Recent content by Dr_Rocks

I agree with Quokka, I've only ever cold crashed by immediately switching the fermentation fridge on, so that it reaches 0 - 1 degrees as quickly as possible. Generally I leave it at 1 degree for a whole day, then gelatine for another day and it's as clear as any commercial beer i've ever seen.

I have been on the receiving end of stratification a couple of times now. I've finally learnt to stir my wort/beer prior to sampling for gravity, however I don't think it will be the last time i succumb to this!

Is KegLand actually going to respond to this thread, or just leave it up to speculation and hearsay by AHB members?

I have one of these heat pads and just put it in the fridge, if it's particularly cold I wrap the heat belt around and between the two of them I seem to maintain good temp control. The only other feedback I have is you have to really, really (really) tighten the tri-clamp fittings. I've had one...

I'll be there!

I just got the meat thermometer (number 2) a couple of weeks ago. Really fast temp readings (< 2 secs) from ambient to mash/boil. This is my number 1 thermometer now.

this is fantastic

Just revisiting this thread. After some research into using sodastreams/soda siphons to force carb beer (which seemed to be mainly negative involving exploding siphons or ruining non-glass siphons) I was dumb enough to try it myself. But, apart from a small amount of wastage, I found I had no...

Here ya go lax, cascade and mosaic all the way. BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: Igneous Pale Ale [AHB Vic XMAS Caseswap 2017 Version] Brewer: Ben Asst Brewer: Style: American Pale Ale TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0) Recipe Specifications --------------------------...

Lax...It's very similar I just added centennial and dropped a bit of the caramber so it's much lighter in colour. I'm currently globetrotting but will post the recipe when I'm back in Aus. If you can't wait my original recipe is in the Jan-Feb edition of BYO magazine on page 60 but ill post...

I am loving these geology puns.....clearly someone has their dad joke licence.

Hi Will, I uae a long spoon to whirlpool then chill. Simply because I found it easier to get a good trub cone without the chiller in there. Then I gently put the immersion coil in. Worked for me!

Equal props to idzy on the brisket.......he put in the hard yards but then made the poor life decision and left us for some shit gig requiring a suit and tie.

**** it... Droid is hosting at Eagle Point Attendees 1. Droid 2. Idzy 3. Nullnvoid 4. AJ80 5. Mardoo 6. Micbrew 7. JB 8. DJ_L3ThAL 9. MartinOC 10. Midnight Brew 11. Husky 12. Curly79 13. Technobabble66 14. homebrewnewb 15. Malt Junkie 16. Dr Rocks Cubists 1. Droid 2. Idzy 3. Nullnvoid 4. AJ80...

Cheers fellas, as a first-timer it was a very friendly, welcoming weekend. I learnt a lot, had some great convos and tasted some awesome brews and it was good to connect with like-minded beer folk. Cheers Cam and folks for playing host, Russ for the big brew and all involved for the great...