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Have a look on AliExpress they have loads all different sizes and uses.

Don't throw the towel in just yet, at 69C I would say that would have killed the yeast so if you are bottling you will probably have to add a bit of yeast to the bottle. Kegging wouldn't be such a problem, as djebel suggests taste it and carry on as normal if it doesn't taste too bad.

Not bad for a predominantly Reggae band from NZ.

I see the wort kits are still going to be ongoing, Keg King has bought the 500 litre BM and will continue to produce the wort kits on the premises in Springvale. Could be a good move as the price of electricity continues to go up.

Timothy Taylor Landlord wannabe.

Strange that it wasn't put up for sale? I would have thought it was a successful business having been around for so long. Really odd. As for the lease I would presume he was on a three or five-year lease. Why couldn't the staff have bought it and paid him a sum of money weekly or monthly? Maybe...

Transfer this post to Kegland Q & A. See if they can help, it seems to be a regular problem with the Pill.

You forgot to add, "We will let you know the format 10 days before entry closes" I have had great feedback from entrants and judges, and I am proud of how beerfest was run this year. I would hardly call 66% of expected entries successful! 90 to 100% is successful. Success comes from marketing...

Exactly! The probe in the SVB'S can only be placed on the base of the mash tun. At least one or two probes need to be in the mash itself. Monitoring the two or in my case three probes will give me a better indication of what is happening in the actual mash, the most important temperature which...

As a nod to Timothy Taylor Landlord brewed Nancy Naylor Landlady, 12 days in the bottle and not turning out too bad. Be a difficult one to replicate without the yeast strain used. I am starting to feel that when cloning a beer there is a relationship between the hops and the yeast. Or is it the...

Hip Hop's Don't Stop. Well, the heat is in the bottom of the mash tun and you are trying to control the temperature in the mash, by the time the trickle reaches the mash it is cooler. So keeping the flow going full bore the temperature remains constant. If you are using the overflow pipe get rid...

I don't bend down, I have mine at a height I can program my system quite easily. I have a hoist to lift the grain basket, mainly because I have a 65litre Hop Cat, but I do use the hoist to lift my 40-litre Guten grain basket I then squeeze the bejesus out of it getting less than 500 ml loss to...

Never found any reason to change anything on the Guten control, keeps a steady temperature throughout the mash. I think the trick is to keep the return pipe on full flow. I have 2 x 400 ml probes adjacent to each other in the top of the mash 8 mins in. 32 mins in 58 mins in

There is enough magnesium in the grain for yeast metabolism during fermentation, but in saying that both Martin Brungard and John Palmer advise putting a couple of grams in with the other salts you are going to need. But I would heed the advice of others tank water could have undesirable...

Not just craft brewers, 50% of businesses will fail within three years irrespective of the nature of the business. I believe we as home brewers notice the craft brewery failures. And in general, these are ordinary folk being led by their heart, not their mind. Hobbies can turn into exceptional...