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dark room. flash on. taken from about half a meter away.

2nd glass of my first batch. had one on friday n it was just barley drinkable. had quite a zing to it (not sure how to describe it. made the front of my tongue feel like i was licking sandpaper) its mellowed a lot and isnt to bad now. (its lost 90% of the zing and is drinkable). i look forward...

that doesnt add up at all. maybe i need more beer to aid in the measuring and counting

im pretty sure the majority of SS is welded with tig or mig im looking at doing the courses myself and was planning to do both mig and tig

i average 2 a day n more like 4 fri/sat. i must admit ive started drinking more since the twins came along. i used to have AFD's mon-thurs

if your worried grab a submercible pond pump and a length of hose to push the water round a bit. pond pumps are pretty cheap $15+ and hose is pretty cheap too.

i agree with yardy. i bought a little stick welder a couple of years ago for $150 or so n it works guite well for a cheap little unit. (ive since bought a mig n its much better but it was quite pricey) another good option would be to get one of your mates to weld it up for you. ask around, youd...

i was trying to think up something along these lines today. yours has come out way better than what i was thinking up for mine though. i have a question though. why is your airlock on a piece of hose away from the fermenter?

i wouldnt worry. slower temps = longer ferment. and im 99.9% sure larger yeast is much slower than ale yeast. of course having said that im totally new to brewing beer.

its lucky for me that that's true (cause id have a snowflakes chance in hell in making something drinkable) +1 I'm exactly the same. although i think ill continue to ignore the drunken locals around here.

wow this stuff is taking its sweet sweet time to get going. just took a SG reading. its only down to 1.028 seems very slow compared to the beer kits that ive made over the past couple of weeks.

is there a spacific reason for black jelly babies/beans or is it a joke that i missed? i put honey in todays brew of ginger beer. its the first time ive deviated from the kit instructions/ingrediants. dont think ill K&K again

no worries. ill go chuck it together with the dex now. thanks heaps for all your help EDIT: made it up with dex, 750g of honey, kit yeast and nutrient, can of goodies. SG was 1.032 which was miles away from what i thaught it was going to be. i was expecting 1.040 or so. does that seem about...

should i go for dextrose that the kit says to use or should i use a brew enhancer? (dex + light malt + maltodextrin) ive got both here so im not fussed either way

i have a couple of q's about ginger beer so ill wack them in here instead of starting a new topic. long story short the mother in law knows im making home brew and asked if i could make some alcoholic gingerbeer for her. (which i dont mind doing) i got a morgans ginger beer kit from the LHBS...