Recent content by sb944

Hi guys, Getting out of town, and throwing this out seems too much of a waste, made some great brews with this. Included is (I think) most of what you'd need to get going. Going a little from memory: * Big Stainless Steel pot (50 or 60L) enough for BIAB of a good ~20L beer * Immersion coil...

Had a bit of disappointment with a couple of other retailers I tried since the MHB thing, went back to kits for the last couple of brews. Made an order with brewman Friday, received Monday, $10 shipping for 3 grain orders to Sydney, and excellent prices still on everything, so I'm over the...

I think the immersion heater is a lot simpler, however the gas has more flexibility. For example, if you are trying to boil 21L, the immersion heater might not be happy in that small amount of water. Plus, it's on 2400W the whole time, so will probably boil like crazy. Then once you step up...

Just do a single batch to make 23(ish)L of beer, starting 7pm, usually a school night. I can manage to clean and sanitise 30(ish) bottles, and put the kids to bed during the 90 minute mash. Once the boil starts I'll crack open a beer, and bottle the previous batch. If I start drinking any...

I was wondering what happened with my order, this thread explains it all. After a couple of weeks I got desperate to brew something and decided just to grab a Coopers kit from Big W, with a few extras. I figured it would be probably be fine, and much easier for a quick brew. But after...

Just posted in another forum, so still have the link, 45L for $78 + delivery: http://www.wayfair.com.au/Lins-Homewares-Deep-Stock-Pot-S216-LINS1275.html

I realise this has probably been done now, but here are a couple of links of the bits I used. A 45L pot ($78 + $10 delivery): http://www.wayfair.com.au/Lins-Homewares-Deep-Stock-Pot-S216-LINS1275.html and a 2400W electric element ($103 delivered)...

I was very happy with my first few BIAB's, and not because they all went great, but because I worked out the parts I didn't enjoy, and tried hard to fix those for my next brew. By about batch 5, all the time/effort/money spent felt like a distant memory, but I now have a fun and easy process to...

Congrats, great work hitting targets on your first AG, should be a winner! I'm not always hitting targets, but I love how easy it is to make awesome beers after a few proper BIAB's.

Congrats on your first beer, I'm sure it will taste great. Don't get too discouraged with the bag. I put the pot on the ground first, then lift the bag. I could hold it there as long as I like, but I'll hold it for about 2 minutes, then hang it over a 2nd pot to continue draining, while the...

Anaconda and Ray's have site wide savings right now too.

I have 2x 19L pots, and even though I got 23L with the 2 of them, I'd say my best brew day was a single pot with sparge in the 2nd pot. I did that twice, and it's a very easy brew day, got me around 11-12L of 1.050 wort. I spent weeks focusing on how to get 23L out of limited equipment, and...

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/38674-move-to-all-grain-for-thirty-bucks/ The reason guides like this are good is they tell you what to do, not why. If you had to understand why up front, you'd probably never get as far as to actually try to brew a beer. I think you are much better off not...

I have used a slightly different 2 pot method twice now, and not enjoying it. Mash and boil work fine. I haven't gotten a sparge right yet. My temperatures are always wildly off, due to so much grain and so little water used, and the sparge seems too squished to get enough out. But the...

I wouldn't be surprised if no bowler has had a better return from 6 matches in a row, not to mention against quality opposition as underdogs. It's very obvious our last 6 matches would be very different if they'd decided not to pick him.