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Gorton was appointed PM while being a senator (after Harold Holt disappeared*). He moved to the HoR pretty quickly. Fun fact, the PM doesn’t actually need to be a parliamentarian, but only for up to 3 months. *Of course, taken by the Chinese (for whom he had been spying) in a submarine

Boozy and sharp could be fusel alcohols, due to stressed yeast. If it is, the only fix I’m aware of is time. Bottle it and put it away for another 10 months and see how it goes…

Hi HUB, pretty keen to enter the comp again this year, from previous experiences it was very well run and well judged. Like @Naboo I'm pretty keen to know if there are any drop-off locations. In the past there's been one in Sydney. Any chance of that again? Edit: also, are cans allowed? The...

Facebook’s business model is to find out what gets each person fired up, then feed it to them. This is a brewing forum. Maybe a small number of people get worked up about the kl vs kk wars, but that’s really off putting to the rest of us. The thing this place has going for it is it’s long...

@duncbrewer , who are you getting your electricity from? I’m paying way more… https://www.agl.com.au/content/dam/digital/agl/documents/terms-and-conditions/energy/rates-and-contracts/standard-retail-contracts/nsw/agl-nsw-elec-my-pcp-website-pricing-20210701.pdf

Supply chains are pretty rooted at the moment. And if this lockdown was anything like the last, lots of either new brewers or brewers moving from extract to all grain. E.g. You used to always be able to get a second hand corny keg off gumtree, and were $50, now they’re like hen’s teeth and...

Thanks for the offer mate, but I’ve moved on already. I got a good couple of years out of my fermzilla and then sold second hand, managed to get an SS Brewtech Chronical at a bargain. The fermzilla was a good bit of kit, but the allure of stainless was too strong…

Hi guys, is there a reason you don’t have a ‘sale’ tab on your website? Would be good to know what is on sale at any given time. The only time I find things for sale is when I’m looking for them to buy anyway…

Cool, I’m in the Inner West, let me know if you can be arsed coming to get it. I should clarify that I only ever used very low pressure with this setup, just enough to move the beer. It won’t hold enough pressure to carbonate but you can just use table sugar for that. 70g will carb a keg, which...

So as a cheap option, the ampi style fermenters actually hold a bit of pressure. I used to have a gas post with 1/4 bsp bulkhead instead of the airlock, and that worked pretty well. Well enough to do closed transfers. You could use that to push the liquid into the keg. The ampi fermenters are...

Dude, maybe a better question for a bank? You’ll need to talk to them eventually. If you want to borrow more money they’re usually pretty responsive. And if you’re working in GBP, British banks might have different practices than Aussie ones…

Are you looking in store or online? I couldn’t find it online but my local store had about six in stock. Maybe they’re on sale because they are not going to carry them in future?

Does your friend have coeliac disease, or just gluten intolerant? If intolerant then a normal beer with brewers clarex (like wle4000) is fine. That’s what I use in every batch as my wife is intolerant (including to gluten). No idea about whether any trace amounts of gluten is okay with someone...

Well I think that’s all the information I need to pass judgment…

I agree it’s very poor form not to have a manual available, but want to hear a bit more about @usastman’s process before making judgment. Particularly, where was the temp probe? If it was dangling in the air, then even the best temp controller will have quite big temp fluctuations…

If anyone else is interested in mill drills, turns out my local Bunnings (Kingsgrove Sydney) not only had the Ozito spade handle drill, but it was on sale... $69

For me the big selling point for the Brewzillas over the others is the new boil extender. It means the base unit is quite compact, but for $50 you can increase the volume by 33%. I know it’s not a big deal for you now, but gives you options down the track. (FWIW, I used to be of the same mind...

Basically, but if you can I’d start them all fermenting at the same time. (Better than storing open packages) For lagers you’d expect the differences between two yeasts to be reasonably subtle. You could try something a little different, and do half with a kolsch yeast (like k-97). Then ferment...

Good to hear! If it were me, I’d do the lagers first. One pils and one doppelbock with one lager (if dry yeast, w34/70), then the other pils and doppelbock with a different yeast (maybe S-23?).

Do you have temp control? (Good enough to keep them at 10c for a couple of weeks)