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Could anyone give any detail on grain shelf life? whether it be milled or unmilled. I ask because I've been offered some bulk grain on the cheap.

Made the yeast starter this arv ready for Sundays brew sesh

I live out near ipswich and always make the trip to craft brewer for my suplies, they are second to none.

I have actually been thinking of dropping the cocoa and vanilla, I'm sure ill get a little chocolate flavour come through from tha dark malts anyway. I think I will do just that and if I feel it needs those flavours it will give me the perfect excuse to brew it again. Thanks for the advice.

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Here is the recipe if anyone is interested. Let me know what you think. Maris Otter 67.6% Flaked oats 11.3% Medium crystal 5.6% Choc malt 5.2% Pale choc malt 3.8% Black malt 2.8% 21g Norther brewer @60min 28g Willamette @20min 56g Dutch cocoa @10min 2 vanilla beans into secondary. Wyeast...

I've got a stainless colander cut down to put on the bottom of the Kettle, hopefully that will avoid melting the bag...

Yeah maintaining mash temp is my biggest concern, I'll be keeping it on the burner just in case it drops a bit.

You make a fair point, but being that it will be a Sunday afternoon brew day I'm pretty sure I'm obligated to have at least one schooner. I don't want to stuff my first all grain so I won't be having too many.

You make a fair point, but being that it will be a Sunday afternoon brew day I'm pretty sure I'm obligated to have at least one schooner. I don't want to stuff my first all grain so I won't be having too many.

And as far as the no drinking advice goes, isn't it sacrilegious not to have a few home brews whilst home brewing?

Thanks for the positive advice guys, should be a good brew day. I've been excited about this one for a while. I'll post the recipe this arv.

Thanks for the positive advice guys, should be a good brew day. I've been excited about this one for a while. I'll post the recipe this arv.

This weekend I will be taking my first glorious step into all grain brewing. Got my ingredients yesterday for a delicious Chocolate Oatmeal Porter. I'll be doing a BIAB job as I haven't got a mash tun yet. Any last minute pointers for me? I'll post the recipe later so let me know what you think...

Ha! Good point, my bad...

Cool, thanks for the pic. What did you make the false bottom from?

Cool, thanks for the input, I would have liked a smaller one but I couldn't pass up buying a 50L one for $60. Having a look at the drain, it does sit a bit high but will be easy to account for.

Yeah, similar style. I picked up one for a bargain the other day and thought it would be a great mash tun, I know they are great with keeping ice but I was curious weather or not they let off a plastic taste when hot water is used in them

Just wondering if anyone has built a mash tun using those one piece construction polyethylene coolers? I know their insulation properties are second to none but all the builds I've seen use the traditional esky style. Is this because the traditional ones are hard, HD polyethylene and the others...

Yeah that's pretty much what I thought too. Thanks for the replies. Cheers Mick