Go to your local medical supplier. They will normally be offloading empty 20 litre distilled water cubes. Our local supplier sells them for $4 each tap included
did you take a preboil gravity? If you are over your target pre boil gravity you could dilute down. Otherwise, adjust your hop additions for the smaller volume and put up with a smaller batch size
I have one. Wasn't hard to put on so I must have got lucky. I definitely noticed a difference with reduced ramp times and boil vigour. Definitely worth the investment in my opinion
A question for those familiar with the operation of the connect control box. Is there a way of skipping through steps in your brew session? Last weekend I brewed the Easy Drop IPA grainkid recipe and halfway through I accidently turned off the switch to the grainfather, thus re-setting the whole...
I am reminded of a thread posted some time ago on here where many people were demonstrating that you can actually make some awesome beers using a short mash and boil. BribieG himself stated using a 30 minute mash and 30 minute boil created the best English bitter he had ever made...
Came across this article the other day. Made me laugh so thought I'd share
http://fuckyoufriday.com.au/2016/03/09/****-you-aldi-centre-aisle-special-buys/
Well done to all winners and thank you to the Grog Cobras for running the competition in such a professional manner. It was great to be part of and I look forward to participating again next year.
Special congratulations to John from Geelong Craft Brewer's for placing 1st in the Wheat Beer...
For most beers I do generally aim to mash about 65ish for at least 90 minutes in order to ensure full conversion and eliminate any chance of stuck fermentations. But you are right, a long and low mash with a good % of vienna would definitely produce the maltiness and help with attenuation. That...
4.2% roasted grains doesn't seem like enough for a stout to me. I think the general rule is about 10-12% for most types of stout. For imperial stouts quite a few recipes I've seen are using up to 18%. It's not too late to add more of course, as you can always do some steeping with specialty...
Yep. The only non-Victorian ingredients I used was the Caramunich. I gathered in such small amounts (2%) flavour contribution would be minimal so used what I had on hand. I guess moving up to 5% you could look at using JW Cara, but I still think in such small amounts the difference would be minimal.
Ok so an update on my attempt at a furphy clone using WY2565.
Real Furphy on left, my attempt on the right. My clone at time of tasting- 1 month in keg.
Head retention pretty poor on both beers, however I would probably rate the commercial version slightly better with a tighter creamier...