Recent content by Phillo

Hey, Jesse! Just touching base mate, was going to PM this, but thought I'd write it up for everyone to see. I've bought hops from a few different places over the last few years, but even hops that I've used many times before seem to pack more flavour and aroma when I've ordered them from HDA...

Any dry hopping Strobe? When I was dry hopping before I had a fridge for cold crashing, I used to find that little bits of hops would make it into some of the bottles. I always found those particular bottles to taste like shit. Other than that, the only suggestion would be infections in the...

Yes, several times. Sorry. I misunderstood the title of this thread. :ph34r:

My Chinook went from one small shoot to 8 strong ones in the space of a week. Hostile takeover.

The 40L classic ice box on the same website is going for $79.00. Looks perfect, so I ordered myself one to replace my current mash tun.

I tried a 60 min mash once with no other variables, and went from 70s down to late 60s. I do 90 min now. I reckon crush size and temperature of your sparge also make a difference. I do a two stage batch sparge and get ~75% efficiency.

Wow. Never had that. Whenever I have used too much NS (don't use it at all now) I just get a passion-pop, white wine type flavour. :icon_vomit:

I am missing something colossal here.

Yeah, same here. Ockie straps all the way baby. I don't trust any kind of tape to hold inside a fridge.

I can't remember if I've posted in this thread or not. No more than two per evening during the week, but I have a couple AFDs in there. Friday, usually about 4 stubbies. Sat & Sun... SWMBO gets mad :ph34r:

Yes there is. The inside of my house is probably way filthier than outside. And there are more animals. :lol:

Thought sparging was rinsing the grains, not the recirculation.

Isn't this called vorlaufing?

This is the inside of my esky mash tun before its maiden voyage (the rest of the brew day is documented somewhere over on the Coopers forum). Piece of cake really. I just use a stainless fitting to weigh the end down. I honestly can't believe how long this thing seems to be lasting. BTW, I...

I use a stainless braid from a hose for a manifold in my esky. It was supposed to only see me through for a brew or two until I made it down to BeerBelly for a falsie. I never got around to getting the falsie, and the braid is still rockin' many brews later. A cheap option if you want me to post...