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I have a Mongolian burner welded into my brew bench run on a high pressure reg. Dont know why you'd need anything else, boils a 100 l stainless kettle in no time and I don't ever have it on full bore. I love it.

After picking! got a great crop this year! Netted the tree and had very few drop!

Just picked, juiced and am currently fermenting about 50 l of cider, smells terrific and tastes like it will be a good drop. O.G. Approximately 1060, fermented with champagne yeast currently passing the 1040 range. Should be a ball tearer..

Well the diacetyl rest was successfull, and the beer cleaned up nicely, the gelatine worked to a certain extent, but I still have some (very little) chill haze. I have been patient and have not drunk any until today, result is a great beer. Thanks for the info lads, I might chuck in a bit of...

It's not really that hard to take that reading is it? It would be the same as your O.G. unless you had adjustments to make. And how else would you know what adjustments you need to make?

http://www.grainandgrape.com.au/products/search?search=march+pump

Think I paid about $180 for mine... Maybe check LHBS website.

Yeah, but not a member... Yet.

Hey you lot, I'm an AG brewer living in westfootscray but brewing at dads in point cook. Have a 3v herms system March pump, brewing 50litre batches and kegging. I brew different things mainly ales, I have a black IPA, Aussie ale, in kegs atm and a Czech pils in diacetyl rest still in fermenter.

Loctite and liquid thread sealants are not things I would like floating around in my brew, I'm a mechanical plumber and we use heat to break the seal on these systems so they can be undone easily, thinking you should just use tape. Gas tape is thicker if you feel you need it.

I find that recirculating water from my 2500L rainwater tank through my chiller works just fine! Maybe it just comes down to thermal mass? If you have a big enough Ice bath for the input of recirculated heat to be insignificant you're winning, but a bucket aint gonna cut it. Replacing the Ice...

Cheers Lads. Ill let you know how it goes.

Haven't had a problem with mine. Running 2800watt element for two years. Just set your cycle delay to a higher number to avoid it turning on and off incessantly.

I got a great STC knock off from ebay for $15 running my lager fridge- no dramas. Pretty easy to understand wiring and programming included. It does heating or Cooling. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/141209872944?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 I have an STC running my Herms -...

Yeah Wagga its going in a Keg, and as i plan to do and ale next - in the lager fridge it shall go for lageragering. So going by the feedback, i'll let it rest at 18C for a week? then rack it off into a keg, CC to 5C, then add Gelatine to remove haze and so-forth. Then see how long i can go with...