Recent content by Fylp

Hey, I went down this route when i had an incident with a hot grain bag and didn’t want to hoist the hot grain anymore. I got a 50l double walled stainless soup server and whacked in a false bottom. I based it on the Breweasy. Without the sparge float valve it was a lot of monitoring for over...

Checked mine this morning and then this afternoon. The chinook grew about 10cm today. I'm guessing they like the powerfeed I gave then on Sunday. The POR and Cascade seem to be getting fatter rather than shooting up.

I had a few flavour issues recently and was wondering if I was going to finish the keg or tip it. I then gave my gun a good clean and it is one of my fav beers. Mine seems to gunk up a lot more than my tap.

Hey all, I'm working out the ideal spot for my first run at this. Just wondering if people in Sydney plant in full sun. I understand that it can get a bit hot for them in summer and some try and get the end of day heat off them by putting them in part shade. Any experience shared would be welcome.

Free 229 litre fridge. I picked it up on gumtree a few years ago. Works well, but I've been using it for fermenting in and taking on camping trips. It is painted in chalk board paint and has a couple of floor boards as the lowest shelf. Has 3 other shelves and two compartments for the door. Pick...

You can get them from your local Pirtek. Could be a bit cheaper than keg king

Do you have the guard?

I got my brother to install a 15A outlet on a stand alone rcd. He came to town for xmas and I put him to work. 3600w turns on and off a lot during the mash. My next step is to set up something to dial the power down when needed. It gets a good rolling boil on for 50 litres though.

I feel the same. I balked at the cost, but well worth it - I should add it is the most expensive single item I've bought for my set up, I brew ghetto!!

Hey All, been building new rig for a while and a big thanks for all the help opinions etc along the way - even if I just stalked your convo. Went from the exploding keg King element to a 5 Star 3600w element. I looked at a few online calculators to see what an extra 1200w would do for my mash...

Without temp control at this time of year you could end up with all sorts of flavours.

I've never had an infection (fingers crossing - knocking on wood) and I only use idophor and elbow grease. When I started many years ago the ancient fella at the ESB factory gave me the direction and followed ever since. I don't mind the brown and use it in two different strengths, nuclear and...

It was an old one rewired by I genius sparky. He then re-inspected it and told me the original insulation melted and somehow bridged the connection, causing it to blow. The stuff was dripping out when it blew. I'll never touch one again.

Biggest problem I see is the keg King element. Grab a 5 star, I almost lost a batch and skin to a keg King recently

I've got an ssr stc combo. Just rigged it up since I went to a 3600w element. Works fine. They struggle with 10 Amps without melting.