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If the pluto guns fall through I'd happily take one off your hands. Won't be back in Melbourne until start of September though.

Interesting. I used a fresh pack of this yeast for the first time in a recent Amber Ale and noticed exactly the same thing. I left it for 2 weeks in primary prior to crashing and it took basically the whole time to go from 1.054 down to 1.016. Even over-pitched slightly. I gave a mate 1L of the...

That is a bargain. The Pilsner glasses are my favourite. $16 shipping though [emoji15]

If you're pressing the reset button and it's fixing the issue, then you're obviously tripping the element. I would be scraping it as much as you can - it generally stops when it has proteins burnt onto it during the mash/sparge. As soon as you remove the Malt pipe after sparge - start scraping...

I have GOT to get myself some of that Columbus!!!!

Yeast is definitely the most important flavor component. Do a split batch, one with the US-05 and one with something like a saison yeast. keep everything else the same and you'll find that they'll still be entirely different. One of the big things I found for flavor is water and water chemistry.

So tasted this for the first time tonight, on the gas since Sunday night. All I can say is that the reviews on this thread are pretty spot on. Great aroma but not an overly flavourful hop. The initial sips are quite 'watery' and my beer is hopped to about 40 IBU, so has a dry finish. Not...

Unbelievable this hasn't sold!! I would probably purchase the spare mesh screens from you for my Grainfather if you were interested?

I have been waiting by the safari browser on both nights that you've recently listed and still managed to be too slow. Third times a charm!

I feel your pain mate. Went to keg a beer yesterday and my only spare corny was full of mould. Took it apart and soaked it in 75 degree sodium perc for a few hours, rinsed, then filled with starsan before I transferred. Got it all out but it sure makes you question whether brewing is a fun hobby!

I use the Grainfather as well. You can get away with 27L batches in the Grainfather, so you could use the normal pipework and pretty much right on 4.5kg of grain and you'll probably end up with something in the vicinity of 4.2% ABV. I used 5.23kg of grain in my beer today and based on my 73% BH...

I've used carahell in one of my other beers, but only up to 4.5% of the bill. My session IPA was: 60% Maris Otter 27% Wheat Malt 10% medium crystal 3% Acidulated Hopped with galaxy and Amarillo pellets and chinook flowers. All late hopped (except for a tiny chinook bittering charge) up to 35...

Depends whether you want a clone or just a nice session style beer? I've made one around the 4.2% ABV mark that was pretty good. No carahell or oats though.

I use 2 packs for pretty much anything from 1.050 and above. Also, I do 27L batches in my Grainfather, so a bit bigger than a standard 23L batch. Dry yeast is so cheap it doesn't bother me - I normally buy 10 packs at a time for around $3 per pack.

Holy **** I missed out!! Are any of the legs still available? What about the freezer? 2 650SS taps and a 6kg CO2 bottle for $200 [emoji15][emoji15][emoji15] I'll take it if it's not gone!!! EDIT: just saw its gone. That was a bargain of the century.

I would be looking at some second hand fridges and a temperature controller before you start buying any more equipment. $0 - $50 for the fridge and ~$40 for an ink bird controller. It's the only way to better beer. Or start brewing saisons like someone else suggested. Also, a heat belt? In...

Just kegged my fortnight pale ale which smells absolutely amazing. 95% MO 3% Acidulated 2% Medium Crystal Fortnight @ 5, 0 for 30min steep and then a hop stand at 75 degrees for a further 30min. 50g dry hop during active fermentation then 50g at diacetyl rest. 35 IBU and 5.1% (SG 1.050 and...

Where did you get that? I've never had this beer but I'd be surprised if almost 75% of the IBUs come from the bittering addition. I'd also assume that the dry hop would be a minimum of double that.

Currently drinking a Feral Soy Fox Session Ale. Does anyone know if these are can conditioned? Could have sworn I saw a big gloop of yeast empty into my glass as I poured it and it's a very cloudy beer. Anyway, pretty nice easy drinker. Feral sure do know how to make them whiffy on the nose!

I would go a kilo, but I'm in QLD!