Recent content by MrTwalky

Mega price drop. $400. Need it gone.

Happy to take offers on this. Everything will be considered as I need to see it go.

Pick up DULWICH HILL, SYDNEY, NSW Electric 3 vessel brewing system for sale - $750 neg Everything you need to get started on all-grain brewing. Very modular system so would suit someone wanting to make it their own and maybe give it some updates. Can be used as a standard 3 vessel HERMS rig or...

Water chemistry is vital in my opinion. It's the only way you will be able to nail a certain style or clone. I've had some success using the Beersmith water profile calculations. Canberra has soft water which is excellent for Pilsners, and there are no chloramines that contribute a phenolic...

I did the same thing and started with the picnic taps. I'm currently doing a keezer build and bought 4 x SS Brumby taps from Ebay. I used to work in a brewery that had a few Perlick taps as well as Brumby. Personally I hate taking apart the Perlicks for cleaning, I find them fiddly to put back...

Hey guys, I played around with the water on my last brew. I quickly realised that my scales are nowhere near accurate enough to measure small amounts of brewing salts. My next step would probably be to buy a jewellery scale or something with mg increments. What do other people use and could...

Hydrogen Peroxide. If you're careful handling acids (glasses/gloves/mask) then you'll be fine and it will save you money. We had 15L cubes of the stuff when I was working in a brewery. It's the sanitiser you find in some of those no rinse premixed bottles at your LHBS. Pro tip: UV light reduces...

So I just found this recipe for a Foreign Export Stout online. Now, correct me if I'm wrong but does 3 pounds/1.4kg seem like an awfully large amount of Roasted Barley for a 19L batch? 9 lbs. English pale malt 3 lbs. Roasted barley .5 lb. Crystal 40L malt .5 lb. Black patent malt 2 oz. Kent...

Nice, you won't be disappointed.

Sounds awesome, see you there!

Great price Colvs! I paid the full $149.95 for mine. Bought it about 3 years ago and it's still going strong. 20-30mins to reach a rolling boil for 30-40L, then you can turn it right down to a minimum to maintain the boil with ease. Make sure it's not windy because the flame can blow out when...

I've got a big enough sink to fit a 20L pot, using a bag of ice from a servo worked fairly well. Most of the time I ran the cold tap and regularly changed out the water as it got warm, reusable ice bricks help. OR... sometimes I would boil 2L of water, then freeze them and put them into the...

I was putting the pot in an ice bath for ages before I bought a wort chiller. I use the copper immersion chiller from iBrew.com.au, works a treat and plugs straight into the garden tap, reasonable price too. Immersion chillers don't work for everybody, some people use counter flow chillers etc...

I second the motion for reducing galaxy in the dry hopping. Maybe mix the galaxy dry hop with some citra, cascade or Amarillo is you have any, it'll create a more complex flavour/aroma. If this is your first boil then I recommend not boiling all the malt in one go. I started on a 20L pot doing...

I love dry hopping with cascade or galaxy. Be wary with the galaxy though, if you don't want a powerful, hoppy, citrus/passionfruit punch on the nose then go easy as it potentially could overpower the beer, depends what you like and what you're trying to make. There are plenty of threads on this...