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Put this down last week Tuesday Coopers stout tin 1kg malt steeped for 2 hours with 0.5kg oats 0.7 kg LME Windsor yeast hyrated in 150 ml sterile water with a spoon of sugar. OG 1.047 Predicted FG 1.015 (IanH spreadsheet) Day 7 added 20g Fuggles Chocolate essense star anise All in 1 cup...

I'm going to be trying a sweetish stout with Windsor. Kit and bits to try and get some more unfermentables in there to get some sweetness when combined with the Windsor. Have steeped grain and some flanked oats. Letting it cool overnight and I'll add lme and coopers stout kit tomorrow. May add...

Thanks for putting this info up I've adapted this to what I have available. Now have my 3rd batch going. I use an Easiyo yogurt maker for makig my sauerkraut. I chop up half a cabbage from Aldi add 1 tablespoon of salt. The first batch i liquidised one leaf to innoculate the batch. All the...

I like S&W pacific ale. I'll definitely try that. I have some US-05, will need to buy some galaxy. Thanks all for that. Yes I do drink it from the fermenter, have to taste to make sure that ensuring is going well. ;-) Sent from my HDC-08 using Tapatalk

I know I am resurrecting an old thread. I thought it may be good to keep it all together. I have this one going at the moment. Thomas Coopers Pilsner Kit + 500 g DME + 500 g dextrose & maltodextrin I used the kit yeast pitched at 16 C Controller set at 14 C and it has been bubbling away for...

Another update. Played with the controller for the fermentation part. This does not control the compressor so PID control is not going to break anything. Now have the fermenter sitting at a constant 14°C. Ducking air out of the cold part to cool the fermenter works for me. I will not be able...

Update on this. Fridge started tripping RCD. Took me more than a week to figure out it was the automatic defrost heating element that was causing the problem. Ripped it out and no more problems. It is all good now. Compressor switches on less often than I thought it would and control seems...

Thanks for clarifying that. :-) Sent from my HDC-08 using Tapatalk

Sodium metabisulphite is a reducing agent IIRC and sodium per carbonate is an oxidising agent, they are not compatible. I would suggest that it is better to use one then the other. If you are sterilising for fermentation then an oxidising agent is better. Sent from my HDC-08 using Tapatalk

Thanks dent, I think you are correct the air flow is inadequate. I'll play with that a bit over the coming days. I don't want to spend any more on it if I can get it to works with only some adjustment that will be first prize. It is down at temp this morning. I'll watch over the next few days...

TC is under the FV and reading the same temperature as the stick on thermometer on the side of the FV. I'm happy with that. The next thing I need to get an idea of is how efficient the system is. I put the FV in at 30°C this morning messed around with the whole setup this arvo about 3 and the...

Here are some pictures of the setup. Please excuse the quality. The first is the stripped out freezer compartment. There is a cover over the evaporator and on the bottom of the freezer section. Airflow is through the two vents above the fan housing, over the evaporator and then under the floor...

Qldkev. The heating does not turn on unless the freezer cooling is running for a long time. Under normal conditions I don't think it will be running the heating. The heating only heats the fermentation chamber. There is an offset of two degrees between the heating and cooling to stop any...

Thanks elcarter and dent I guess I was not very clear. The freezer is controlled at 4°C (beer storage) and is the source for the cold air to cool the fridge to maintain fermenting temperatures. I live on the sunshine coast and need cooling far more than heating. This is controlled by one...

Elcarter only one compressor in freezer. That is why the freezer is the beer fridge and will have to be colder than the fridge. One problem that is needing a fix (easy to do) is that the internal light does not generate enough heat to warm the fridge part when the freezer part is cooling 20...

After a fair bit of messing around and lots of research because I had not done enough research I have a fermenting and beer fridge in one. Three wife doors not like my hobby very much and more than one fridge would not be possible. Cooking being one of my other hobbies was being cramped by...

What was the difference between the fridge and the fermenter? I'm busy getting my fermenting fridge going and am looking for some ideas on target temperature for the fridge. From what I've read the difference can be between 0 and 3°C depending on active fermentation and yeast activity. So I...

Tasted one tonight. Bit young but some nice flavours. Slight hit of funky yeast flavours as I did not condition the bottles at 20°C. Better than the coopers real ale I have to compare it with. Will update in a week or two. Sent from my HDC-08 using Tapatalk 4

Great thread thanks for reviving this. I'm planning a stout, kit & bits fermented with Windsor. Good to hear people's experiences. I'm looking for lower attenuation and esters to make it interesting. Basic idea Coopers stout tin 1.5 kg LME 0.5 kg flaked oats steeped at 60°C 30 min boil...

Taps....... Hmmmmm I've had some funny flavours in my last 3 brews and there is some buildup around my fermenter tap. I think I'm going to extend my cleaning regime. Than you all. Sent from my HDC-08 using Tapatalk 4