Recent content by kierent

Hi Luxo. Reviving an old thread, but wondered how this turned out? I've just done a tropical but it seems a bit too malty for the low IBUs so I think I may have over-complicated the grain bill. I also dry hopped more like 3g/L but I quite like that in my tropicals and hazys. Keen to give this...

Thanks gents, that makes sense. Definitely crashing and decanting the starter next time :)

Hi all Ok so I've done a fair bit of searching and found a few threads on decanting the starter before pitching. It seemed that was mainly to not mess up the volumes but I'll definitely do that next time. But yesterday I pitched 2L of starter (two step) into my Belgian strong ale. I measured the...

Thanks MHB, that's interesting and very helpful. Looks like most likely the grains I'm giving them won't have the required levels of protein for laying hens. But they're looking at getting lambs and pigs too, and I know pigs love spent grains. You're right, if I were to chuck in the hot break...

Hi all I have been giving my spent grains to my parents to feed the chooks with. They love it, but they were asking if I knew what the protein level is in it, because apparently to keep chooks on the lay their main feed needs to be around 16% protein. The interweb tell me that barley only starts...

What a pretty fermenter! Jealous :) Thanks for that, I'll try that next time, just whirlpooling straight off and sprinkling the hops in once temp is right. I always allow a couple of L of trub but last night I definitely had to leave more than usual. Ah well live and learn.

Yeah, i had the lid on while it cooled from boiling to 90c. That was when it cleared up. The issue was, when I put my hops in and whirplooled it, it mixed it all up again and during the next 20 minutes of hop time, it didn't clear up again. Maybe I don't need to stir it once I add my hops? Maybe...

Hi all I have done many BIAB no chill brews and have been pretty happy with my usual wort clarity after a good whirlpool. However I did a brew tonight that used whirlpool hops and my BeerSmith calcs were based on a 90degC whirlpool. So I put my whirlfloc in with 10 min of boil to go as usual...

Keen, i've sent you a pm. Thanks

Sounds great to me

At first I thought it was a bit sweet and the only change would be to try and get the final gravity lower with healthier yeast. But I did make a starter, so I'm not sure how I'd achieve that anyway. But it's grown on me anyway. I think it's pretty balanced and everyone who's tried it loves it...

Well, it worked out really well. At the end of fermentation it was a bit higher than I had hoped, probably more like 1.018 (aiming for 1.016), but the extra sweetness isn't a problem. Flavours are great, balance seems good to me. I keg conditioned it for a month at room temp, and ended up...

Thanks Mark I might see how it tastes just force carbing and add Pot-BiCarb if needed.

Perfect! Thanks mate, that's exactly what I'm after. Thanks hooper80, I thought of that too but only have space for 2 kegs so don't want to take up one with soda :)

Hi all Sorry if this has been covered. I did a good search and could only find one brief thread on it here https://aussiehomebrewer.com/threads/gas-bottle-to-sodastream.6082/ Plenty of threads about using Sodastream bottles to gas a keg system, but I want to go the other way. So, I'm keen to...