Thinking about getting my hands on the 200mm wide version of this https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Matte-Black-Metal-Warehouse-Workbench-Shelving-Rack-Work-Bench-Stand-Workbenches/122549321276?var=&hash=item1c88823e3c
Do you think that would safely hold a 50L HLT, 50L Mash Tun, and an 80L Kettle...
I'm really really happy with my scores. Got equal 9th (70) and 15th (63.5) in the APA category. Not bad for my first comp and my 19th AG batch.
Yes, these we're actually the same beer. One bottle conditioned, the other kegged. Not sure what happened to the bottle conditioned one, but in the...
I'm so happy with my results. My first comp and I managed to get into the top 10 within the APA category. Can't wait to see some feedback.
Thanks heaps to everyone involved.
Thanks for the efforts of all the stewards, judges and everyone else involved. Really wish I could have gotten down there to take a look at how a comp gets run. Keenly awaiting some feedback on my first ever comp entries. But yeah, when the results are ready, they're ready.
Hmmm, I have an ITC-308 on my fermentation chamber at the moment and another in the cupboard that no longer works on the hot side. It actually stopped working on the hot side the last time used it on my HLT. It really struggled to get to temp, and eventually I unplugged it. It's not worked at...
Thanks guys.
> Wouldn't be easier to just wire up a thermostat (STC 1000 or similar), set the temperature you want and leave it alone.
Maybe if I was a sparky, but I'm not. No idea how to get that done.
> I have found that to start a boil I do need to connect my element direct to the power...
I have a herms system with a 2200w in my HLT which I currently control manually by simply turning the element off/on at the wall to try and maintain something close to temperature. I let it get my HLT up to temp, then turn it off, let it drop a few degrees then turn it back etc etc. It's not...
> BrewBuilder is probably about the best ordering tool for all grain brewing, even if it is getting a bit long in the tooth.
Seriously? It is far from it. It's an asp site for starters, that technology hasn't been valid for 10-15 years, and technology moves fast.
I actually did go through the...
ps That brewman site is terrible. As someone who is a web developer for a living, I'm just not sure I can use it. It doesn't even use https, so I'd be *VERY* wary of entering any CC details into it.
> Country brewer Toukley may have something.
> I doubt Gosford or Kincumber would have anything, but if you are in the area, it couldnt hurt to try.
Thanks n87, I'll give them a call tomorrow. Might be worth a trip.
> I have a few more comments though.
Thanks gone brewing, Yeah, I'm just...
Hey guys, it's been a little while since I've posted anything, slowly making improvements to my processes etc.
I thought, for my next brew I'd have a bit of a play around with some water treatment. I got a water report from...
So... first year hop grower here, and I can't find where I read about this now. But somewhere I read that after you harvest your hops you can trim the plant back down to the ground just about and it should lay pretty much dormant until next spring.
So yeah, I harvested all my hops in two...
Yeah thanks mate. Have done a bit of reading myself now and have decided to maybe hold of a day or two until the initial fermentation is slowing a bit. Than yeah, desolve it into some water and poor that in. Might give the beer a dryer finish, but I don’t mind that on a ssssion ale anyway.