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First AG brew today, with all my new toys. 50L kettle, 19L HLT, 34L esky Mash Tun. NASA burner. Decided on Snow's recipe for a Pacific Ale clone (minus the FWH addition). I stuffed up heaps and also under estimated losses in the MT and Kettle by a fair margin. I calculated and made...

Looks great qbox. Your woodwork experience is obvious. Close up of the taps and handles: Putting down my first AG brew tomorrow, so in 2 weeks I can test out this Keezer.

Cool, I just pulled it apart and cleaned off that grease...does not seem food safe. Put a little bit of keg lube between the rollers and ends.

Ok more work today. I test fitted the kegs, and I can fit 5 in there. Not too bad. 1 of the keg's lid needs the bit if steel holding one side if the lever in place re welded. It will probably seal ok with pressure, but I might get a new lid, as these lids suck. A pain to open. I might source...

Thanks :) $4 spindles from hammersmith.com.au, and just trimmed the tops and added the 3" pieces on top. Just got my gear delivered. 2 kegs and a box to take home on the train. Fun. 1 of the 3p ball valves needs a slight modification though, the lever sits too low so I need to trim a bit off so...

Ok, tap handles have 1 coat of stain. Will give them another 2 coats on Saturday as I install the taps, lines etc. My Craftbrewer order is onboard for delivery so should have it today... I will spray the blackboard paint on once the stain coats are all done. My drilling was not perfect. I...

Decided to use a paint roller rather than spray paint due to the weather conditions when I have the time to paint it. 2 coats, just need to touch up around the lid and side vent. Got my quote sorted from Craftbrewer, hope to have it by Friday so I can get all the gear installed!

I had no time at all to look this round. Saw some interesting stuff on the way to work, but just never got the time to do the rounds :( Great idea though.

Happy with it from my limited use on a few brews. Going to buy the key shortly.

I have ordered 4 spindles from here : http://www.hammersmith.com.au/hs_products/external-staircase-and-building-components/frieze-panels-and-spindles Going to put a square bit of pine on top, stain it all with leftover stain and varnish from my keezer build, then use chalkboard paint on the...

First coat of paint...really really dodgy. Should be fine after the 2nd coat. 1 can of spray paint and only 3 sides kind of done. I should of just done it by hand.

Got some more work done last night and tonight. 2 coats of Aussie Jarrah stain and varnish, built the wheel base and gave that a coat too. top down view of the collar Basic wheel base 1st coat... 2nd coat... Will give the freezer a clean and sand tomorrow night, and...

Hi Guys, Decided to go the Keezer route instead of buying a Kegerator from Keg King/CB/G&G. I am going for something similar to this guy: http://billybrew.com/kegerator-collar Aussie Jarrah stain on the top collar and bottom collar (for casters). Spraying the freezer black. Planned Features...

Got mine today also. What would you guys suggest cleaning it with? The rollers are a bit tacky. Seems pretty solid though, and easy enough to power with a drill.

If I worked it out right, 7kg of grain would displace 4.2L of volume. So if you mash with 3L:1kg, 7kg of grain will take up 25-26L of volume. Is the absorption of water a factor? EDIT: Wait, is it 11.66L for 7kg of grain? So 21L of water, 7kg of grain, and the volume would be up to 33L?

Choice music jeddog :)

Cool, so I can arrange pickup from today onwards?

The problem is, IMO, that POR bittered and low flavour beers have been the aussie standard for a long time. It would be interesting to know the age and default beer of the 4 subjects. It's a bit like trying to introduce Dio or Iron Maiden to your country music loving mum...some things are just...

Got my burner for $139 a few weeks ago on special, would of been good to get the 38L and use as a HLT instead of the 19L Big W special. Haven't even put any gas through mine yet, this weekend hopefully. EDIT: I think the store in the City had a fair few of the burners when I got mine. Could...

I was actually sitting next to a woman and man from Mornington Brewery at GABS. Turned out he was a brewer there, and quite friendly both of them. He mentioned that the brewers are very homebrew friendly there...