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I probably shouldn't have perused this thread, got mega-jealous at the obvious good times being had. Family comes first however and I'm 100% aiming to be there in July. On another note I'm still willing to hold the event at my joint in the Victorian-esque town of Corowa next Christmas as...

Bridge Road Chestnut Pilsner at a local Christmas gathering (Corowa is about 40 mins from Beechworth). Far better from the tap than bottles, a little cloudy but still the real deal.

I don't batch sparge, but if it's sitting for 30 mins I don't think the rate of draining the mash tun will matter. If fly sparging however it's a completely different story. Matt, check your refractometer against a hydrometer. They can be out of scale as well as incorrectly zeroed (think y = mx...

Your brewhouse efficiency depends on the 2 things - the original gravity and volume. If you do in fact have 27 litres in the kettle then your mash efficiency isn't probably all that bad. If you were able to get every last drop in the fermenter this would correspond to 70% efficiency. Looking at...

Just deleted a political opinion and instead shall just say I'm going to strap myself in for the ride. Loving all this flour discussion.

I use my HEx during the sparge. I'll set the HLT to 75°C and the HERMS to 80°C, plumbing the HLT through the HERMS. Due to the low flow by the time the water has made it to the mash tun it'll have lost a degree or two. I wouldn't try to heat 10-25°C heat tap water to sparge temp in a single pass...

Had to click on this thread because when I saw vaping, all I could think of was this - https://www.instagram.com/p/BT7skv3leeW/?taken-by=blakewebber https://www.instagram.com/p/BLhjib8gThK/?taken-by=blakewebber And before you ask, no his name is not Blake, that's not his real voice and it's...

I'm not sure of the mechanisms of simple sugars in the boil, the analogy which I'm sure you've heard is that the simple stuff will be consumed early and condition the yeast to not fully ferment other more complex sugar chains. Anecdotally I've had better results adding sugar late in the ferment...

For those it may concern, I knocked up another Toohey's Old recipe using the Brewman's Brewbuilder recipe with WLP059. https://aussiehomebrewer.com/attachments/tooheys-old-jpg.84137/ I added the [liberal quantity of] dextrose at about day 4 and allowed it to ferment out over 2 weeks at 18°C...

Some time ago I had a hankering to brew a strong Belgian beer after some success with a Radieuse clone, so I checked my stocks and put together a 'gut feel' recipe with some special B, a smattering of Munich, some D2 and a bit of hallertauer and tettanger. I went with 2 packs of Mangrove Jacks...

Carafoam instead of crystal would be well suited, up to 10% has a slight impact on flavour and aids head retention. Good move with the single addition. Don't get too tempted to add late hops because the more you do this the further to take it away from a simple pale ale. Are you going to...

Seems like a pretty neat design, note the hex nut with the pressed ridges to bleed the air out during filling. For regular carbonation pressure (70 kPa or therabouts) I wouldn't imagine there would be any issues and it would handle it fine. I'd suggest checking the seals where the glass meets...

Stockade Brewing Hoppy Brown Ale. Against the light it has a red tinge. Strong at 6.8%, you wouldn't know it by the aroma but it certainly is hoppy. It's a fairly pleasent beer, more alcoholic warmth than I was expecting but matches the bitterness well. And it is quite bitter. It's not a hop...

Some solid Engrish in that eBay advert for a bushless pump. I'm not sure of your explanation there MJ, the only difference between the DC and AC pump is the drive. It's still a centrifugal pump so will behave the same way, not a straight line as you imply. Adjusting the input speed however will...

I'm on my second brew with 059 and it's a Toohey's Old as per Brewman's site (previous brew was very good). It's been in the fermenter for the 8th day now so I figured it would be done, fired off quicker this time with a hit of O2. I took a hydro before racking and it came in at 1.011, which...

If you've had a wheat beer before I think you'd pick mine, it's classic wheat with 3068. There wasn't anything citrus about it in my opinion but that pic does look a lot like mine (thought white balance can tell a lot of lies in digital photography). You're a witty man Paul. I still have a 14 in...

Reptile heat cords like this one do an excellent job, though I don't recall mine being this expensive.

Did you get the bearing number after all that effort?

Akahsa Brewing Company Hopsmith IPA. Aromatics are spot on, not pungent but everything you'd expect out of a US IPA. It's a good beer overall, 7.2% which you wouldn't know by the taste. If everyone's raving about Hop Hog they should give this a go.

Could be many things Adr_0. I haven't read that issues occur when the impeller's in, note pcqypcqy said he had to physically push the magnet to get it going hence the volute was off. 'Sticktion' they call it (a word I hate) at the place I currently work, which is their layman's term for high...