4 days. I just took another reading then and its still on bloody 1020... hmmmm... i have gently...
  18. j1gsaw

    Too Cork Or Cap?

    Hey all. The big AG belgian brew i made is getting close to bottling, came out at about 11% alc. I originally was going to use champagne bottles and cork etc, but, seeing its not as higher alc% as i wanted, could i just use standard crown seal tallies and cap as per norm? I will only give them a...
  19. j1gsaw

    Something Smells Fishy

    Just a pic for any other keen freshwater fishermen out there, caught last week. 45cm it went, not bad at all.
  20. j1gsaw

    Alc %

    Hey all. On the 13/4 i batched a strong belgian dark ale, OG was 1.090 with 22L batch. I was hoping for 1.100. I used wyeast trappist high grav to kick it off and it went like wildfire. By day 8 (grav was 1.040) I then started adding 50ml's of dark belgian candi syrup to the beer, and this went...
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