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I think you will find this is not the optimum temperature range for those yeasts, the best flavors will be developed between 18-20 degs, yes they work above those tempertures but this is not the ideal. I noticed you are in the XMAS case swap, if your used to drinking beer thats been fermented...

I would not pitch at 26, once yeast start doing there thing they will create heat. i would try and pitch around the 18-22deg mark, and try and ferment at the same temperture, 16 is probably a little low, and 26 is way to high I would also try and maintain a constant temperature as opposed to...

No problems Drew, the more information you can provide the easier it is for others to follow The 65deg you can vary to achive a different body to the beer, eg 64 would be a light body 68 would be a heavy body With the sparging if you can only do 6liters at a time i would suggest doing...

But that realy still doesnt give any information, what temp is the mash at, why would you limit you sparge to a time limit, and what temperature are you sparging at

What are you talking about

You dont need you pick up tube raised to compensate you just need a bigger boil volume so you get the volume you need in the end.

3 degrees above you stike temp seems low, i use around 70-75 deg water for a stike of about 64, thats with an esky and grain at around 14degC You may want to have a lower ratio 2.5l per kilo and have some boiling water handy, i think you are going to be a little low in your stike temp BTW a...

You learn something everyday, ive never used this and all my all grain beers have been a little cloudy, will have to give this a go http://byo.com/feature/508.html Good article for anyone wanting to learn more P.S. Drew you need to learn how to use google, this website is called AHB not google

Well My warehouse esky has finished its lifespan as a mash/lauter tun, it leaking around fitting going throught the esky, it has done 14 AG brews. The inner skin has heaps of cracks, wouldnt be my recomendation for a long lasting mash tun, not sure how much better the rubbermaid ones would...

I belive nearly all bottleshops connected with a pub will sell them, especially ones that say party hire

You would have quite a nice setup for $50 dollars, the thing is the boiler you need to be able to boil around 30L, a single 40L or maybe two 20L pots would be suitable, 4 10L pots etc. If you guys can work out your boilers you will have quality AG equipment for under $50. There are 3 basic...

Thanks for the comments, they are much apprechated, I will keep this going and hopfully by the end of next weekend i will have the batch fermenting Dave

Hey all Have some bad news, unfortunatly i wont be able to have this done this weekend. The reasons are as follows 1. The plastic in the buckets is concerning me 2. I am going to change the inital concept a little from off the shelf new to include secondhand items, because i realy dont...

Jye But cant you recirculate with the sparge water in there until the grain bed is again settled and running clear, then drain, then do all over again

Whistling, im with Pint if you can find someone to watch mash do so, you will be suprised at how much puting the process into words complicates it. There is also a good video on the net (dont know link), hopfully one of the enlitened will chime in I to have never seen a mash and just learned...

Just use craftbrewer for your hops, they already are cheap, you would have to be buying a few kilos to be getting a better discount than that, and i think the bulk buys from growers only come around once a year so just buy them from here. The same can be said for grain, just orgainise a once a...

MV If its your first partial any reason to fly sparge, why not just batch sparge Batch sparging should be easier and less to worry about Dave

Sorry Jye just a question on point 2 clarity With the batch sparge would you just run off the first runnings (which will be clear), then fill and recirculate again until clear, then run off Or am i missing somthing

What about solinoids insead of valves, and a remote control, and a fully automated progam generated from promash or beersmith You elecs and your manual controls lol BTW: very nice setup tony, well thought out and very well executed

Nice post, thanks for the info