Recent content by rday

Apologies to Pratty1 for edging in on the mill bulk buying game, but this is the one I really want, so I figured I'd take the reins on this bulk buy... Thanks to Spiesy from Full Pint, we've got a bit of a deal available on Mashmaster MiniMills. If we get to 10 mills, we save $10 each ($219)...

If it helps at all, I would be 100% in on a MiniMill. The price on the KK one is great, but I'm very wary of the reviews on them.

You sell MillMaster MiniMill's on your site don't you? I don't suppose there's any chance a bulk buy would be do-able?

Any chance this is happening? Looks like it's been awhile. I'd be down for 3 sets if it does go ahead.

The vinegar (white) is used along with bleach as a sanitising agent. Vinegar (acetic acid) and bleach (sodium hypochlorite) make hypochlorus acid in solution, which is a very effective sanitser, and at low concentrations (5 ml bleach 5 ml vinegar in 20 l water) can be used as a no rinse...

I used carb drops when I first started out and never had an issue, but like warra said, no control either. Now I bulk prime, which means you calculate how much sugar you need (see ianh's spreadsheet) and add it to about 100 ml boiled water. Let it cool a bit, chuck it into the fermenter and...

I recently made a lager to use up the last of my kits before graduating to partial mashes. I did a 90 min boil, cooled it, added it to the fermenter and pitched the yeast. 30 mins later I was thinking something didn't seem right. Did I forget something? Turns out I forgot to add the damn kit...

From what I understand, honey contains wax esters than fermentation can turn into turpenes, which is what leads to nasty hangovers.

Thanks, everyone, for the advice. I am looking forward to this little experiment!

I'm planning on doing my first BIAB this weekend, stepping up from extract brews. One thing I am not real sure about is water volume. I have a 20 l stockpot, so I plan on bumping up the volume to about 15 l. So I mash at 15 l and when I mash out, say I have 12 l left. Do I then top up to 15...

I use bleach as well. However, I use the 5 ml bleach + 5 ml vinegar per 20 l water method. I've only been brewing for about a year, but I've never had a single instance of infection (touch wood). From what I've read, this solution sterilizes/sanitizes in 30 sec (though US EPA recommends 2...

I'm glad my ignorance has contributed something good to AHB! And a big thanks to Alex for the helpful info. It seems pretty rare today to get input from the commercial guys, so it is much appreciated. Edit: Stupid unintended emoticons

I'm doing up a lager for the first time and I had no idea it was this much more complicated than an ale! I've been reading up all day on starters and everything and I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. My local home brew shop only had S-23 for lager yeasts, so that's what I'll...

The Pale is definitely bottle conditioned. Knowing that you can recover the yeast from Coopers is what made me interested in trying it with Little Creatures when I noticed that there's yeast in there.

Thanks, guys. I'm glad I asked before trying.