Recent content by duncbrewer

Good news is that as Esp32 should be able to load gravity Mon software which is a really good electronic hydrometer software. Brilliant support on that. I've migrated my ispindels onto this platform. How many brews it lasts for isn't that relevant more about time as a brew might be more than a...

I've used the WLP 099 it's from the Yeast bay who seem to have stopped supplying homebrewers so it might be a little difficult to find. As mentioned, big starter, lots of oxygen and then reoxygenate after a couple of days. I partigyled a 1.041 beer off a barley wine and then pitched an imperial...

I had fitted the oled 1306 and was using the diyhomebrewers software which gave some info on the screen rather than LCD. Having flashed the esp3266 and the ispindel firmwares 4.2x neither display anything except white lines. Very strange. Is there a different wiring arrangement for the oled display?

Fair enough.

Make your own it's a lot cheaper. I get the supplies from a chemical selling shop, does pool chemicals and cleaning agents etc. 65% sodium percarbonate, 30% sodium metasilicate and 5% EDTA https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/pbw-alternative.98456/ Links in the above thread as well to a...

Seems harder to find than a crazy french referee down here. I'm keeping my eyes peeled though. I do not support NZMRT.

Helpful advice I'll bear that in mind when I use it, or use it as an alternative in the recipe that wants crystal rye which is unavailable at the moment.

@hidara I've got the SS plate but I can't get it to stick well on the body of the kettle as soon as it gets warm then it unsticks the tape. Yours looks good. I'll get one printed up. Adding a lip / eyebrow to the piece would stop any dribbles getting onto the box, currently I just have a piece...

I have used monk fruit extract to back sweeten. Not a noticeable twang to it, which I find all of the other non fermentable sweeteners do have. I used to have some very dry cider and mixed that with some rekorderlig cider which was far too sweet to drink on it's own.

Before the sous vide magnet I used to vacuum seal the magnet ( ferrous only ) and use that inside the hop bag. The sous vide magnet is much more robust though.

Black forrest Rye I was told was a bit like supernova malt but with a rye edge to it. Haven't used mine yet but I have a plan. Can't get any crystal rye at the moment so will have to sub in some normal crystal I suppose.

I use a fairly open mesh bag, cable tied shut. Magnet inside I use a sous vide magnet these are covered with food grade silicone on the outside. I just sanitise the magnet with starsan. Outside I use a magnet salvaged from a hard disk drive. Food shops/ kitchen supplies for sous vide or...

What a pain. Should be plain sailing with a refill.

Not sure about the kegland cylinders, some variation of type on the genuine sodastream cylinders in that the one with larger flat " button" in the top of it needs to be filled from a very slow start otherwise the valve paradoxically shuts off and you can't put gas in. You won't of course get gas...

50 litre kegs useful for converting as boilers, but a right pain to use for domestic beer, with a bigger opening good as a kegmenter or a bigger opening as per @MHB post. https://aussiehomebrewer.com/threads/50l-keg-uses.102822/post-1566849