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Funny you post this question as it was only a couple of days ago I was thinking of the days I would mash 1 day and boil the next. I have done it I got no nastie flavours but like yourself I only did it because of time limits. I wouldnt recomend it but if it is the last resort then give it a go.

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Looks good Tony. Only one question and that is why didnt you put the HLT on a higher teir and use gravity to fly sparge and therefore halving your plumbing hardware? Doesn't fly sparging give a better efficency? Also if you reciculate your mash through your HLT and your hot liquor is at at...

I have been using dried yeast lately so I havent needed to aerate. But last weekend i used a liquid yeast, first time in ages. I didnt aerate my wort but gave my 1lt yeast starter a good shaking before adding it and within a day it was going silly. I know yeast takes up the oxygen to multipy...

I have been mashing now for many years but did my first decoction a few weeks back. I used weyerman pils as bulk never used it before. Did a one step decoction and the wort was sweet as and very malty in flavour will not be my last. As i have a herms system i removed a guessed amount of...

My first was a coopers tin ,draught i think. Was all good except for the white sugar, gives a awful taste. Next couple i replaced the sugar with dextrose and further on to all malt. I didnt brew to many tins as i found they didnt taste like beer should it was then i went to all grain. I've never...

I mash with 2 - 2.5L per kg and sparge with a hydrometer. If im doing a 25L brew I will sparge untill I my hydrometer reads 1010 for a pale lager or as low as 1006(when cooled) for other brews. Most times I sparge the final volume sometimes more if there is still goodness in my mash, this means...

I tried one a while back, it reminded me of little creatures. I was a bit scepticle at first about buying one but thought what the hell. I'm not a big hop head, I prefere a malt dominated beer and a hint of hops but did like your JJ pale ale. Not something I would drink every day or week but...

I must confess and say im a lager lover. But saying that I will usually only drink German lagers as you can actually get a malt flavor in them (free of adjunct and the like). Bitburger is in at the moment but I do tend to down them easy and get a bit intoxicated fast. I love dunkels and...

I used the braided under sink plumbing hoses with female threads on the ends. They dont screw onto the pump to well so grap a twin pack of 30cm extention hoses with a male thread on one end and an extra deep female which threads onto the pump well. I guess they are ok to use as you can run hot...

Most Carlton United Beers are off except for some of the beer brewed at there smaller breweries like matilda bay (redback, dogbolter). They all seem to taste very much similar in taste to me and that is rank. The worst is probably V.B. Toohey extra dry is another I dont fancy. The only cold...

Theres a sheet metal place here in Perth called Perfmet who sell stainless steel screen used in the mining industry. It looks just like the stuff found in professional brew systems. It is exspensive but a small peice for the bottom of your tun would be ideal and not cost alot.

Hi Ash, Your brewery should work fine. One thing i dont have is a CFC I use a imersion coil as less stress over infection if the CFC is not sanitized well. Is this your first all-grain setup? Have you been brewing for long if so where you a tin man or a partial masher? I have been interested...

Ok if that is the case herms it is, lagers are on the menu. Now what is a good recirculating rate? Litres per minute? I'm using a round s/s pot with a 30cm s/s false bottom. Also what ratio of malt to water is needed.