Recent content by Bulmershe

Hi Fents, You are right. When I got mine, I was fortunate to be the only bidder and picked it up for $190. Guys, Scenictradersinc appear to advertise these fairly often so I think he must have a few or he has not been selling many :D . I think the reason there were no other bids when I bought...

Cliffo, The tapand sight glass are removeable. I have not had a chance to use it yet. SWMBO has had other projects and duties for me to do this festive season :blink: . I forgot to mention, it is completly seamless on the inside, and unlike my mates birko urn, the element is sealed so it is...

I bought one of these the other day, and they are too good to not let fellow AHB know about. 40 litre stainless steel electric urn, with lid, thermostat in degrees C, glass sight glass etc... 40 litre urn from Scenictradersinc Mine came very well packaged too. No affiliation, just a happy...

Wayne, I'm putting an order in for one of your falsies next week. I am really hanging out to get one. :D Paul

Beer Guy, That sounds like that will get me through the festivities of tomorrow. Cheers :beer:

Thanks domonsura, It appears to only leak when the handle is down or immediately after releasing the handle for about 3 seconds. Unfortunately I cannot leave it outside because the kids would play with it. So it is locked away in the garage. Thanks for the advice though.

:o Unbeleivable, We have a stack of relos coming over tomorrow for Christmas Day, 2 kegs of beer and my fire extinguisher CO2 bottle decides to start leaking. It is leaking from the pin under the handle. :huh: Anyone know if there is a SAFE way to fix this or should I get the fire extinguisher...

Well guys, Your warnings were spot on. I tried it wth the percentages I was told from Muntons, and it was UNDRINKABLE. Too bloody sweet, and nothing like the beer I was trying to reproduce. Although it was undrinkable, because of the comments, I did not get my hopes up when I was making it...

Jayse and others, Thanks everyone for the advice about the crystal malt. I am guessing that it would be the crystal malt that they sell. They have typical analysis for their malts at the following link: Muntons mini brewing Typical analysis webpage Other analysis for smugglers ale is on...

Jayse & Guest Lurker I ended up contacting Muntons themsleves. ;) To my surprise, they told me that the smugglers ale kits are: 72% Base Pearl Malt 27% Crystal Malt The hops are: Progress, Golding & Styrian hop pellets. Looking forward to buying the ingredients and having a go...

Thanks Jayse & Guest Lurker for pointing me in the right direction, The smugglers ale kit is expensive, it costs me $50 from the local HBS. The taste however is fantastic. I have taken some down to a Canberra Brewers meeting, and those who tried it, were stunned that it was produced from a...

I am keen to switch to all grain brewing. One of my favorite kit beers is Muntons Premium Smugglers Ale. Has anyone been able to replicate this with an all grain recipe? I would love to try and make it. Any advice - greatly appreciated :beer: Cheers Bulmershe

Thanks Pumpy, :o This could be where I went wrong. Kegs had new seals and were cleaned with the standard amount of idophor solution, however at that stage, I did not have the other two taps. Being new to brewing and anxoius to connect it all up, however the line I had did not fit the john...

New to brewing, I have steadily been increasing my kegs to 3. I have on tap, a coopers heritage, smugglers ale and a chocolate porter. The chocolate porter tasted a bit tart so when I was kegging the other two beers, the remainders were mixed into the porter (which improved it, giving it more...

Guys, I thought I would google for oxygen cylinders in Australia and see what I could find. :excl: I came across a safety alert from the TGA relating to Oxygen regulator fires resulting from incorrect use of CGA 870 seals. If you are contemplating using oxygen cylinders, it might be worth a...