Recent content by FirkinFantastic

4. Gary

I won't be able to make it, damm it.

Sorry I am not sure just yet if I am going as I have a ridiculous amount on atm. I will try and let you know closer. When is Anthony going shopping? Thursday?

I tried the sommerset gold recipe on here with Mangrove jacks cider yeast, boiled 4 darjeeling tea backs and other ingredients 30 mins. Used ww apple juice n berri pear juice. Came up a treat. Amate who brews a lot recommends one of either the blackrock pr mangrove jacks, I forget which one...

I scored a very nice 320 litre, not too old upright freezer for freeee. Add to that a fridge controller that my sparky father in law gave me for free. A few weeks earlier I scored a tub full of extension cords. With an onld enclosure and a couple of cable glands that I got from work for free...

It looks like you have more to sell and I have just now finished setting one up so I thought I would add this. They are 20A and an electrical industry standard used in many fridges. They take ntc or ptc probes. They can either run a heater or a compressor. I got mine for free from my father...

HI I will be there, Gary.

Thanks for the post, it is a great into to grain brewing and I will definately be doing AG beers from now on. I have two questions: DO I put the lid on during the boil and how agressive is the boil. I aimed for a nice rolling boil without it being too angry or too slow and had the lid mostly on.

Has anybody used an STC controller on an urn to maintain mash temp? I am just starting to get into grain brewing and build a system. I cannot see why it would not work. The STC is good for 10 amps and 99 oC so you can turn the urn on full blast and let the controller do the work. When you...