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I have just gotta say I had an excellent experience on the phone today with Ross from craftbrewer. I called up to ask about how to use his polyclar in the right way and his communication and extent explanation was outstanding. Never had better customer service in my life! Cheers for your help...

RS components is where I got the sheet from.. They're not the cheapest. I called a good few metal fabricators around sydney and I was finding it hard to get sheet with 2 mm holes, in that pattern..

Camo6 - Thanks for your replies, I will have to install a bleed valve as well, sounds like a good idea..and I guess I just gotta get a brew on and see how it works..you learn from the mistakes right? And ive made plenty of mistakes :p !! Yob - I made it myself! Took a bit of work and a few...

Thanks for the reply So would I let the grain settle before running the pump for recirc? Also, this leads me to another question.. Should I be stirring the mash?? I always thought to get the heat even everywhere you had to stir and stir whilst recirculating Cheers

Hello everyone I got a question about a false bottom i made today for my 150 litre esky.. Forgive me if this is a silly question but I have never used a false bottom before, and I dont want to run into problems the first time I do.. Over all the edges there is contact between the metal of the...

I would highly recommend using marris otter as base malt. I have used it often for IPA and doubleIPA. I have only used Simpson..I think.. I get it from esb here in Sydney but they'll ship anywhere. If you can get your hands on Muntons "Flagon" pale male thats a treat also. I like a bit of...

Nice mate! I paid $90 for mine which is similar, thought that price was OK. It's good to hear someone not rushing into buying everything at once...like me :p

I had that happen to me for a while, I narrowed it down to a veery slow leak in one of the gas lines.. So often when it came to the last 8-10 beers I was getting somewhat flat beers.. But on the original post.. is there a chance that the beer could be pumped out at a higher velocity, due to...

Quite right you are very subtle.. But what i was thinking was, (and correct me if i'm wrong) that infection doesnt necessarily lead to over attenuation i.e. change in gravity?.. I swear i have had an infection before that hardly, if at all, changed the gravity but it kept on pumping out...

Yeah a brewing society would be sweet at uni.. I am studying at UNSW at the moment and sadly there is no brewing club. There was at one stage but it is no longer around. It seems like (at unsw at least) that there is a lot of paperwork etc that needs to be done to keep the clubs afloat.. I...

Is the air lock still bubbling? Or us it just krausen and no other activity?

Yeah one variety per trellis, I think you are supposed to give a little space between different types of hops.. I train my hops each year up a rope that is tied to my balcony, very simple and easy to harvest. But I guess it all depends how much space you have etc..I live in an apartment and...

Pratty1 I'm glad to hear you got some hops because neither me (sydney) or my brother (Canberra) got anything this year...very disappointing. Yeah just chop them to the ground and when their ready they'll start all over again