Recent content by patto

I never Liked the wort going down the overflow so got rid of it on mine.

I can get Crisp, Weyermann and Durst malts. There is an American guy who opened on online shop on the mainland which has been a life saver really. He also stocks Whitelabs yeast. themaltshop.biz is his store. Not sure about rice wine and the laws applying to it.

There are a few home brew stores here. They have a disclaimer saying it is up to the customer to ensure the alcohol content isn't over 1% From what i've heard, it is an old outdated law which they realize is near impossible to police. As long as you don't sell it...

I buy my hops from them, I’ve seen the yeast but never tried it. Next time I order I’ll grab some

Yeah, sparged 10 litres very gently.

Tried something different today. I usually don’t let wort flow down the overflow tube, so thought I’d just get rid of it. I joined the top and bottom plates together, sort of a double bottom for the malt pipe. Thinking that now I can stir the mash, if any small particles go through the first...

Yeah, give it a go. What wattage do you boil at?

Yeah, I use Beersmith. Here’s a shot of my equipment profile, maybe of use. Before brewing, I did a test boil to calculate the boil off at 1800 watts.

Finally had a chance to brew tonight, first time in five years!! Hit my pre and post boil gravity bang on so super happy!

I can check mine tonight, at work at the moment

I think so too. Was a nice surprise.

Worked this time

Ah, won't upload the photo of the instructions... to large apparently.

Here's a pics of the control panel and part of the instructions. From what I can gather, it can store 9 recipes too.

Just checked the instructions, also has a hop addition timer and need to press auto to confirm to start mashing & boiling.