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Something you can't put a price on. When friends come over, try the beer, love it, are amazed and everyone drinks and has a good time.

Don't forget a weizenbock as a possibility. Underrated style. Perfect for winter. You could always add fruit of you don't like the way wb-06 tastes.

Hey Royce @Garfield, have a mate in Bomaderry who uses FWK continuously. Have passed this on to him. You are barely making me want to brew at those prices.

2 elements boil 65 litres for me easily. You can insulate the pot if you go electric and go higher than this is imagine.

Why not go single and all electric?

I will put the flame suit on. I add a big squirt of Domestos, fill to the brim and leave for a day then empty, ring gone! Fill the next bottle with the same liquid. Rinse and then sanitise when ready to use. It's the sodium hydroxide in it that cleans glass nicely. It rinses easily out of glass.

Aren't there too many MJ Belgian strains to be all repackaged other OEM yeast? I be tried most and find the Belgian ones interesting and can't see an OEM equivalent. Unless they are blending?

I always get them hanging around the boil. To the point I have found one at the bottom of a fermenter. I find them whenmost attracted to the boil when doing a high gravity boil.

I don't like to let my yeast near unboiled grain or mash. Literally loads of nasties in there.

Yes. Threaded male eto male though the pot and silicone washer and nut on the inside of the pot. If I knew a welder who could do stainless, it would be worthwhile to have the pipe welded to the pot. Then all you do is put the ball valve straight on the pipe. Then add a nipple and hose and your...

Yes. Too big. You would need to drill/file out the hole. There is a guy who sells 3/8 inch 3 piece out of Melbourne on eBay. Get a 3 piece as you want to be able to clean it. It's cold side so everything should be sanitary. The hole is already the correct size. I ended up sourcing my fittings...

I responded in the other thread. You want a 3/8 inch ball valve. Basically it's a 3/8 inch nipple/threaded pipe through the hole. On the inside, a stainless nut, silicone washer, fermenter wall, silicone washer, stainless washers, ball valve, nipple, hose. I sourced stuff from eBay and...

Hi I use these fermenters. 3/8 inch stainless is the size. I had to buy parts from various sources to make it work. Includes stuff that didn't fit. If you want more details let me know and I will run through what I got and where. I don't use a pickup. Just for the fermenter at the end a bit as...

This happens to me from time to time with high gravity beers. I just uncap, add yeast then recap with new caps. It is really better to just add yeast at bottling for high gravity beers if you doubt the yeast is up to carbing up the beer. Especially if aged for any time in bulk n a barrel or on...

Hi, Lactose works. Just have to add a bit to a sample then scale up to full size to get right ratio. Boil it and add at kegging.

Is there any way to predict release of wyeast pc strains? What was the temp the RIS was fermented at? Was free.of any fusely taste.

Sorry, you are correct. That gulden draak was the one that made great RIS. Which wyeast or white labs number is it? Is that also the strain you used @shacked for the candy syrup experiment?

Marcus @shacked is a big user of the Fantome yeast. I've tried a few he has made with it and they were great, particularly a RIS. It's a seasonal release yeast, the RIS was nice a dry. Will need to keep an eye out for it.

The local stock ones on eBay are good. Around 80 bucks. Anything cheaper looks dodgy. My brewery is based on 3 of them.

If you want a better tasting low carb beer, just simply aim for yeasts with high attenuation. Think saison. Belle Saison for me always goes to 1.000.