Recent content by Brad Sofield

Welcome aboard Blake. Wickam is a long way away. Best of luck with your first brew. Plenty of great info on here for you to draw on along the way. all the best mate

TWOC for supplies and always free good advice. His store is like a lolly shop for blokes. Lots of hidden treasures.

Yep no more pouring direct from bottle- did that once and put the bottle down on 2 week old bench top after kitchen reno leaving nice white stain in the shape of a starsan bottle. Use a syringe now and not allowed tp come insode with Starsan anymore :wacko:

Yeah have to agree with a few of you- this was my first taste of pumpkin ale and have been interested in trying since seeing Brewmasters episode with Dogfish head doing a Punkin ale. I noted they added canned pumpkin to the boil which I reckon is what was missing from the gage roads version...

yes saw it a few weeks ago and spoke to my financial adviser who saw it also. we are in by the way :lol:

Just enquiring are those 15lt fermenters mate

I have used US-05 in some ales a couple of times and fermented in a temp fridge around 22 deg, but with temp fluctuations +- 2 degrees on my controller it may have gone higher. The resulting beer has a slight banana flavour also which is still present after 6 weeks n keg.. My current...

Is there a comp for rancid nanny curtain beers- I've got a shot at that one :icon_chickcheers:

Hey cdbrown-it must be a bunnings thing! Got a 4000 MAP burner $143 for the cost of a replacement canister $29. Makes up for all the other things I have overpayed for over the years. Honestly I didn't realise till I got home and too far to go back.Cheers

Could we not just extend the gas in tube with an airstone at the base?

WOW a tea ball strainer on steroids

Not sure about cheapest, only coz I rarely shop elsewhere but TWOC in Bibra lake is by a mile the best in my opinion anyway. Roy is a good bloke willing to offer as much advice as you ask for and has a massive range of everything Brewing. search TWOC and have a look.

Hi mate- Yeah I have used them for assorted reasons but not beer brewing. We use them at work for testing flow rates for domestic irrigation design as well as applying precise rates of liquid fertilser at pressure. They really accurate. Thanks for the link and I may get a few more for replacements.

Hi everyone- I was having a thought/brainwave about plumbing through a herms vessel. Mainly because I was having trouble cramming enough cooper into an 11 litre pot and then trying to connect the ends through the inlet /outlets. Does anyone have any experience or opinions on using 1/2 inch...

Any sanitation problems with adding hops in the tea ball straight to the keg. I can understand making a tea with hops and adding that would sanitise somewhat. Thanks