Recent content by Norto

I agree 100% we just built a house and I put down the Nanotac Vinyl Planks and they are sensational easy to lay and look fantastic .Better than Laminate in my opinion as I have had both but don't know much about Bamboo. I would attach photos if i could but won't work. Norto.

I'm hearing you mate...The one thing out of all this I reckon is that you should never rush into it or try and do a brew with a deadline. As soon as I couldn't get the temp up and the wind was causing havoc with my burner I should have just said F%$k it try another day or experiment in another...

Hahaha mate i did the exact same thing on about my third brew ..was a ******* trying to get the manifold in the bottom in the hot liquid managed to get some down the inside of my rubber gloves as well... The joys of it all Ha I wouldn't have any other way but. Norto.

I have a parallel counterflow chiller made from the inspiration of Paul Wicksteed (RIP) . All I do is circulate the boiling wort through the chiller and back to the boil kettle for the last 15 min of the boil and when the boil has finished turn on the cold water and run it back through my rain...

Thanks mate it was more about venting than anything. And Yes mate the clean up did suck.

Shit mate don't say that I only just finished building it... and besides I really couldn't go through another move.

Well after moving house just before xmas and enjoying my last couple of days off I thought stuff it i'll put down a brew. So out to the 3 V system I have set up and into it, or so I thought. Here at my new house I have my setup on the back Alfresco area and yesterday the wind was blowing...

Fair enough, even in cryovac packs? What happens to it? Norto.

I mill it and then store it in cryovac bags in various kilo amounts inside one of my big eskies. Norto.

Yep Nizmoose I am going to do that exact thing mate thanks . :icon_cheers:

I started reading this thread because I too have had bad Efficiency resulting in lower numbers but in the first few posts I reckon someone nailed it when they suggested a tunnelled sparge I reckon that is exactly what is happening with me. Oh well time to make a new sparge arm ...any...

Ryan101, Mate that looks fantastic , once I finish building my house I am gonna use this for inspiration. Thanks Mate.

Thanks Winkle, I used a counter flow chiller, and my recipe was 4kg - pale Ale malt 1kg - Malted wheat 250grams - Carapils 250grams - Caramunich Yeast - Safale US 05 90 min mash 90 min boil Thanks Norto.

Exactly mosto, it was a 90 Min boil. Sorry for the lack of info fellas, batch size was , well I was shooting for about 30L but ended up with closer to 27L. I also just dropped the hops in and did not use a hop sock, would this make a difference? Norto.

Hey all, I have just finished my first AG brew and I must say for my first ever home brew it has come out great. I just wanted to tweak my recipe a bit so my question is, How can I back off the hop flavour a bit? i used Galaxy hops and my additions were all up 90grams....30 @ 75 min into the...