Recent content by bluejed

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I clean with dishwasher detergent (powder) approximately 2 TBS and add 1 kettle of boiling water, the boiling water adds pressure and then I flush through the beer tap until no pressure. disconnect keg shake and empty. I fill the keg 1/3 and flush twice. on the 2nd time reconnect the tap and...

i picked up a fridge from the Harvey Norman store, (a relatively new fridge they were about to dump). asked of I could plug it in and test, found the thermostat was not working and replaced. Great fridge, great seals and only 10 bucks. if you are looking at a high efficency unit and going to use...

The standard CO2 fire extinguishers have a tube in the cylinder to draw liquid CO2 for fire fighting, you need to get that tube removed so that only gas is drawn off from the top of the tank (you will wreck the regs). I have a CO2 extinguisher and costs around $35 to fill and lasts around 20 -...

give a pyrethrum spray a go, I use this on cherry trees for cherry slug and as it is a natural plant based insecticide it breaks down readily. its available from your local hardware as concentrate mix with water and spray

cheers for that and thanks for the offer, but a little to far for some hops. I had an idea I was a bit late. thanks again :rolleyes:

Hi, I am looking for hop rhizomes if any one has an excess and wants to recycle.

Just done my first BIAB, all went well for first attempt. had same problem with crud, had filter on drain but blocked after about 1 litre found screen material to fine will increase screen media next brew. :beer:

All Clear :wub: I had hopps blocking the tube, all good... no all great :beer:

Thanks for that kenlock, I had attempted to remove the fitting but did not want to force it..

Hi, I have a minor issue... allright a rather big issue, my Keg dip tube is blocked :( The keg was cleaned (washed out) after the last use, however I did not flush the pickup line :angry: I am in the process of cleaning the system, and only have cleaning solution in the keg. gased the keg...

Brrrr, its cold out there.. Dont have to tell me twice, finings have been added in 48Hrs will rack onto keg with hops :icon_cheers:

Hey, I have a Larger (Euro Larger) brweing in the fridge, yes larger yeast has been used S23 x 2 pitched at 12 deg and held at 10 deg for 4 weeks. 4 days ago, I raised the temp to 14deg to complete fermentation, now SG is 1.002 (crisp and dry). My querie is the next process Largering, would you...

I have fiddled with coopers kits, and found that yeast is the key, I would recomend cultivating yeast from coopers bottles and using this in lieu of the kit yeast, this is where the flavour is :rolleyes: . there are a few previous threads on how to, its worth it

to give some citrus undertones, would you recomend sticking with the Goldings? I dont want to confuse the flavours, simple is best..