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I have a 40L birko and i use a plastic spout connector like the kind used on old school dishwashers to hook up to your kitchen sink tap, it has 13mm silicon hose connected to its outlet. Never had a leak draining hot wort into a cube and it goes on to and comes off the birko tap with ease as i...

You can get porcelain repair in a syringe type tube similar to Araldite. It is made by Selleys I think, I have used it on porcelain electrical insulator repairs before so would probably work on a tile and just need to paint it once set etc.

Hi fellow brewers, Had a slight problem occur today where the mash started to boil. I have just purchased a Stokes Immersion Heating Element to make a Mash Out possible in a Willow Esky that is set up with a perforated stainless false bottom. Problem was I got sidetracked and came back within...

Hi all, Just been doing a bit of light reading regarding sparge water and that it should be adjusted to the proper PH level of around 5.3 - 5.7 I've read that the PH of the mash water adjusts with the addition of the grains to a certain extent but what about the water you sparge with for...

I ferment in an old Kegerator (series1 I think) with domed door and have just bought 2 x 20L willow cubes to ferment 2 lagers at once instead of one with a 30L round drum fermenter, had to cut the tabs off the ends of the installed plastic taps to get the door to shut properly but other then...

Theres a club called Righteous Brewers of Townsville, they have a website www.righteousbrewers.com I dont know much about the club but have been meaning to get along to one of their meetings, if you go and talk to the guys at the Hammett Street Homebrew Shop, they should be able to tell you more...

Hey All, I am just looking for a great ginger beer recipie from scratch. I am a fan of bundaberg ginger beer and thought it would be great to brew something from scratch with a decent ABV masked by the ginger for a hot NQ day!!! Cheers

Hi all, I have currently done my first all grain beer and am looking at doing a honey ale for my second and I am wanting some suggestions as to what hops I should use. I currently have some spare Moteuka and Cascade from my first brew which was the LCBA clone. I have the following grains and...