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I'm putting the final touches on my new set-up, and need some advice about a brew-bench. I'm going single tier with 3 SS vessels- with electric power to HLT vessel, insulated tun and Italian burner under boil kettle- all single tier, 1 march pump, plate chiller. I've got my eye on a cheap SS...

my first Ag earlier this year was an apa with predominant amarillo hop character/ a bit of cascade. was easily the best beer i've ever made, and had mates claiming it was one of the best they've ever tasted... which is probably just the copious beer talking. still- never looked back, as I'm...

thanks tim, started at 1.076 (efficiency slightly better than i had hoped) and took off like a rocket as it was pitched onto the yeast cake of abbey ale II from a belgian pale. thanks for the tip re: sugar quantity, i've only ever force carbed my cornie kegs up until now. i guess i'll put it...

I've got a Dubbel (based on Doc's) in the fermenter which has finished 3 weeks in primary and gotten down to 1.018 with Abbey Ale II- was planning to rack this off tomorrow. I've only got PET bottles, and was planning to keg the bulk of it, and put a few litres in bottles for storage. My...

the gear is sold- but the PET bottles remain. so- if someone is after 30 750ml PET bottles (never used), i would happily accept a few bottles of your finest in exchange. remi

After almost 6 months of successful and tasty (in my view anyway) AG brewing, I'm upgrading my set-up to double batch volumes and shiny stainless- and am selling parts of my current set-up (which I purchased off a board member earlier this year). I thought I'd post here first before trying the...

it's 10am, a week of night-shift over, a creamy glass of ESB going down very well indeed....too tired to get the phone pic the right way around remi

have a look in the 'gear and equipment' section for the airlocked 'guide to forced carbonation' section- this explains very nicely how to carbonate a keg the fast way (once it's cold). alternatively, you can set the keg to pouring pressure (say 10-14psi or so) and leave it for a week- at which...

well- 4.5hrs after pitching a 1.5L starter of wyeast abbey ale II into 1.050 wort i have some pretty impressive activity going on. shortest lag time ever for my set-up... not sure whether i can put it down to the oxygenation (vs aeration as i've done in the past,) but happy either way. remi

I've recently managed to put together a disposable oxygen system for wort aeration- similar to that used by overseas brewers. Just wanted to let you guys know where I got the bits and pieces from... The Bernzomatic disposable oxygen cylinders are a bit hard to track down- but for those in...

I've recently purchased a second immersion chiller to use as a pre-chiller- the tap water temperature here was 26C in summer, and last month was still 21C, making it difficult to knock it down to pitching temps quickly- and I don't have a fermentation fridge... Anyway, with the US dollar being...

Looks the goods....fun isn't it? remi

Yeah- it was an international sale, already had a step-down transformer rated for 750W, so wasn't too fussed about that. Not too many Australian sales on the bay in the couple of months that I was looking....

Well, in the ever increasing gadget-fest that is my homebrewing career to date, I decided to start yeast farming- partly to be able to re-use yeast strains I like, but also because it appealed to the science nerd in me. Anyway, after much reading of the forum archives, I picked up some basic...

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Big thanks to Brissybrew for being very helpful with my kettle thermometer issue, and going beyond the call... Cheers, remi

Thanks, Have sent you an email.... remi