Recent content by crd0902

Just so the more experienced fellas here can give you a better answer maybe provide what temperature you fermented at and how long they were left for and maybe the original gravity of your batches so you can get a better answer. I would be thinking if you started brewing in a temp controlled...

Positive to kettle yep and yep had plenty salt mixed in. Gonna have to try a power supply I reckon. Maybe better vinegar as was only cheap stuff

Hi all so I gave this a try on my kettle lid yesterday. Not sure if I did something wrong but didn't do anything. First patch I tried left a little colour change. Next patch I tried nothing at all. Is my solution not strong enough or any ideas. I used a 9 volt battery and Coles brand vinegar. Cheers

Hi all, figured I'd post in here as its about milling and grain crush. First time crushing and just looking for advice as to if I'm on the right track. It's set at keycard width, hand milled and my mash tun has a copper manifold. Cheers Chris

Hi all. This is my first attempt at milling my grain and first all grain brew so just seeing if I'm on the right track for the crush. I set my mill to the width of a credit card and hand milled. I have a esky with a copper manifold for mashing. Cheers

Quick update, I checked the loss in my mash tun, 350 ml approx. may be different once I'm mashing grain not just water but we see. I leave approx 4 litres in my kettle as the tap is quite high and have no dip tube. I may need to fix this before brew day as I think that's too much. Cheers

Ok thanks for your advice. I have a copper manifold for my esky which I will check the loss I get tonight, I have a 50 litre converted keg which doesn't have a dip tube so will be a few litres left after draining as I don't know what will happen with the whirlpool and trub cone etc but will...

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And how would I do that with the sparge as well. Would I have to drain that into another pot before I drain into my keggle as that would have the first mash drained into it cheers

My apologies I've stuffed up me whole post. Reading the wrong recipe as I bought three kits. It's a 23 L boil and 19L ferment. But still get my answer on the grain ratio. When you say to recycle the wort are you meaning drain the mash, pour back into mash tun, stir, recirculate then drain it...

Ducatiboy I just saw the rest of your comment regarding leftover wort cheers

Antiphile no biab full all grain mash and boil and I'm pretty sure it was 22 litres in fermenter. Those details are at home at the moment

Ok cool so would I also sparge that ratio even if it means sparge twice is that what you mean

Sorry in the second calculations say 15.07 of sparge water not 10.76

Hi all I am about to attempt my first all grain this weekend and have a few questions I can't find answers to. I have a recipe kit from a brew shop, it has a grain bill of 4.31 kg. The recipe states a boil volume of 28 litres. I intend to batch sparge in my esky. If I do equal volume sparge...