Recent content by attackandvine

Sold. To WarmBeer.

ok, haven't heard from Levin, but he got in first... If I don't hear from him by the end of the day, it's all yours WarmBeer

Or'right, I've got two buyers at $85... What's the etiquette with this sort of thing? first in best dressed, or highest offer? Levin, I'm in West Melbourne, just off Spencer Street.

yeah, pretty sure it's not going to work. Could probably find space if I absolutely had to, but realistically, the space it takes up is disproportionate to how often I actually brew. If I have to round up bits from all over the place to do a brew, then even less likely I'll do it. And where...

After only getting in 1 brew completed, I'm moving to a small apartment and won't have space to brew. Big shame, because I like this hobby! $85 the lot. West Melbourne 3003 Pickup. Standard Home Brew setup bought from my local home brew shop: - Fermenter - Hyrdrometer - Airlock - Taps - Bottle...

Originally intended to use clamps, so they could be removable, but the cheap-o plastic grip-clamps ($1 each from Bunnings) weren't strong enough, snapping under the tension.

Nice idea, looks like it'd take a while to rig up though? So much twistie, twistie. wood & screws as above was real quick. Had 40+ capacity sorted in about 15-20 mins with a drill and dot punch.

Saw this post from a while back which shows a few different DIY alternatives to a bottle tree. Here's my version I'm lucky to have a brew room that has lot of storage space, so knocked these up on the top of the MDF shelving. Cost about $5 in timber. With a few of these, I can stack about 42...

searched threads, tried google - nada. I assume its 'Kit & ...'

It's interesting you bring up sanitisation. I was pedantic about this with everything that came in contact with the brew. However, I can't help but think a lot of the advice about bleach soaking is not appropriate for bottles that started out reasonably clean. I had about 20 coopers longnecks...

Excellent. Those were the answers I was looking for. Thanks.

Hi, Just done my first brew (kit), and curious about when bottle bombs are likely to happen - during conditioning at room temp (right after bottlinga0, or during refrigerated conditioning? I get it that it's all to do with SG and priming, and you must wait 'til wort has finished fermenting...

yep, I used the yeast that came with the packet. I'm fortunate to have a really stable ambient temperature. I live in a warehouse in Melbourne & monitored temperature variance between am/pm everyday for a few weeks. At that point in time, ambient temp stayed at 13 degree all day through (24...

Hello, I'm planning to bottle tomorrow (so long as SG remains stable), here's the full details of this brew. All seems okay to me, from the little I know about HB. Anything seems strange to you? Style: Becks Product: Coopers Pils Date of brew: 14-Sep Vol. water: 23L Type of sugar: House Malt...

Thanks everyone for your replies. Sammus had the right answer... Figured this out right after I posted. Seemed weird, had to tighten WAY harder than you would a normal sealed thread. Anyway, happy it worked & I didn't have to dick about with new taps, resanitising etc. Thanks again.