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Thanks for the replies everyone. That link was really helpful Judanero. Appreciate it. It actually never occurred to me to use a pre chiller for the water. I could just have a separate immersion chiller in an esky of ice water and put it in series with my wort immersion chiller to pre chill the...

Im currently getting set up to do all grain BIAB again. In the past I used the no chill method and had good results but this time I want to chill. Im going to make an immersion chiller out of soft drawn copper tube. I think I need to combine this with a big bucket of ice water and a submersible...

Hey Cliffo. I'm keen to see how this goes for you. My last return to kits didn't turn out very well but I think it was my fault for trying to make my recipes too complicated rather than just keeping it simple and letting the kit do its thing. Impatience probably had a big part in it also.

Thanks for the replys everyone. I hadnt considered the bacteria angle at all. I was more just thinking about protecting the paddle itself. Plus I thought it would look good with a bit of oil on it. I think I'm just going to leave it uncoated for the time being. Tung oil does sound good though.

I bought a wooden mash paddle from Craftbrewer over the Christmas break and I'm wondering if its worth putting some oil or something on it to protect it? Will that leech out into my mash? Just wondering if this is the done thing or do you just leave it. In the past I used a piece of conduit so...

Hey everyone. I had a 2 and a half year hiatus from drinking alcohol and brewing which is now over and I am happy to be back making and enjoying beer. My first brew back was a partial mash golden ale which is bottle conditioning at the moment. I sampled a couple last night and besides being over...

Hey all, Just wondering if anyone has had any experience Repitching slurry from a stout into a lighter beer and if they found any roast flavour carried over. I'm currently brewing an oatmeal stout with wyeast 1469 West Yorkshire and I would like to brew some pale ales with it as well. If I...

I'm brewing an American wheat this weekend so I probably won't get onto the bitters for a couple of weeks. But when I do I'll treat the yeast as you have said. Will also be starting it around 18 and let it up to 20 after a couple of days. Thanks for the advice!

Some guys on another forum seem to think WLP 037 Yorkshire Square Ale yeast is the Sam Smiths strain.

Thanks Bribie. I tried to use ring wood in an ordinary bitter a couple of years ago. The ferment stuck and turned into a big mess. I'd still like to give it another try though. I might try it out after I'm done with 1469. Treat it with a bit more respect this time though. I have not found much...

I have read that the TTL strain and the Sam Smiths strain have very similar flavour profiles. Really just wondering if the is a white labs or wyeast equivalent of the Sam Smiths strain. The 1469 is going to make a fine beer. It will probably get me pretty close. Not a Sam Smith clone though.

Hey everyone, I am planning 2 oatmeal stouts in the coming months. The first is a partial using the recipe from brewing classics styles with wyeast 1469. The second is a partial that I have converted from an all grain recipe on another site. It is a clone recipe for Samuel smiths oatmeal...

Thanks Bribie its nutrient that I got from Brewers Choice at Enogerra quite a while ago. It sounds like what you're describing. I realised its probably 3 or 4 years old though. I was just checking out some new stuff on the craftbrewer website. Might just ditch the old stuff and get some fresh...

Thanks. That helps a lot. Ill add a 1/4 teaspoon at the end of my boil.

Hey everyone, I am about to start brewing extract and specialty grain beers and I am just wondering if they will benefit from some yeast nutrient? Does the yeast nutrient just help the yeast to get established faster? Any other reasons to add it? At what stage in the process do you add it and...