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I find myself in a similar situation. I purchased a secondhand fridge from Gumtree for $200. While it initially worked, it was plagued with various issues. The unit has two small fans, but the rubber straps meant to keep them suspended snap, causing the fans to stall and rub against the...

Hahaha, any excuse will do to pour a beer! Cheers!

Thanks for the details and pictures. Much appreciated. Personally, I use a secondhand Fisher & Paykel but it has been causing trouble since the beginning. The freezer department works OK but the cooling capacity of the fridge is inadequate. So, I'm looking for a replacement. After some research...

Hi Jayvan90, That fridge looks amazing. Could you please share the model number of this fridge? I can see it's a Westinghouse but that's the only detail I can see. Thanks and great job!

Thank you both Mark and Half-baked, I didn't expect it was going to be a straightforward answer. I am anxious about bottle bombs and want to avoid them by all means. Now that fermenting under pressure has become the norm I am waiting for some YouTube clips to appear that explain the whole...

Hey there, I've been pondering a question for a while and I'd appreciate some guidance: How can I calculate the necessary priming sugar after pressure fermenting? A little while back, I got myself a Fermzilla conical fermenter from Kegland. I recently brewed a simple SMASH beer (OG 1.051 FG...

I like your setup. It looks great! I just ordered the Millmaster with hopper and will need to build something similar. Can you provide the links for the motor, pulleys, V-belt and switch you bought it from? Are you happy with this setup? Are you happy with the RPM's as is?

That's also a great option. One could have it powered from a battery pack from Milwaukee, Makita, etc.

Thanks for that! I just checked it out and for the motor only it's $285.00.

Would you mind sharing which motor and pulleys you used? Where did you buy it from and how much did it cost? That looks like a great setup!

Thanks MHB! I downloaded the file and will have a good read. The beer is bottled. I use the Cooper 700ml glass bottles and I clean them with a mixture of water and sodium bicarbonate at 50C. I then rinse with clean water at 45 degrees C. I then keep them upside down to drain all the water. I...

Doesn't a high percentage of flaked barley/wheat like that make the beer cloudy? My mash profile is fairly simple: I bring up the mash water to 68 degrees C, then add the grain and then keep the temperature at 65 degrees C for 50 minutes. I then do a mash out for 10 minutes at 75 degrees C...

Can you share some contact details of the person who imports these beers? I am dying for a taste of my roots :)

Sorry, no, the pH of the mash was 5.3.

I was born and grew up in Belgium in a village called Ertvelde (Near Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen). The local brewery Van Steenberge is worth a visit and they produce some of the best Belgian beers: Piraat, Gulden Draak, Augustijn, Baptist, Bornem, etc. It's a pity we can't buy this stuff in Australia...