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    2019 Hop Plantations

    Ordered them online. Think one lot come from sa, the other maybe melb way? Can’t remember. Most people post them very carefully
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    2019 Hop Plantations

    So mine are ticking along well but they are growing at different rates per string. Some have nothing. Some have burs, some have proper cones. Am I going to have to pick at seperate times? Also have a few lower leaves getting munched, and a few look to be really struggling in BRISBANE heat and...
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    Grainfather - Counterflow into kettle first and then into fermenter

    Just curious, u intend to cool a bucket or esky of water down and then u drop ur counter flow chiller in that while transferring to lower ground water temp? Or are u actually pumping the cooled water through chiller instead of ground water?
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    2019 Hop Plantations

    hope this attachment works... first yeear hops heading up, doing ok given the brisbane weather we have had
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    Drilling A Hole In The Side Of A Fridge?

    does the gas bottle not fit inside? or is there a preference to keep it out? even if it didnt you could always just grab a small bottle to keep your kegs topped up, and do your initial forced carb through your main bottle. you can even grab filling attachments for the small sodastream bottle so...
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    wild yeast? phantom ferment?

    might have to fork out for a counterflow chiller, still dont think it will get down to pitching temps with brisbane weather (in summer) though, i suspect might get me alot closer though.
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    wild yeast? phantom ferment?

    50ltr batch, it was 10kg GP, 1.4 flaked oats, .6 munich. 42ltr mash @67 for 75 min, 25ltr sparge. used the mangrove jack whirlflocks for the first time though, they ask for 1 tablet per 19ltrs so i dropped 2 in.
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    wild yeast? phantom ferment?

    yeah id love to but with brisbane ground water being around the 25+ mark i have no hope of that :( i dumped it and made another batch. fermenter had a good hour and bit soak in pbw, loosened the bfly valve assy to get under the seal as well, then a good hour of sanitizer. same recipe, same...
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    wild yeast? phantom ferment?

    took hydro but too much bubbles on top to really tell, if it has dropped its not much at all. the foam is a slimy/stringy feel to it though. dont think i want to risk a snot beer coming into the busy Christmas months. RIP.
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    wild yeast? phantom ferment?

    i had taken a hydrometer sample last night, this has NOT shown any signs of life which would make me think this was caused in the fermentor. makes me think this must be an infection. the fermentor got a pbw and starsan bath so im a bit perplexed as to how but im just going to dump this one, have...
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    wild yeast? phantom ferment?

    morning all, made some wort last night. fairly straight forward recipe, golden promise with bit of munich and bit of flaked oats. 60 min hops and then a shitload in for 80 degree 20 min whirlpool. cooled down to 40degrees at that point and put into sanitised fermzilla and put it in brew fridge...
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    astringent bitterness

    thanks for the advice all
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    astringent bitterness

    so quick update, sorry ive been away for a while. the last batch i have put down with aformentioned changes has come out without this strange bitterness. now.... i just wanted a quick cheep and easy recipe for this test so i dont know its a fair comparison, and i underbittered it a fair amount...
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    Fermzilla

    so dry hopping.... i used the collection container to throw about 400g of hops in just before i went away for work. came back and the hopes are just a visible compressed hop cake down in that container, a lot of them still pellatized, im thinking maybe i should have dumped a tub or two or trub...
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    Basics Of Making And Using A Yeast Starter

    ^^ pitches it last night anyways, bit warmer than I wanted at about 25 but it was bed time and wouldn’t take long to cool down in fridge, it was absolutely smashing away this morning, about 1-2 inch krausen. Can only assume it’s just the way this yeast acts.
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