Recent content by jackmarshall77

Have not used it much yet. It’s a pain in my stainless fermentor but all good in plastic. A bit disappointed that it does not log to internal memory and download a full data set when you connect. Instead you only get a single data point when your phone is on and the app is open. So it’s good for...

Robobrew owner and I have to say it works great as I am sure the Guten does. The advantage of these things is that once you get your settings figured they work great. The programmed controller is fantastic. I know my heat up times now and have them included in the program as additional steps. It...

The volume of liquid irons out most variations - the actual wort temp will only vary a few degrees, and if it is in fact an ale yeast then you will do fine. In fact most lager yeast will behave fairly well at that temp. You may accentuate a few flavours that some will love and some will hate...

Fair point, and I have done so in the past, but I brew a fair way apart. It might take me a good few months to reuse a yeast. How long would it remain viable in the stubbie?

If it works to re culture yeast from coopers, what would be wrong with re culturing from my own home brew stubbies. I get more sediment and could often work from fresher beer. I have about 5 common strains in the form of sediment in the beer I bottle. I have been reading up on maintaining a...

I went with the handy pail. At bunnikins. 2 of the 20 litre buckets hold 25 kg of grain neatly and are easy to handle. Also very good bottling buckets or small batch fermenters. Beware many of the square tubs on wheels are deliberately not airtight, especially if they are big enough to put a...

5 L seems tight. Is the grain continuously submerged? I ran one at 17L which after 2L boin off and trub loss from the robobrew and then the fermenter probably only bottled 12-13 which about as much as I want from a batch. At that volume I got pretty good efficiency which means I did not feel the...