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    New to Hops

    Hi All, We have just bought our first home and get to move in another 6 weeks. Since I have been brewing for a while I thought this would be a great time to grow hops. I guess my main question is does anyone have any tips. My main types will be POR for my swill and Cascade for my Pale Ales...
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    Re-Using Yeast and How Much?

    Thanks heaps. Mr Malty answered all of my questions. I plan on putting roughly 70 - 80 mls of the compact yeast in the jars and using a starter when making a batch. This will help determine the viability as well as growing the yeast amount a bit. I am also assuming that no one has any issues...
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    Re-Using Yeast and How Much?

    Hi All, I has harvested the yeast out of a 6 pack of Coopers Mild Ale and thought that this would be the perfect time to try and re-harvest the yeast from the brew that I created from it. The day before before kegging, I boiled several jars in my brew pot with a couple of litres of water to...
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    Attaching Qd's To A Keg?

    My QDs are a pain in the neck. They are really hard to put on where I apply a lot of muscle to get them on and they quite often cut my hands up because I have used so much pressure to get them on. Quite often a lot of swear words said to the bloody things but all is forgiven when the beer comes...
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    Efficiency

    Hi All, I have had a little search on the forums but the search tool doesn't seem to work so well but was wondering how people work out there efficiency. I currently brewed the Dr Smurto's Golden Ale (house favourite) and I notice it says 70% efficiency. I was hoping to have a formula to try it...
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    Does It Exist?

    With the sanitising the temperature probe I wouldnt really bother. I normally just have the ambient temperature to the temperature that I need. That way no need to be sanitising and when it stays at that temperature the wort will hang around it as well. I purchased an STC-1000 and used 2...
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    What Size Fridge For 4 Kegs ? Upside Down Freezer Type ?

    Best way to determine is to put your kegs in a configuration. When I went searching for my fridge I made circle cutouts of the kegs (didn't worry about gas bottle as it was going to be outside) and lined them up in the fridge. I was lucky enough (only just) that they fit in height wise. I didn't...
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    Post Your Ghetto Gear Thread. The < $2.00 Hopper

    I actually found that whatever brand of baby food SWMBO was buying was a 200ml container that had a flat bottom. I collected a lot of them until the daughter found them thinking they were food and knocked them all down. Now I only have half a dozen left.
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    Show Us Your Brew Cave

    Was thinking the same thing. Was about to say that VB are asking for there brewery back :D
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    Keg Setup $375

    Oops, missed $100 in there somewhere. The wife didn't see this did she :unsure:
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    Show Us Your Brew Cave

    My partner got one made up for me as well as some glasses etched for a tribute our soccer team were having (Winning a few seasons in a row). I think it was fairly expensive but wasn't of good quality. I put it in the washing machine once with the rest of my mats and it didn't survive the...
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    Keg Setup $375

    I was just calculating the price that I paid for my setup (from memory) Fridge (Bar fridge to fit 2 19L kegs) - $20 2 Kegs, 1 Disconnect and Pluto Gun (Special from LHBS) - $150 Gas Bottle and Regulator - $250 (This is the one I can't 100% remember) Beer Line (LHBS) - $15 (I still have heaps...
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    Keg Setup $375

    Not sure if possible or not but are you able to sit another keg where the bottle is on your photo. If you can you could always put 2 kegs in there and run the gas line in from the outside. If not can you sit the gas bottle and regulator there, make it all nice and neat. I really like my 9L keg...
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    Heating For Keggle

    Ended up picking up a couple of hang over the side heating elements. They take a little while to get going but that is a lot of water.
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    Show Us Your Brew Cave

    Mine was that I had boxes and boxes of bottles stored inside in the winter for carbing when a weak bottle exploded. She said to me that there must be a better way and I suggested that I could go down the kegging road if she didn't want me to run that risk. All of a sudden I am a good guy for...
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