Recent content by Ollie_44

Thanks, Adr_0 will be reading after work. Cheers

Hi all, thanks for advice.. definitely going for an SSR type system for mash tun. Seems the most fit for purpose. Plus I would get cranky with overshots and end up buying one eventually. Reading the product lists at the moment to find something that suits my system. The more research I do the...

Hi all, thanks for advice.. definitely going for an SSR type system for mash tun. Seems the most fit for purpose. Plus I would get cranky with overshots and end up buying one eventually. Reading the product lists at the moment to find something that suits my system. The more research I do the...

Arr there are like thousands of post on that forum.. there is probably the ans to a lot of questions on there.. like what is the formula for the perimeter of an ellipse, why you can never fully empty a bottle of rum (seriously you think it's empty and two days later...) tehehe anyway... Was...

Gday Tom, sound like your on your way. Just a comment re a cheap viable kettle and HLT. I started out with 2x50L converted beer kegs. Release pressure, cut top off, add a 1/2" weldless tap and thermometer and your laughing.. could do for about 50 bucks a piece if you know someone with a busted...

Ok will check them out.. cheers

Hi all, just after some ideas on how people practically build these things for their brew rigs. I'm a bit stumped to be honest. Im guessing that the following process are occurring -Something to get temperature data (temp probe and thermometer) -something to analysis temperature data and...

Roused the yeast cake at the bottom and put the heating belt on it after work yesterday. Temp sitting at a good 20 to 22 degrees. There was little to no activity thus far. But I’ll give it a couple of days before bottling. I think the tracks are laid here to a certain extent for this batch...

Errr righto bit hot then hehehe. So on that note, do higher mash temps produce less fermentable sugars and result in higher FG readings? i.e. my problem could be a combination of a mashing issues and a fermentation issue then. Ok my current plan of attack will be to shakeup the fermenter, put...

Used a 60min single infusion mash at around 70c in an esky that holds the temp pretty well. Mash out at 75c for a boil volume of about 27L. Batch size ended up being 21L. Ok seems like I under pitched by a lot. If a ferment gets stuck like this from cold temps and under pitching does it mean...

I pitched one packet of an English Ale liquid yeast (wyeat labs) and it was going off for the first 2 weeks. Bit of a newbie mistake though, in hind sight should have made a starter or pitched two packets. What is the normal pitch rate for higher gravity beers? Ok will try and stir the yeast up...

Hi all, I'm brewing my first all grain imperial stout and I think I've got a stuck fermentation. I hit my target OG of 1070 but I cannot seem to reach my FG target of 1020 and its been in the fermenter soon to be 4 weeks!. It’s been a constant 1030 from the end of the 3rd week and it hasn't...

Hi all, I'm wanting to give hop growing a go in the Lockyer Valley Area in Qld and have a few question. What varieties are the most tolerant of SE Qld climate, and I’m wondering if anyone local has some hop rhizomes available and is willing to share some for a carton or two. Cheers