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Just keep in mind they've discontinued a bunch of things, I had bought a 50L Nano-X V2 bucket conical thinking I could upgrade over time as they advertised Then it was discontinued 12 months later

I remember having a conversation with you years ago at your old shop about making an Aussie Candi sugar using fresh sugar cane juice Did you ever get around to doing that?

yeahhhh, since posting that reply I've found out from Cheeky Peak that they've discontinued the pressure parts without notifying owners right on 1 year after releasing them Not too happy about that...

Very happy with my 50L Cheeky Peak NanoX fermenter The 30L is marked down pretty low right now https://cheekypeakbrewery.com.au/1-nano-x-30l-flexi-bucket-fermenter/

because anything in the air can mix into those rain droplets Dust/dirt? Bam, it mixes in Sea Spray? Bam, it mixes in Potentially there is magnesium oxide in the dirt nearby you, and that getting kicked up into the air has given you this reading

It's definitely not a blank state, depending on where you live you could have lots of NaCl (near the sea), lots of various chlorides and sulfur (near coal mines like me) or any variation of levels It all depends on what's floating around in the air near you

can we at least bring back Bribie? I'll drop the Nick & Bum issue if he's allowed back...

that does look like yeast at the top, how long have you left it to ferment What was your cleaning/sanitising regime?

It's a traditional North Eastern European (Russia/Slavic, Scandanavian, etc) drink, low alcohol, sweet & slightly sour I've made some from my late grandmother's recipes (1st generation Australian from White Russian parents) and love it I'll be making some more now it's getting warmer, it's very...

Seeing Ne Obliviscaris in Sydney next month, so they're on heavy rotation right now Also pretty chuffed that Rivers of Nihil are touring with them

I did the tour in 2016 and the tour guide was a homebrewer, he told me that the bottles at that point the yeast in bottles was the same as the primary strain I also recall sometime around then that @DucatiBoyStu had done a Coopers beer dinner with Dr Tim and was told the same thing

It's a pity that @DucatiBoyStu doesn't post here anymore, he bought himself a lathe and has turned up some knurled rollers for mills

Reading at the head of the column to control power is a very bad idea temps can fluctuate along the column, so this will lead to the boiler coming off boil, your reflux will drop and you'll get horrible smearing through your fractions You guys already sell the perfect solution, a voltage...

I miss Bum and Nick...

Don't fall into that fallacy Liquid will boil at it's boiling point, ascending as it boils off seperate compounds (which doesn't happen how you'd think in the real world) When running as a still, just set the temp to 100c, use a voltage regulator to control the vapour speed Trying to run off...