Recent content by shawnheiderich

Wow what a wanker, all I was suggesting was to try other options other that the keg was over carbed. As good as I am I never suggested I could change the laws of physics just that a loose post would cause foaming. With the symptom being bubbles around the post. Maybe Poorly worded by me but...

Just as an afterthought I had a keg I thought was over carbed and could not work out how to fix it. It turned out after some trial and error that when I opened the tap the beer out post sucked air in and nothing but bubbles out the other side. So I guess it ain't always over carbed, more than...

Roller not quite sure sure what you mean... Shawn

Yep that's what I thought I had it flowing flat out, 815 march pump and was getting a bit of a whirlpool in the tun! Will slow the rate next brew. I've got about 9m of copper coiled in there. I was not unhappy with the ramp time but I thought that maybe with the flow my mash would get sucked...

So did my first brew today with my new HERMS rig. Don't have much to add to the current discussion but I will say I did not bother with a thermo in my mash tun just using a probe at the outlet of the HX. I will say that today there was very little difference between the probe and the portable...

Thanks Fergi, I have done the stir in the past but now I have a pump I was hoping for a better effect. My plan is to pump the entire time from flame out to draining to the fermenter, including the removal of the immersion chiller.

Thanks Razz just had a look and most of the info was there that I was after. I remember reading the thread a while ago now I have looked again. So by my understanding if I'm doing a 26 L boil the inlet should be almost at the hi tide mark and facing slightly upwards? Any pictures out there of...

Just after some advice on the placement of my wert return inlet to the kettle 70L from craftbrewer. My plan is to do mainly single batches with an immersion chiller pumping the cooling wert to increase convention. My initial thoughts are 2/3 of the way up the kettle with the outlet tube facing...

Mill is given away pending pick up. Shawn

So I pick up my new mill tomorrow and will no longer need my trusty old Corona, free to the first person to PM me stating they are willing to pick it up from Brissy Northside. enjoy Shawn :icon_chickcheers:

Thanks Nick B, just what I wanted to hear! Shawn

Thanks that is what I thought sounded right for the pipe. I guess the tempmate will need to have the set points just right to minimise cycling. I think the larger HX will help with this, thermal mass ect. I know that a pid ssr heat sink would be the ideal solution. But I have just finished...

Hi all just back into brewing after a bit of a hiatus and need some advice on the HERMS I am trying to get off the ground. My HX is going to be a 20l Birko urn with copper pipe inside, I have a 18m roll. I plan to fill the urn to about the 18l mark will 9m be enough pipe? The more pipe I assume...

Once the saturation point is reached that is it, but if you have your reg sitting @ 32 psi saturation I would guess it would be over carbonated. Time is your friend when it comes to carbonating. To get your system right you need to know what your reg pressure is for serving (should be the same...

Mate as you are aware Co2 absorbsion increases with the lowering of temp, in order to carbonate you need to ensure that the temp is stable and you use a relaiable method, set reg pressure over time, force carb or prime with fermentables. I leave mine in a fridge for a week at 90kpa or force carb...