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Efficiency is what you get from the mash, once you have extracted the sugars from the mash that stays in the wort. Prolonged boils just condenses the wort, the sugar content remains stable which will give a higher SG.

It is after fermentation has finished the OP is querying.

The alcohol in the beer will get you first, bananas are high in potassium and silicon dioxide I suspect that over the centuries it has been used it would have come to light before now if it was dangerous to health.

Well it isn't going to harm you, I presume it is 21 litres? I'm not sure if it will have any effect on the taste. Well 21 litres in a 30 litre fermenter so I have 9 litres of CO2 in the head space once the pressures equalise at 100 kPa. There is very little resistance offered by the cling wrap...

I have tried a few things when cold crashing and have gone back to the tried and trusted method of cling wrap over the top of the fermenter. How much air gets pulled into the fermenter, anecdotal evidence for me suggests none. Only because I haven't had an oxidised beer bar one which was almost...

Why not boil for one hour? Water additions, I have read that there is 1.9g/kg of magnesium in malted grain so more than enough magnesium to ditch the Epsom salts, though Martin Brungard does say he adds a pinch of magnesium to his brewing water. 11.22 g of chloride seems a bit excessive. Reading...

Well if you mean where does the probe plug in, it is the hole at the side of the STC, but using the Max with a junior keg then the business end of the probe will have to be taped to the outside of the keg. So it will be right against the vest, the source heating/cooling so I will have set the...

Tonight my Foreign Extra Stout, two long necks is my limit, just too strong, while very desirable it just isn't a session beer. Notice how the head dissipates, a sign of high alcohol content. The stout I have in the fermentor at the moment will be about 4.5 ABV so I can enjoy a few more.

So the Dual temperature vests are in stock, got myself a vest and a Junior jacket with some silicone tube to fit the barbs. I don't need the Kegmaster Chilli Unit. I will be using the Thermentor King Max, not looking to go to low a temperature so suits my needs just fine. As an aside there is a...

It certainly is, I wonder why it is?

Best Bitter, final bottle of my last batch.

Nancy Naylor Landlady pale ale. OG 1,052 FG 1,014 ABV 5.2 IBU 43.7 SRM 6.5 5.3 kg Veloria Schooner 0.45 kg Joe White Light Munich 0.20 kg Weyerman Carapils 50g Fuggles @ 60 mins 30g EKG @ 10 mins 28g Styrian Goldings hop stand. On target, Full house with a fifth one cold...

I did. Realised later, bummer.

Any interest in the above gauges lower calibration better accuracy expected. $5 each.

There is another post where I clarified the working of a ball valve, the ball valve has two positions open and closed, they were never intended to be throttled. In the other post I explained that instead of throttling the flow I fitted a stainless washer with an id opening of 8mm. Just for...

There are 2 barbs on the jacket to push the hose onto.

Steam Ale.

For some time, my wife's had this ridiculous idea that I'm playing too much golf. Actually, it came to a head at about 11.30 last night. She suddenly shouted at me: "Golf, golf, golf. All you ever think about is bloody golf!". And I'll be honest, it frightened the life out of me. I mean, you...

I popped over to Keg King today and got some photos. I did check the temperature setting and it was on minus 6C, so presuming it hasn't been changed from the video. The water glycol wouldn't be much more than a litre as it is cooled by counterflow.

No, not that much at all. It's only a small unit. There is a quick glimpse of it at 42 seconds in the video.