Recent content by Adrianc5

Yep, still around and grumpy as ever... Just kidding, IBU life member and a great bloke to hang out with.

The Ipswich Brewers Union meet the first Thursday of each month (excluding Jan which is usually 2nd Thursday) at Tap'd - PA Hotel in Booval, Ipswich. Contact [email protected] for more details or check out the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/IpswichBrewersUnion/

I've got a few KK and one MJ, the MJ has a straight dip tube which angles directly to the centre of the base instead of the curved KK ones. I had to ream out the dip tube hole with a drill bit as it would bind when removing the tube for cleaning. Definitely easier to remove posts without the...

Thanks for the help, in my defence I did post in what looked like a sticky at the top of the Brew Clubs forum message list? I'll send a PM with details.

+1 on the recirc wort to really decrease chilling time. Since I added a pump and do a recirc whirlpool while chilling it's reduced chill time by about 1/2 (30 minutes or so now with tap water for the first 20 and then pond pump in an ice bath for the last 10 or so).

I've tried pre-chilling tap water with a copper coil about 1.5m long in an ice-bath before, and found it didn't have much effect unless I agitated the chiller coil in the ice-bath constantly. If the pre-chill coil sat still the temp drop of the water through the ice-bath was minimal. Any other...

. Thanks for the entirely useless reply, hopefully someone who is actually able provide some help may provide some advice. Just trying to help spread the word about good homebrew clubs here.

How can I add a club listing to this page?

hey fro-daddy Ipswich Brewers Union (IBU) meet 1st thursday of the month at Tap'd (PA Hotel) around 7pm. let me know if you want more details?

Hey Hamo, late reply, but yes the IBU is still going - meetings are now at Tap'd (PA Hotel in Booval) on the 1st Thursday of the month around 7pm. I can PM you some more details if you're interested in heading along.

Yes - sold.

Is the pump a keg king one? I'm keen for it, the ss pump head and the kitchen scales. I can pick up sometime on the weekend.

Sold pending payment

Karana Downs/Mt Crosby area.

$80 - new price $145. Bought from ibrew about 12 months ago, selling due to moving to an electric system. Looks the same as the one in the photo (not the one for sale though). Done about 8-10 brews with it with a keggle, in good nick and works very well. Can possibly deliver depending on...