Recent content by blackbeard2

Been bulk priming for a few batches now. Pretty much the same as described above with the notable exception that I don't bother waiting for the boiled water/sugar solution to cool down to ambient... it's only the first few hundred mls of wort that will get temp shocked, no big deal, bit of...

Hey mate, if you don't mind me asking - where did you get the chasis mount 10 amp outlets that you have installed in box in this picture? I tried without luck to get my hands on these when I built the box for my STC-1000 but ended up having to use the female ends of 2x extension leads and...

I know it's not strictly a "nutrient" for the yeast, but have you tried or considered adding a minute amount of olive oil? https://www.google.com.au/webhp?tab=ww&ei=6afLUovlJ8WBlQXb8oHgBw&ved=0CBUQ1S4#q=olive+oil+yeast+starter Seems to be lots of homebrewers claiming that it improves...

I couldn't say for certain wether or not you should be dumping at this stage - thankfully I don't have any experience with an infected batch yet. However on the topic of an extract stout recipie - I thought I'd chime in and direct you towards this one from the database which I'm planning on...

You might be on to something here...... Planning on doing a batch of Neill's Centarillo Ale in the near future (likely straight after the IPA) so if I stock up on Centenial and Amarillo in advance I can throw some Centenial at the IPA, get the BU:GU closer to 1 or above (as suggested above)...

Yeah I was just thinking when I was typing the recipe on here that I can probably ditch the Dex. Thanks for your adivce - it sounds like I should be putting more hops in as late additions because the Kit contributes 38.6 IBU's which is over 60% of the IBU's in my recipe. Will take this on...

I've got to be honest - I've never known what the bu:gu ratio meant or how to use it...... will have to look into it in some more detail. Yeah - the recipie I've concocted contains a fair bit more fermentables than just the kit + kilo, since you asked this is what I'm looking at throwing down...

Thanks Timmi and slc. Re the total bitterness - I have punched the proposed recipe into Ianh's spreadsheet (love that thing!!), and I'm going for a pretty hefty IPA: OG: 1.072 FG: 1.017 IBU: 62.5 <- by the spreadsheet this puts it a slightly more bitter than the high range for the style, but my...

Hi guys, Just planning out a near future brew in which I'm planning on using a TC's IPA kit as base. Was after some thoughts / advise on the additional hops I'm planning on using as I don't have a ton of experience yet with hop combinations. I haven't used this kit before but I'm working on...

I'm in the same boat. Currently have the base ingredients for my next three batches ready to go. Should keep my single FV busy until late January at least.

Couldn't this possibly cause over carbonation or heaven forbid bottle bombs? The OP stated that he would be using carb drops which it is safe to say are designed for carbing beers bottled at around 20°. If using a bulk priming calculator, the required amount of priming sugar is dramatically...

Hey Dread, if it is bubbling away as you said, and you have the fv at 18° now then I wouldn't worry too much. I actually just put down my steam beer and I had to pitch at 24° for the same reason. I had rehydrated the yeast and added some wort from the fv to my yeast and let it sit for about 5...

So I sampled my first stubby of "Caribbean Siesta" last night after only 2 weeks of bottle conditioning at 20°. Pretty happy with the outcome even though I'm not really a big fan of light flavored beers but it will do the job as a summer session beer. I deviated from the recipe slightly...

I'm also curious about this method of steeping vs the more common method of steeping of hot water for 30 odd minutes?

Hi there Menoetes, thanks for the welcome and the words of wisdom. I agree that the boffins at coopers are very skilled at coming up with quality kit+bit recipes, I have been doing heaps of reading of their "how to brew" page looking for inspiration. I have no doubt that the recipe as they...