Recent content by joebejeckel

Ok, So I'm a yeast murderer !!!!!!!! my bad, I just chucked it in with the hops .... for safe keeping ...... or so I thought, I promise I wont do it again, :unsure: you learn, :lol:

I have a cervasa kit with a coopers 1.5kg light malt and I threw in a saf33 from the freezer , it has failed to start, same gravity as og 4 days ago, ...can I just throw in another packet ?

your wife screams at you and your 35 cartons of stash and you just know that the holy grail might be in the next brew , thats why the kettle is boiling.

I went to Canberra Friday for some R & R and couldn't get back to Bega on Sunday, Just got back Monday at 4pm by coming down the back roads, lots of debris, don't know how much rain we had but i drove the kids to friends on Friday and picked them up in a boat on Monday, Joe

Got a 50 ltr kettle and would really like a tap to eliminate the risk of pain involved with tipping bloody hot liquor out, and having just read Tony's thread on his kettle with a falsie, i would need to be able to screw one of them in later as well, some bloke with a brew shop in qld has a...

PM sent, can you update the list,

This is what i do to sanitize my mash paddle,

earth hour is about turning the lights off not the beer fridge, that would be called dumb arse hour, and I heard Dr Karl say something like if we all turned our lights out and burnt wax candles we would put more carbon into the air than we normally do, joe

spot on, just what i do, ;)

Just got a new PH meter today, has temp and salts and others readings so will come in very handy, been having trouble getting consistant brews and thought had better start at the beginning with my water, All my water is rainwater, have no choice, no town supply out here, out of the tap @23 C was...

Aint through lack of trying, I had half a pallet of stubbies not long back although 2 cartons did go into the compost, YUK, and i have handed a few out for critiquing (to much malt they said) so I've been back to the drawing board and buried myself in some books and bought some new test...

I have racked 4 brews to secondary's , been in there for nearly a month, Time has just past me by, working sleeping eating, etc, th are stashed under the stairwell, nice and cool and dark, how long can i leave them there before i need to bottle, ????? joesph bejeckel B)

Before i go and do something silly and possibly bust my kids brand new soda stream, is it possible that it might work to force carb a beer, would be great when making a brew and trying it out before the final hops or such are done?, has anyone tried one?im fascinated and busting to ty joe :lol:

Does anyone use a tempmate probe and electric element to maintain a stable mash temp? My reservation would be the grain around the element would reach higher temps when the heat kicked in, and the unwanted issues along with it, any thoughts on this, joe

OI ! there is nothing wrong with a man swilling some wine, I really really REALLY love a good inch and half thick steak cooked for a good 60 seconds each side (no longer or its burnt) washed down with a turkey flat Shiraz or penfolds RWT, mate, quality beef with quality red is heaven..... Then...