Recent content by Chris

Cheers Pumpy, excellent. So basically maltier, higher hopped and unfiltered homebrewed beers are higher in antioxidants than their megaswill companions. I think our hobby is now validated and future expenditures are simply a health product when discussing with the minister of finance (the...

chiller, where do you get your sky hooks from? I've been looking for some for years.

Can I suggest POR. I know, I know, but apparently fresh theyre pretty good and everyone who I have spoken to who have grown them have had success. I was just despondently watering my 2yo Mt Hood and Werty and considering growing them under shadecloth next year, now adelaide is officially hot as...

Warren Sure it wasn't just chill haze and by doing the protein rest you just decreased the quantity of haze proteins which would have been removed by chilling the wort anyway?

Yep, 25lt+ esky. I get 90% efficiency with batch sparging in my 26lt Willow, and can make 25lt at 1.045 quite easily, but this is because I have everything dialed in from years of use. If I did it again I would go bigger (about 35lt). With the catering urn the thermostats arn't usually very...

I agree, the times I have done a protein rest with weyermann munnich or pils it has been hit and miss in the body and head retention department (ie no head). Also if you look at the endosperm length it is about the same length as the grain, which is a simple measure of being well modified (to...

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I agree, lots of good hops and use good malt (weyermann pils) with maybe 5% melanoidin or 10-20% munich. I quite frequently brew a Pils style OG=1.040 and IBU 35-30 with good continental hops. turns out about 3.8% ABV and very popular. Dont mash high, you will mask the husky-grainy sweetness...

Cheers Wee Stu, thats place is pretty handy and a good price. Yes, "Evilbay".

You have got to be kidding me. http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...=STRK:MEDW:BIDN

Cheers Fellas, Might just make the jump and buy it, I know I'll get plenty of use out of it.

Hi, I have decided I have struggled tipping 20lt of hot water from a stock pot into my mash tun for too long. Its time to get an urn, theyre stainless steel, have an electric element, thermostat, tap and a sight gauge. I have priced up building a HLT with all the bits I want but it gets over...

If you cooked them Chicken, would they complain if it didnt taste like KFC or Red Rooster? Because thats what complaining about HB is eqivalent to. Brew something you like too, but know that is not too weird that the more adventurous mega swillers will not - take a little sip - then a mouthfull...

Thats good news mfds about a possible decent aussie saaz or halletau cultivar, pity the yanks and kiwis did it 20 odd years ago. Hmmm Kaichen HPA? Im green with envy Screwy, how many seasons have you had the werty? Keep them in semi shade, I had about 12 Mt Hood struck cuttings die from the...

Yeah I reckon I'll have a few wuertemberger to swap too. second year in a big pot and it has about 20 shoots with the main ones seriously challenging the Mt Hood. I have about 12 trained allready, so probably cut off and strike the rest.