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  1. CyberAle

    Blending with Mangrove Jacks M15 Empire Ale

    Hi all, I am looking to brew some sort of strong ale with M15 Empire Ale I recently bought. From my understanding it is just a rebranding of Mangrove Jack's Newcastle Brown ale yeast. I also understand that Newcastle Brown has rather low attenuation. Has anyone had any success with blending...
  2. CyberAle

    Wild Yeast Problems - How you overcame

    Is your brew bucket definitely sealed up correctly? I had a very similar issue for about 3 batches in a row, I would do the brew correctly and then about a week into fermentation, my fermenter started smelling like nail polish, eventually I found out that the fermenter I was using for these...
  3. CyberAle

    Southern Adelaide

    Yeah I use him whenever I can, he runs his shop out the back of his house, I picked up a 25kg bag of Simpsons Maris Otter from him for $70, $15 cheaper for the same 25kg at Country Brewer, he has good hop sales too, I bought 400g of Spalt Hops from him for $20 and he always chucks in free extras...
  4. CyberAle

    Southern Adelaide

    Country Brewer are stock standard HBS, very similar prices to Brewcraft, the benefit for me is it is close by and I can pick up under 1kg grain packages for little additions to brew and hops/yeast when I am desperate. THhey aren't too bad for bulk buying, you can pick up JW 25kg bags for $60...
  5. CyberAle

    Southern Adelaide

    I am from around Somerton Park I usually buy bulk base grains from Carter Brewing Co. in Gepps Cross and usually go to Country Brewer at Mitchell Park for small amounts of specialty grains. I am really not familiar with many shops down south, all the reasonable priced shops tend to be up North.
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    I keep getting lower than expected original gravity.

    Hi guys, I hit my target gravity last brew with a setting at 70%. I used West End's Brewing water from their Well, had my pump set to about half the flow I usually do, however, the embarrassing thing is, I decided to actually measure with electric scales the measuring container I had been using...
  7. CyberAle

    I keep getting lower than expected original gravity.

    Yes thanks, I was struggling to think of the proper term for the outlet tap lol.
  8. CyberAle

    I keep getting lower than expected original gravity.

    Sorry, no I don't have 10L deadspace, 10L is just the gap between the false bottom and the base of the Mash Tun. I have very little deadspace, 1-2L max (if I understand correctly deadspace is the wort you cannot mash out because it is not higher then the mash out tap).
  9. CyberAle

    I keep getting lower than expected original gravity.

    Awesome, I think I may go to west end brewery and grab some of their water, as they supply their treated water for free. I have my water pump going at full ball, I will definitely slow down heaps and see if that helps thanks a lot guys
  10. CyberAle

    I keep getting lower than expected original gravity.

    So I did another brew yesterday, my grain bill was: 5.25 kg of Maris Otter Ale Malt 0.25 kg Vienna Malt I made this grist with the efficiency in Beersmith at 60%. I mashed at 67C for 60 minutes. I got a brix reading of 7.5 Plato at 30C after cooling the boiled wort, so we can rule out Joe...
  11. CyberAle

    I keep getting lower than expected original gravity.

    My temperature probe is located right where the pump comes out at the top right above the grain bed
  12. CyberAle

    I keep getting lower than expected original gravity.

    Yeah sounds like a plan, I am fairly confident my refractometer is working but hey cant help to check it again and yeah I guess I will just have to go through all of them! Cheers
  13. CyberAle

    I keep getting lower than expected original gravity.

    Yeah I run more or less the same system, got an stc-1000 running a relay that contols my heating element at the bottom of my mash, with a tap on the bottom of the stock pot and at the top and a pump circulates the two.
  14. CyberAle

    I keep getting lower than expected original gravity.

    Yeah I am currently in the boat where I am just not happy about a 60% efficiency, I really want to be sitting at around 75% efficiency consistantly. It was one of the reasons I went from an esky to a cylindrical stock pot. I will definitely check out switching grains because honestly I have only...
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    I keep getting lower than expected original gravity.

    Dae Tripper, wow I didn't know that? I will definitely try source different malt at the next brew
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