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Thanks for the replies. Re yeast: I do two litre starters generally, and did a 4 last batch. Always taste them before pitching etc. Re salts. You raise a good point, I’ve been referred to a couple of water testing places, I’ll hold off on any additions until then. Was just working off an advise...

I keep forgetting to try the wort before boil, and yeah I have an immersion chiller, goes in 15 mins before boil is done

cheers, i dont have a big second vessel to batch sparge with unfortunately. and maybe i am a bit of a lazy fly sparger, generally adding quite a lot of water and letting it drain through and repeating this 3-4 times. might try to slow this down adding only a liter at a time or something? my...

Yeah sorry I do spare, mash is about 4ltrs per kg, then sparse through the remainder at 75 degrees to bring me up to volume. Was thinking of cutting sparge in half as well just in case but I don’t think it’s all that big

didnt want to be that bloke asking these sorts of questions but im at a bit of a loss as to what im doing wrong. im about 6 brews deep(second time picking up the hobby) and brews 4 and 5 had a strange almost unbearable chemically bitterness to it. given brew schedule and fermenting etc it...

Thanks for that, yeah I’ve got like 5-6 shoots come ing through now. We don’t really get frost up here so I was going to let them grow to about a foot before trimming them back, thought it might help to get some sunlight to help with toot establishment. I’ll then continue to trim back till it...

ah cool, thanks for the responses

sorry probably silly question, if I’m doing a massive hop bomb with both big 5 min additions and whirlpool(chill to 80 add and leave for 30) additions I’m assuming the 5 min additions will also contribute throughout the whirlpool as well right? As in the 5 min addition might contribute 20 ibus...

Sounds like urs is similar to my f and p 400ish fridge. Have u found that it’s takes a while to get from 18 down to 2 or so for cold crash? I suspect there might be some internal override that is not letting compressor run for extended periods of time?

Just time mate, it’s why I gave it away the first time round, and have a young family now. So double batches through to 50s and no more bottling

thanks, cant say its easy but not as bad as u think, its not an awkward weight to lift by any stretch

basically finished, still need to work out where i want the gas splitter and install it. gas bottle was initially designed to go behind top keg, had everything cut measured installed to suit.... but i didnt take the tap shanks into account :( in hindsight i should have put them about 150mm...

sorry yup its brewzilla not grainfather.... brain fart need more coffee... thanks for your reply.

morning all, so ive only just done my second brew on 65l brewzilla, both times started with 3litres per kg of grain but its just not enough, both times ive had to rush around to add another 10. i then sparge the remainder required to get it up to about the 55l mark when done. what are you guys...

Fermentation fridge for me is a 400ish litre fridge only Westinghouse, about 150 bucks on gumtree and an old tempmate, will fit 55 fermzilla in there easy

i thought it was a website error so ive been refreshing every now and then. the 27's are out of stock too around 3ish i think it was. glad they are doing well. just salty i didnt get one.... held out on a brewday and fairly sizable order for a week waiting :(

i was up at 7am to order... out of stock.... bit disappointing :( wouldnt have thought it was such a limited run, and if it was maybe have it release at a reasonable time not midnight.

gents, i planted some hops about a month ago here in BNE, if just noticed a couple of shoots coming through on one lot. bit early isnt it? should i be concerned? further, when i initially planted i put them in a 50/50 top soil/manuer mix that filled the large pots about 3/4 way up. but with a...

WUOC0127[1] by theredone posted 10/7/19 at 9:19 AMjust finishing one in an upright freezer. still have to make another shelf and a few other things but seems ok. its a hisense 200odd ltr upright freezer, build a collar from 140mm x 45mm pine, painted outside of collar insulated inside...