Recent content by MaltyHops

This is my setup ... my view is it's much easier to get CO2 refills so trying to waste as little O2 as possible. I used straight out beer line for the hosing (the hose bought with the kit is just a pain to work with) and a JG Y-splitter for a very simple setup. I wrapped the beer line pushed...

5 6 year old Coopers Lager in a PET bottle ... yes, I think it's lost a bit of carbonation :lol:

You could maybe just get some Buderim Ginger Refresher (no affil.) - mixed with soda/sparkl. mineral water in the right proportions, it is very close to the Bundaberg Ginger Beer.

What about soft drink PET bottles? Tell your mate to keep them away from sun/uv light.

You shouldn't lose much wort if you just reverse the wort connections at the end and recover the remaining wort by gravity draining it out. Could get a bit messy but with addition of some ball valves could help make it a bit cleaner. Neat idea. Also instead of using silicon hose to join the...

Needs some half-flush / full-flush buttons :lol:

Whut !? Oh yeah, only one member on at the moment.

We've been doing a few swaps where the host has marked out spaces with list numbers for each swapper. As each swapper arrives, swapper distributes their bottles into each marked out space. This has worked well - spreads the work load, distributor is (usually) not half-cut while trying to put...

If the coil in your esky was copper, would work better - maybe Bribie's immersion coil might fit? Or just get some copper tubing from somewhere and bend it like Beckham yourself.

Forget it - how would you get the flow started? With a siphon? (the wort will be at around 70C-90C). If you insist on not adding a tap to your kettle, an immersion chiller is more likely to suit.

Ummm..... kettle tap went BOOM!

The blue seal can be taken out using a pin gently at the outer edge to lift it up when crud builds up under the seal for a good pbw/starsan cleanup. Don't make the mistake of pouring boiling water into the cap to sterilise - it will just melt the blue seal and distort out of shape. Is that...

While it's still not the best to end up with old kits, they are good for making starters (obviously don't add the spent wort) so have their use.

Ah yes, didn't quite register that - just saw the red and ran for it. Still, worth warning for those who do use O2.

Crikey! I thought this was a good idea and then thought pumping pure O2 through metho with an airstone might be a bit risky? I think metho might still be a good way to unblock an airstone (esp if wort has gotten into the pores and dried up) but maybe shake off the metho and use CO2 to flush...