Recent content by maddogpearse

I had a batch of golden ale recently that I believe got a bacterial infection somewhere along the line. It had certainly finished fermenting but they're gassy. Taste fine though.

Howdy gents. Yesterday me and the misso celebrated our wedding anniversary, so in good form I took her out to the press club in Melbourne for lunch. Some famous wog cook owns it. Anyway, I ordered a beer that was called a Greek pale ale. It made me question my knowledge of beers and got me...

5 Star are great! No doubt about that It's easy to make an element guard though. I make mine with a piece of 2" copper, two end caps and a cable gland. One cap has a 25mm hole drilled in in, and its stuck to the back side of the element with a few dabs of soft solder. The two end caps are held...

Thanks for the help Gents. I'll have to get stuck into it and start a build thread.

Sorry! 5000w 5kW Yeah, I've got a 15A plug on a 20A breaker out in the shed, plus my normal 10A circuit, so i can run up to 6kw at a time comfortably. on 5kw, i estimate 40L from 65 up to 100 degrees would take aprox 20min. I reckon compared to a big gas burner that's slow, but should be...

G'day, (i assume mostly) Gentlemen! I've been distilling and making beer out of a can, and into a bottle for a couple of years now. I've mucked around adding extra hops, and hands full of chillis, and a few other ideas. I've made some pretty decent beers, and a few shit ones! Shit beer doesn't...