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    Inkbird Giveaway! Open to All!

    Sounds great...count me in.
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    POR not being produced anymore?

    Thanks for the input guys. And here I was thinking I was being fed bullshit. It is a shame the hop that was used in so many Aussie beers has been relegated to the sidelines.
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    POR not being produced anymore?

    I went to buy some Pride Of Ringwood today and was told that it was not being produced anymore. Apparently, (as I was told) the big breweries use isohops for bittering and there is no market for it anymore. Sounds a bit suss to me! Anybody know anymore about this?
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    Auto-siphon? Any good and where do you get them from?

    My siphon died today. I checked about ordering one from Onlinebrewingsupplies.com.au but the postage comes to $25.00. Does anyone know of other suppliers?
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    Your best excuse for not going AG

    For me the reason for not going AG was a frame of mind. I simply believed making beer the real way was too hard. I spent 20 years making kit beer then finding this forum. The ideas here got me adding malt and hops to kits then making a beer from extract and hops. Now I BIAB and sometimes lament...
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    Vessel Volume markers or measurement

    My pot has straight walls so I bought a stainless steel ruler and with the diameter measurement I can work out the volume easily by seeing how deep the liquid is then doing some maths to find the volume.
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    First BIAB Done and Dusted.

    My advice would be to leave it as is. Judge the bitterness when it is ready to drink. Then you can review your readings from brewmate and adjust up the bitterness next brew if you still think it needs it. Leaving the brew the way it is will give you a baseline for the next brews. It helps to...
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    AG ferments sticking

    I used to use a 19 litre pot for brewing and my strike temp was 70 degrees which worked fine. When I bought a 50 litre pot and did the same thing my first brew fermented to 1025 and stuck. Turns out the mash temp was too high and all the sugars weren't converted. The grain into 15lts of 70...
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    Brewcraft Biab Bag

    Just thought I would post that I used my new BIAB bag purchased from Ross at Craftbrewer today with a double batch of Dr Smurtos Golden Ale. All went well and the bag performed beautifully. Very impressed with the bag and would recommend it to everyone. I also used the trays from the...
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    RecipeDB - DrSmurto's Landlord

    I bought a couple of tea balls from a kitchen shop for the purpose of adding hops to the keg but found after a few months use the hinge rotted? and the balls were no longer useful. I havent bothered since to replace them or try anything else. Luckily they broke while washing them after use but I...
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    Can You Pull These Fermenter Taps Apart To Clean?

    Another tip when cleaning these taps is to drop them into a cup of boiling water to soften the plastic before pushing them apart. Word of warning tho...placing the tap on the bench to dissemble can be hazzardous if the tap slips. I usually hold the tap in a tea towel and push the spindle out...
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    Refilling Co2 Cylinders In Toowoomba Or Darling Downs

    Yeah I didnt want to acuse anyone without facts. I weigh my bottle now and reckon it is underfilled each time but would like to go elsewhere to compare. My first lot of kegging lasted 18 kegs and I have never matched that but I must admit I have had leaks in that time but now I leave my bottle...
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    Refilling Co2 Cylinders In Toowoomba Or Darling Downs

    Ok I have driven past that place often thinking I should stop for a look but never have. The shop in TMBA is where I bought my bottle and I paid $380 for a 4.5kg bottle which I felt was way overpriced and then when I had the bottle refilled I noticed the gauge didnt go as high as it did when I...
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    Refilling Co2 Cylinders In Toowoomba Or Darling Downs

    Where abouts in Gatton can I get a cylinder refilled. I have doubts about the local supplier. I am often in Gatton. Will they fill an airup cylinder?
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    Perhaps A Stupid Question But...

    SS jiggler is the way I went and it is fantastic. Unless you want to start putting holes into your pot etc and fit a tap. I bought a jiggler from G and G for my first nochill and havent looked back. It is easy to use and hasnt presented any problems for me.
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