Recent content by Ben Tipungwuti

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Just reading the fermentis pdf link from SAH (ta heaps!) which specifies 20+ degrees pitching temp for dry pitching. Mine went in @ 16 degrees as I read in John Palmer's book to pitch lager yeast at fermentation temp. Has anyone had problems dry pitching at this...

Just laid down a brew using Fermentis Saflager S23. I have a fridge and fridgemate. Have been reading that kit yeasts are not really lager yeasts and have to be brewed at 17-18 degrees. Is this so for Saflager S23 because I have mine @ 11.

My first three or four brews were like yours, then I brewed a lager (Country Brewer - Xtract Lager w Crystal grain - comes with a good dry yeast) when the weather got chilly. Brewed it @ 12-14 degrees for 2 weeks (standard time for me) then bottled for 4 weeks. Beautiful and beautiful the 2nd...

Thanks Jye. On the lookout for these things now. Would a broken bar fridge ie. glorified esky keep the temp below 20 you think? Under the house?

Awesome, I thought that may be the key - what do you think about getting an old, unused bar fridge and keeping the fermentor in this under the house. I live in a cooler mountain climate outside sydney so would a combination of these factors keep my ale temps below 20 degrees? Anyone with some...

Hi and I'm a 6 brew 'veteran' who thought he knew everything until tasting this summers first ale!!! Started off last summer with ales and they were yuk! Soapy! Brewed 4 lagers in winter and they turned out great - used Xtract lager from country brewer - v happy - bitter finish and clean taste...