Recent content by linny

Yeah Pat, thats a false bottom. I needed it because the first time i scorched the bag... its only a perf plate with SS bolts about 40mm long its plenty to ramp the temp at full power. Below is my pic , i just fill my $6 fermenter bucket with a bigW airlock with hot water from the tap to the...

Heres my big W pot , i regulary do 13L batches in it ... loose about 2 hot kettle worth of water to sparge with

Dont worry i was picking up what he was putting down ^_^

How would you aim for colour with grain, majority pale malt with caramalt and a tiiiiny bit of crystal? if so how much caramalt is too much I am no good at describing flavors, haven't quite got there yet

Just wondering if i could get a bit of talk about this years hop theif 5 , i was about to put down a beez neez but family dragged me out to lunch where i had a beer..... Long storey short. I loved it, a bit heavy for me but i'd like to have a crack at it, but theres not much info on it...

Could you post how it goes ? I wont be able to do this till next weekend

Are you talking something like this ? http://beersmith.com/blog/2009/09/05/brewing-beer-with-honey/

Hey just doing a bit of research ,,, found this thread . reading here https://www.matildabay.com.au/#beez-neez they use pale ale malt and wheat malt ,,, where does the pilsner malt come into it ? im fairly new at this so please dumb it down ... HAHAHA i was looking at 55% pale malt to 45%...

Im after some ale yeast, if someone in the maitland NSW area can help me ,,, stupid me was cleaning up when i had visitors arrive ,,, and went into auto mode , before i knew it , i had pitch the yeast at like 50*C ,,,, its 2:30 and country brewer is now shut till monday :( can also contact me on...

Cheers i bottled the my punch and judy style today, though early on it still needs work , it still fermented out to 1010. I'm loving MHB's new setup so much closer for me :)

I know right. First World problems. . . Its just annoying because I was making beers 5.2% but its going to push it over 6%... which will wreck the flavor

Well ive just finished my third AG batch ,,, realised that my process was a little wrong , corrected that for the 3rd batch ,, but one problem i keep getting is efficiency .... i keep over shooting the projected 74% but about 8-10 points

Yeah have a couple of fermenter. . . I got my hands on the book today. So hopefully less questions. Can only talk so much at work because were supposed to be working lol

MHB new warehouse is 15min down the road and i do BIAB.... i usually mash bourbons etc so i understand the concepts ... but im quickly learning about Body vs dry and the hop side of things http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/76313-hi-from-newcastle/ heres a pic of my set up for mashing

I did see that thanks :) THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU ,,,, this is exactly what im after. Im getting my hands on a copy of brewing classic styles by Zanaisheff and Palmer, so i have a good start Yeah I have ended up using one of his Bitter Ale recipe's and tweaking it to suit the style thats on...