Recent content by Simon N

Brewfather is great. BeerSmith also very functional - haven’t used for a while but it used to be pretty clunky with a very dated interface.

I had some with this issue. Tightened the seal by squeezing the mechanism together where the two wires meet which largely solved it

Looks delicious. If it was me I’d skip the 15min addition, bitter with something high alpha and up the dry hop a little. But I’m sure it will be a great beer regardless.

This is what I do with an old school HDPE fermenter - has disconnect in place of the airlock grommet. I usually do a gentle crash and top up with co2 every now and then.

It will beer, but could be stressful and you might be disappointed with the results. Packaging may be difficult and could easily result in oxidised beer that you’ll probably not enjoy drinking. Go for it if you want, but you could consider a hazy pale with a lighter hop load and simpler grain...

It’s possible that someone would join the forum and be madly in love with a single provider of home brew gear, but that would also be kind of weird… I’m sure this is a great product that has its positives and negatives, as with similar products from other local and international providers...

Pretty sure ‘Aussie wheat ale’ is just a marketing term from CUB - they made a bunch of their breweries put them out at the same time: Uniquely Australian: new beer style heroes Aussie-grown wheat | Carlton & United Breweries (CUB). Have never tried any but sounds a lot like a Pacific Ale.

Sorry to hear that. Only time I’ve had trouble was when the previous batch used diastaticus yeast. I’d put my money on that or an infection as that’s a pretty significant drop in gravity. What was the OG and how long had you let if ferment?

That’s brilliant, good effort!

They announced last night on FB that website is now live! NSW AABC COMPETITION, HUB

Sous vide magnets also work (food safe + strong) and easily available online.

Suspect you’re a bit early! I imagine they’ll update the website with registration, drop off etc details once available.

Score sheets are out!! Massive thanks to all involved for the huge effort and time taken in providing considered feedback.

Bottle straight from the fermenter and fill to just under the brim (safer with plastic where you can push out the air and not worry about bottle bombs). I’ve had NEIPAs last 6+ weeks that way.

Verdant can have pretty sticky krausen. Agree with Naboo that a bit of agitation can help it along if you’re worried.