Recent content by Noodlebrew1984

That is cool as ****. It excites me about being a fellow cuber now 🤗

Yeah I actually did dilute pre-boil. I took it above 27 litres (which was my target volume) to hit my numbers, then mixed it well and took another reading. When I got the pre-boil numbers right, I scooped out the excess to bring it back down to 27 litres. But like I say, something is amiss with...

Yeah, eventually I'd like to not have to worry. Trouble is, I'm finding I've been overshooting my OG each time. So I'm trying to measure at each step to make sure I'm on course. On this occasion I appeared to have my pre-boil numbers right. Then some witchcraft happened and the next day I go...

I just did an experiment by boiling up some sugar in some water and taking a refractometer reading at near boiling temperature. I tried to look through the lens as quickly as possible, and it said 15 brix. I then let it cool for a little while longer and had another look and it was still 15...

All useful to know. I'll see how this first cube attempt goes and take notes! As for my gravity issue. Do you think you need to take multiple readings with a refractometer to get a better overall idea? I'm wondering if only taking 1 tiny sample of wort at each stage isnt a true representation...

Cheers for the replies. Yeah I have seen many of you guys talk about transferring whilst it's still almost at billing point for sanitizing the cube. Couple of things- 1. I was concerned with the bitterness. I did read that hop isomerization occurs above 85°c, so figured I'd go abit lower to...

Good to know. Thankyou. In future I will take a sample and let it cool down I think. I generally use my refrac for the mashing, sparging and boiling just to make sure I'm hitting the numbers, then I use a hydrometer for my OG reading.

I took my OG sample from the fermenter straight after I had transferred it from the cube, so it should've given it a fair mix when I poured it. The only other thing I can think of, is maybe my post boil reading of 1060 wasnt an accurate reading after all. That was taken from the kettle at...

Ah ok, that's interesting. I guess when you do a rolling boil, the wort is pretty well mixed given how vigorous the boil is. So any readings from the kettle during the boil or just after should be accurate depending on how accurate your hydrometer or refractomer is. I can understand...

Cheers mark. I forgot to mention that I use a refractomer during my mash, sparge and boil! The readings are in BRIX but I convert them over. It's an ATC refractometer, so a few drops of super hot wort are meant to cool down rapidly when you drop them onto the glass slide. Or am I still meant...

Hello! I have just joined up to the forum because alot of you over in Australia use the No-chill method 👍 I've just done my first attempt at No-chill. I decided to use my bittering hop at the start of the boil, but then left out all the additional flavour/aroma hops. Then when the boil ended I...