Recent content by shmick

Have a look on David Heath's Youtube channel. He uploads his recipes to the Brewfather library. There's couple of Australian recipes on there too which use local ingredients. Can't say I've ever used lactose in a NEIPA

Sometimes micro-scratches in HDPE will harbour bacteria that no amount of sanitising (not sterilising) will remove. Short of boiling the entire FV there's not much that will fix it. Replace for $25 before it spreads to everything else.

Was sort of in a similar situation but still read up on the odd news now and then. Definitely lots more cheap equipment than in the past. Huge increase in dried yeast available. I hardly ever use liquid anymore with all the mucking around with starters and crap. Still a lot of old (and new)...

Scott Bradlee does some awesome things (and some almost so) but the list of talented people is amazing on PMJ. Real rabbit hole.

David Heath has a video about some of these yeast/enzyme blends but there's not a lot of real world experience showing up yet. Seems to be more a convenience thing than actual new yeast strains.

Hilux, Camry, MG

The bag drains more slowly so is a bit heavier when lifting out. Slow to sparge too so better off doing no-sparge with a bag. With the bag on the outside you can leave the bag in position to catch any bits that fall out and just lift out the malt pipe to sparge.

Says that on their website but I emailed them and they still do. Trouble is they no longer have the cheap shipping option.

Try both to see what works best for you. When using outside of the pipe, be careful when lifting and sitting the pipe on the supports. I just use a bag now without the pipe - saves on cleaning.

After starting to work my way through the latest 2023 GABS Summer beer pack I'm not holding out much hope this 'sour everything' trend will ease up soon. I don't mind the odd sour and absolutely love Lambics but 4 sours out of an 8pk of 'award winnings beers' seems overkill. No offence to the...

I designed and printed one of these from food safe filament Fits the silicone hose on the Brewzilla arm nicely Can't upload the .STL file here unfortunately but there are a few around the internet for download if you can get it printed. (or buy one for $10 from a number of shops)

Corn syrup will help dry it out slightly and stop it being so cloying without killing the flavour. Normal white table sugar will work just as well. (personally I'd go for 300-400g in the boil and drop the IBU's a couple of points)

I assume the GF S40 is an all in one system with a mash basket? There is no need to remove any wort during the process. Heat all of your brew water (total) to strike temp, then remove the volume you want to sparge with to another vessel. Do the mash, raise the basket and sparge with the set...

You should boil (above 85degC for 20 mins at least) the entire brew to sanitise the wort. You can boil part then do the rest of the batch with the hops as normal. Can't say what effect it will have on the recipe though.

I've never done it myself but there are some brewers on here that use the hot cube method, then transfer to fermenter when cooled.