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  1. Drewgong

    KegLand Questions and Answers

    Are you wanting to ferment under pressure? If so the flat bottom is no good for that there going to release a domed bottom at some stage that can hold pressure but no idea when its coming. I have asked several times on here and on kl fb page and cant get an answer
  2. Drewgong

    KegLand Questions and Answers

    i just seen it on the kl Facebook page . but my post was before his lol
  3. Drewgong

    Yeast starters and equipment

    Ill try reading that again when im sober lol . sounds like oxygen is good but not needed....ill try again tomorrow
  4. Drewgong

    KegLand Questions and Answers

    When can i buy one? happy to be your guinea pig
  5. Drewgong

    15 amp tempreture controller

    Gday fellas just bought a 3600w element from cheeky peak for my HLT for some reason it has a 10 amp plug on it im not sure that it matters bit i have a 15 amp circuit for it anyway. So i set it up in my hlt and i plugged it into a old temp controller i had lying around it was a mangrove jacks...
  6. Drewgong

    Ring of Scum - Cleaning Bottles

    I use a lot less than recommended . I dont have jar in hand to tell you the recommended but i use 15 grams per 10l of HOT water it foams up nice and strips anything . Give it a few rinses with water then hold it up to a light. mine are always perfectly clean soak in non rinse sanitizer befor use...
  7. Drewgong

    Yeast starters and equipment

    Thanks mate i watched a video earlier on forced diacetyl testing it doesn't look that difficult.
  8. Drewgong

    Yeast starters and equipment

    Cheers mate not a bad idea however o2 kit is already on its way i think it was around $90 from kegland
  9. Drewgong

    Ring of Scum - Cleaning Bottles

    I completely submerge them in hot sodium perc and they come out spotless. As for the ring your getting in the first place are you beers heavily dry hopped?
  10. Drewgong

    Yeast starters and equipment

    cheers mate i should of mentioned that i was already shaking the fermenter but i only ever done this for like a minute ive always added one packet of yeast for below 1050 and 2 if over that. Most of the time i never had problems just occasionally my fg would be higher than usual or sometimes id...
  11. Drewgong

    Tilt owners you happy with it ?

    does it tell you what its battery level is? what type of battery is needed?
  12. Drewgong

    KegLand Questions and Answers

    I did wonder about the humidty level inside the fermenter . maybe something similar to the removable trub container on the conical but with a much smaller opening that could be purged and attach to the lid. The only reason im not going for the fermzilla is size/height . Any info on release date...
  13. Drewgong

    KegLand Questions and Answers

    Hey Kegland you mentioned the dome bottomed fermzillas a while back just wondering when these will be available? Ive been wondering how you could dry hop in these without opening the lid and have a idea it may well be a stupid idea but still a idea lol. Place hops and a small magnet inside a...
  14. Drewgong

    Yeast starters and equipment

    cheers mate there was a chart i stumbled across that showed how much oxygen gets into wort by shaking it , by using fish tank pump and by using pure o2 i cant remember the exact figures but roughly 30 seconds of pure o2 added 5 times the oxygen as 20 minutes of shaking fermenter
  15. Drewgong

    Buying or setting up an electric boil kettle

    Gday mate ive been looking into this myself for my 70l kettle . have a look at the blichman boil coil there expensive but i never found a negative review on them. Ive decided to stay gas for now
  16. Drewgong

    Yeast starters and equipment

    Cheers for the feedback fellas ive been oxygenating for a few years by shaking the **** out of the fermenter. I just hate the feeling you get when you dont hit the expected fg or sometimes you even get a stalled fermentation i want to step things up and give my beer the best possible chance. I...
  17. Drewgong

    Yeast starters and equipment

    Planning to broaden my horizons and start trying some liquid yeasts
  18. Drewgong

    Yeast starters and equipment

    Can you add too much yeast? is there a formula/ measurement
  19. Drewgong

    Yeast starters and equipment

    Gday fellas after a recent issue with diacetyl (still unsure if its infection or lack of diacetyl rest) Ive decided to change two things as well as some new beer and gas lines. 1, Yeast starters . Ive always used dry yeast and just added to fermenter 2, Oxygenating my wort I always double batch...
  20. Drewgong

    Diacetyl or infection

    T Thanks for that mate interesting read ill try swapping lines tomorrow.
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