Recent content by hapitan

Hey all, Was just walking through Footscray in Melbourne noticed a Chinese import shop selling aluminum pots quite cheaply. 84QT (I think around 73L) for $60. There are cheaper smaller ones too. They are light, so there's not a heap of aluminum there - but be a good starting port I reckon...

Where in Vic are you located?

I would be all over this if it was a little closer to home. Why is everything good always in or near Melbourne!

Nice. How many litres? Can you post dimensions?

And sold.

Let's mark this sucker down! $150 now. ONO.

Hey, I'm moving to a small apartment, so I have to depart with my fridge. I've actually used it as a food/beverage fridge/freezer, but I've always thought it would be a great unit for fermenting. It's an older model, a Kelvinator N420C. It's been a solid performer over the years. As you can...

Pictures might help?

Nice. Thanks for the links. Looks like that's the way forward for me! Any suggestions on the grain bill?

Hey, Firstly thanks for your help on my first AG brew. I've had a few bottles and I'm pretty damn happy with it. Tastes really nice and goes down quickly and easily. Best I've made so far! I'm hoping to get going on my second AG brew next weekend - this time with more volume (to reduce the...

I saw these. And you get a plastic bottle with them too.

Pmed on the burner

So to report back, I mixed *something* up over the weekend. I guess we'll see how it turns out. I ended up with about 2kg of Maris Otter and 150g of Crystal. I started about 3pm, mashing the grains in about 12L of water. I left it for about 70mins at 65C. I then mashed out for about 10...

So I've had a think/play with some ingredients in BeerSmith, and this is what I came up with. Total volume: 12 litres (into fermenter) 2.5kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter 250g Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 45g Amarillo. Boil time will be 60 minutes. Hop additions at 30 mins in and 50 mins in. Then I...

The Marris Otter and Amarillo idea looks exactly what I'm after. I'll have to have a fiddle with BeerSmith later and work out some numbers - and post back later. I'll probably do another Golden Ale down the line (a full AG), but I want to see the outcome of the extract before I start.