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4th yr Apprentice sparky here so take with a grain of salt, or whatever the saying is [emoji4]. Old house wiring commonly had only the 1 power circuit for a 3 bed single storey home. Heating/hot water should be on it's own separate circuit. You would have gone over 16A numerous times, but the...

+1. $0.60 is a small price to pay to keep beer in the keg.

What are u (hypothetically) serving other than the RIS?

Gets my vote! Short, simple and easy to recall when stumbling home

So is there any issue with leaving the hop bag in the keg and getting the carbing going? Is there a point when I should take the hops out?

I have a regular lag time of 24-36hrs before I see something happen.

Pellets for me

Hi all I'm having a go at a S&W pacific clone and the sample before transferring to the keg was a bit bland so I've added 30g of Galaxy to a hop bag suspended from the lid and put the keg into the keg fridge, purged O2 and left disconnected. I've read galaxy will give a grassy taste if left...

Hi all, I'm attempting to construct my own American IPA tomorrow (first IPA recipe I've tried to do) and was hoping for some feedback from the people who have more of an idea than me (I do more Pale Ale's than anything else). Steep 30mins: BrewersChoice Pale Ale/Bitter Grain Pack (Crystal) -...

Thanks for the input guys, I would normally hit between 1.044 and 1.048 so would expect the same. FWIW I never take a gravity reading until just before I pitch, but I suspect this time with not adding the malts with the final steeping hops, they haven't dissolved into solution enough as...

Batch size is 23 litres, 1kg liquid light malt into 60min boil, remaining 1.5kg liquid light and 1kg liquid wheat into fermenter with wort.

Hi all, I've been doing extract for a while now and usually add my final malts (usually 1.5kg liquid light and 1kg liquid wheat) at flameout and let it sit for approx 20mins along with the 0 min hop addition, and end up with an SG of 1.044 - 1.048. On my last brew though, I got distracted and...

Extract Irish Red Ale, 4.2%

And just like that it's all good. Tap was clean and no residue (yes plastic fermenter). Pushed hydrometer down and tapped on the bottom. Lots of tiny air bubbles made their way up to the top. Reading 1012. I normally just spin the hydrometer and its normally pretty accurate. Thanks for the tip...

Final update: Cold crashed for about a week. Diacetyl still there but not nearly as bad as it was. Got my first ever kegs all set up and tap installed so couldn't wait for another brew. Drinkable but not great. Will tip it once the next brew is ready. More aeration and better yeast care...

Having next to no knowledge on the matter, i would say under. You need more CO2 in the solution and lower serving pressure to compensate. Leave at the current pressure for a couple to a few days then drop a couple to a few psi to serve. Disclaimer: this is all a big guess from the limited...

Hi all, not sure what is happening but my gravity readings seem to be a bit off. OG was 1042 on 19/1, then 1012 on 23/1. Then somehow gravity has increased to 1018 on 25/1 and today. The other issue is I give the hydrometer a spin and it then rises to 1022ish. I have noticed there are small...

I'm also new to kegging, I'll tell you what I've done and it may or may not help: 36psi for 36 hrs, bit of a shake for 20 sec, rest for 10, shake for 20, wait 5 minutes, remove gas, release prv, attach gas and drop to 8psi serving pressure. Fridge tap, 4 feet of 5mm ID beer line, tap is about...

I've googled and had a look around the forum and found for no chill cubes you need HDPE cubes (number 2 in the recycle triangle) and I've seen a few comments that they can be bought for under $10 a piece, but I can't seem to find specifically where to buy them. I've had a look at bunnings online...

Would you be prepared to sell items individually? Some peeps might be interested in the kegs etc without need for the fridges and fermenters. I would be if I had some coin to play with at the moment