Hey Simon. Welcome to the wonderful world of brewing. Not to take away from these great forums but a lot of action takes place on the Facebook group 'Perth Homebrew Share'. If you haven't already id join up there. There are nearing 2,500 members so bound to be someone parting with rhizomes or...
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Pickup some Starsan sanisiter while you are there as along with fermentation temperature is a big factor in getting drinkable beer at the end.
I think Brewmart are having a demo of the Robobrew system so will be a good chance to check out some All-grain brewing while you are there.
I agree on the lifting the malt pipe out Paul. Tried it once solo and until I put a winch in place its a 2 person job.
Brewed on mine again yeaterday and had a better brewing experience than the first few. Dialed in my volumes a bit more but after adjusting my crush to get a bit better flow my...
I am quite disappointed with the controller on mine. Have experienced the LCD going off twice. Other issues is there doesn't seem to be a set amount of degrees before the element kicks in and with no apparent way of modifying anything.
Also the +/- button is a bit sticky and sometimes gets...
50L Stainless Steel Robinox branded pot with sandwich base. These are a high quality pot and has served me well for around 5 years.
Was purchased from Beerbelly (SA) with welded fitting for Ball valve (3 piece) and pickup tube/compression fitting on the inside. A weldless dial thermometer has...
Haha I will set up a feed of updates for you. It may also include what people had for breakfast or when they are going on holidays so you will need to filter that info out.