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I bought a cheap $5 pump syphon from bunnings on the weekend in order to transfer the beer into the bottling bucket. I forgot to check if it was food grade and it turns out it is PVC and says not for drinking water haha. Opinion? Still of to use ? Risk it anyway? This is my first brew BTW haha

That is because it's a steam beer. The style is a larger yeast brewed at ale temperatures.

Further proof I cant read (facepalm)

The Picture also seems to include some steeping grains for the steam beer??

After a long delay i finally got around to brewing this up with some alterations: Style: American Pale Ale TYPE: Extract Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 5.00 l Post Boil Volume: 4.17 l Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l Bottling Volume: 22.05 l Estimated OG: 1.044 SG...

Yeah i definitely am going to tweak it myself afterwards, just wanted to run it by the experienced folk for anything i might have not thought have. Some great comments by the way guys/gals. Thanks heaps and keep em coming :P

Cheers guys @manticle haha beersmith counts the DME as "grain" so thats where the 3kg comes from. The first 0.75kg of each DME is in the boil to get to a good OG for hop boiling, the rest is added after. And yes the cracked crystal grain is steeped at 65deg then the DME added then i start the...

So Like: 15.00 g Galaxy [14.70 %] - Boil 60.0 min 13.8 IBUs 30.00 g Cascade [6.70 %] - Boil 30.0 min 9.7 IBUs 15.00 g Galaxy [14.70 %] - Boil 30.0 min 10.6 IBUs 20.00 g Galaxy [14.70 %] - Boil 15.0 min 6.7 IBUs 15.00 g...

Not sure what no chill means sorry :P haha ill try a few extract beers first.The problem with all grain is the time and equipment. Phd is time consuming and i have a small apartment. Based on suggestions i have changed it up a bit: 20.00 g Galaxy [14.70 %] - Boil 60.0 min 27.6...

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So its payday newx wednesday so im going to go to my LHBS and get a starter kit and ingredients for my first ever home brew. Been doing a lot of reading for about a month in preparation an i'm going to do an extract brew. Im a chemist so the actual method of creating a wort and the sanitation...