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hey revox, i got the thrumometer free with the plate chiller- individually they go for around $50, although i'm sure it would be easy to make your own. the fittings on it are not 1/2", but i just use 2 hose clips on each end to crimp on my 1/2" silicon hose, which works well. remi

yep- wayne's gear does make the whole thing look pretty damn good. i was amazed at some of the simple ones- like the one i picked with the hops...that's just a crappy old bowl from my kitchen sitting on my garage floor, i guess you've just got to have the eye. remi

Earlier this year, a friend of mine from the UK visited- he is a professional photographer. His advertising work often features magazine articles where his series of photographs accompany text telling the story of how an artisan product is made- cheese, wine etc. Anyway, while he was here he...

I did the hughman666's Pacific Pale Ale from the recipe database. Nice easy Pale Ale with Cascade and Amarillo. My extremely tolerant girlfriend was not expecting much, and was preparing me for possible failure it being my first Ag, having only done kits beforehand... Happily, much like just...

mine's a 40-plate. i've no idea whether the number of plates bears a linear relationship to cooling ability- my guess would be no. remi

beerbelly hopscreen for me also. immediate foward flush and then backflush via pump after wort passes through. then recirculate cleaning solution for 10-15min, then rinse with hot water until the output from the chiller stops feeling 'soapy'. just did a double batch on the weekend (50L), so i...

sorry, i'll clarify my comments a bit. from a bacterial point of view, your blood is sterile- if it is not, you have septicaemia and are very sick in a hospital, or about to be. ditto if you have fungus/yeast/mould in your bloodstream- then you are really really sick and probably about to be...

as an aside- if your blood wasn't sterile, the cleanliness of your keg post would be the least of your worries... remi

Second the point above- I've found the Bernzomatic O2 cylinders at a local hardware store here in Melbourne, and use the morebeer regulator. Depending on who you read/ believe, each bottle lasts 10-20 brews assuming around a 30sec blast, I've got around 8 or so out of my first one and it's still...

Even if you had the power supply, cost and postage issues sorted- I'm not sure from what I've read that these puppies are up to lager temp fermenting in a hot aussie garage. As Pok has said- seems to make much more sense to get a fermenting fridge, fridgemate and a stainless conical if you must...

i was at a party recently with one of each of these 5L kegs. the lowenbrau, heineken and bitburger were standard 'euro-lager' nice on a hot days type of beers- as they usually are-, the schwarz was pretty good- a bit light on the malt character for my tastes, but was my first drink of the style...

Look up proscitech.com.au (in qld but postage not too bad considering you'll buy in bulk), or livingstone.com.au (in sydney i think) Plenty of options there remi

I've gone 70L kettle, 50L HLT and mash-tun in my set-up (all by beerbelly and very shiny). I do the occasional double batch (45-ish litres post-boil), and manage with a 50L HLT. When I do double batches, I just heat up the strike water volume in the kettle (which doesn't take very long), and...

?brewed under liscence? remi

thanks td- the insulation is neoprene (done by beerbelly)- seems to do the job well in my cold melbourne garage! remi

yep, i've certainly been bit by the bug- and bit pretty bad at that.

after an excellent day's brewing, i thought i'd show off my new brewery which is finally up and running after a couple of months of planning/ purchasing/ putting together. stainless steel vessels by beerbelly (50L, 50L, 70L)- insulated hlt and mash tun, element installed into hlt along with...

having just put a pile of money into my new brewery and much assorted stainless bling- i occasionally feel bad about the expense, but compared to the money i put into my car, it's really not that much. and then i think, some guys pour thousands of dollars into model trains, and at the end of...

This place is just down the road from me- I've been a few times. It is a good alternative to the local pubs- pub-quality food with about a $1-2 premium on food compared to local pub-type venues, much better beer on tap- the pints are 500ml+ (I seem to remember checking when I was there), which...