Recent content by nathan

Knock it off, fellas, you're making me hungry! Steamed dim sims are ace.

Trough Lolly, what exactly does your bottle injector unit thingy do, and where did you get it? At present, I soak my bottles in Neo Pink solution in the laundry tub for 10min, then brush them, then rinse. I haven't had any problems, but it's a pain in the arse (5+ hours to bottle a 50L brew!)...

Jovial_Monk, what do you mean by "neutral"?

BarneyG, how much powdered malt do you use (per litre)? DAZZA, I've had good results priming with dextrose.

That's awesome, fingers! How much to set up?

Racking to a secondary fermenter for 2 weeks & bulk priming has improved my brews by a fair margin. I bought my secondary fermenter, complete with rubber stopper & airlock, for under $10 from my local home brew shop. It's actually meant for wine making, and has a very narrow top which helps...

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Thanks KenEasy and deebee. Working on a Friday, huh, deebee? Check what time I posted this...

What's doing Snow? I'm in Mitchelton.

Gday, My name's Nathan (only cos I went blank when signing up - otherwise I'd be Max Power or something), I'm in Brizzy, and I work in, um, quasi-IT. Been brewing since Christmas, when the missus got me a fermenter + stuff after no small amount of hints. I reckon forums like this are a great...

What about sodium metabisulphate? I've read in a few places (here's one) that the compound itself does little damage to the nasties - bacteria is inhibited by the sulphur dioxide that is produced as the compound decays, but not killed. That said, my local home brew store swears by it. Can...