Recent content by Hop Thief

I just bought another fridge last week and could do with one of these, yes please.

Mosiac arrived today, Thanks mate.

Yes Please

Put it on low just after 11.am, the gauge on the door says 75 c and I have smoke. the break in begins.

My local hardware wanted $18.50 for 450g of pellets. The joy of living in a country town with only 1 hardware shop. I will stock up next time I go to Melbourne. I have soaked the shavings for an hour and just put them on. Will get some foil pouches ready to top it up. Cheers

I went and checked out local hardware and they had she oak shavings or bags of pellets. The pellets were a bit expensive so I grabbed the shavings. Will they be alright in the Aldi smoker or should I wait until I can get some bigger chips.

Ok after looking at the aldi thread and then reading all of this thread, I couldn't help but go buy one of these aldi smokers tonight. I was going to wait a week or 2 to see if they come on special but when I checked tonight they had 5 left so grabbed one while they had em. Just finished putting...

Hi Dan, This is what I went off split up the hops evenly into three additions 15g Amarillo 10g cascade (15min, 1min, dry hop) Bring 5L of water to the boil, turn off the heat and add 500g Light Dry Malt Extract, mix thoroughly. Return to the boil for 5min, add 15 min addition of hops, boil for...

Nice one Inkbird, I'm in . Cheers.

Bottled my first brew today, had a little taste and it tastes pretty good for a first attempt. Now to try and wait another couple of weeks. I used this recipe 1.7kg Coopers Pale Ale (pre-hopped extract) 1kg Coopers Brew Enhancer 2 (500g Dextrose, 250g Maltodextrine, 250g LDME) 500g Light Dry...

Thankyou for the offer but my gear showed up in the mail today and I have mixed up my first batch. Temp is at 23 at the moment and I'm having a cold one while waiting for it to go down to 20 so I can pitch the yeast. Cheers

Mail man came through, local woollies has nothing. They said they used to but not any more.

Ok so I've got my fridge, got the stc-1000 wired up and working. Went and got the coopers kit on the weekend and a can of the pale ale and BE 2, 500g of ldme as first up I am going to have a crack at a hoppy coopers pale ale that I found on you tube. Just waiting on the mailman for some star san...

Hey Tony, this thread was a great read mate. I'm in the process of getting everything together to do my first brew. So how did your first brew taste, hope it was good and where is the pic of it in a glass.

Thanks mate, I will definitely get an electrician to check it out before using it.