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which way are the square volume measurements out? I will find out in a week I suppose when my 21L gets tx to keg! I like to see the volume when I am transferring, to make sure I don't draw it too far down. Not certain on how deep my yeast cake is going to be yet. Although those olive drums do...

bought three square ones. still using airlocks as it is what i am used to. A stout and a porter are on. Yes, you can see the liquid level easily in the blue ones. They have convenient L marks on the square, not the round. The tap threads actually feel stronger than other proper fermenters. All...

ouch. i had mine fill the fridge and then cover my workshop floor. Now it smells like rotting fruit.

Can you see through stainless ? :P

can you see the liquid level well enough?

Hi I have the opaque plastic fermenters and have had one crack because i dropped it 3 inches, and another one the tap popped out when a beer was almost done. Are there better alternatives? I don't want to spend megabucks. Bunnings have these which look like they just need a hole drilled in...

Thanks for the help guys. Yes I want more from my beer than what I am getting, of course :) That is the mother of invention!

Hi So I've been trying to keep beer costs down, but my brews are suffering because I am using brown sugar / dex / castor / table sugars. Below are two recent brews. It's like beer flavoured water, with a bitter twang. The APA got better after 2 weeks in keg, but still watery. I read that...

There can't be a lot of molasses in there, so perhaps I should dial back the dex a touch too. Or just suck up the extra alcohol!

Yeah, I was hoping the molasses in the brown sugar would act as a non fermentable somewhat similar to the malt, but it still has a lot of sugar. I may just try adding say 600g dex and say 200g brown sugar.

West Brissie, we have a limited asian supermarket at indro. ta

Hi Trying to keep costs down and use what I have, here is my very simple recipe: IRISH ALE 1 can Coopers Draught 1kg Coopers Brew Enhancer 1 300g Golden Syrup Note: Fill your fermenter to the 21 litre mark only. Brewing Method:#1 What can I use instead of the brew enhancer? I have plenty of...