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Yep - have definitely read about that. I reckon half of my Saturday will be spent carefully zesting the mandarins.

I have an overflowing bucket of mandarins waiting for this brew.

Okay - I live on the Gold Coast so might try ibrew for the Centennial. I'll definitely look up the Mandarina Bavaria Hops too. Cheers

Hi Pete I plan to freeze the mandarins and then add the flesh and juice to secondary. The skins will only be used for zest in the boil. Thanks for the tip on the zest @5min - will amend accordingly. Cheers

Hi All After opinions on this recipe. I originally wanted to copy the Flying Dog "Bloodline" Ale, but have now branched onto something different as Blood Oranges are not cheap and I can get my hands on some mandarins for free. My default yeast is US-05, but I'm wondering if there is anything...

While I agree that using evidence of "tastes ok so myth busted" is flawed, it's not exactly "random hobos" doing the taste testing. The majority of the time there are several BJCP judges involved. I'm all for calling out pseudo-science but there is a fair bit of unnecessary Bru-bashing going...

All in your opinion of course. Just because something has been designed for a function doesn't necessarily make it the best option for that function. As I said, many people prefer not to apply direct heat to the base of the fermentor as most prefer to control the ambient temperature rather...

Many people prefer to not sit the fermenter on the pad but actually sit the pad near the fermenter so that it is not applying direct heat to the vessel. Obviously this will only work if the vessel is in a fairly well sealed environment and is not venting too much heat away. Try a few...

I think you definitely need to be re-circulating your wort during mash (even if only manually every 15mins with a jug). I have also found that agitating/stirring the grain 2-3 times during the mash helps me hit my target OG. Just make sure you do this before your last re-circ so that you can...

As has been mentioned - In terms of a complete setup you can't really go wrong with the Keg King. I have one and have not had any problems with it for the last 2 years. I will say they are very ambitious if they think they can fit 3 cornie kegs and the C02 bottle in there. Admittedly I have...

I brewed my 10L batch yesterday and I'm happy to report the immersion chiller works quite well at this volume. Even though only the last 3-4 coils of the chiller are submerged, it is just as quick (if not quicker) to chill due to the lower volume. Obviously it was much quick to get to mash...

Yep. I'm thinking my boil amount will be 15-16L. I've gone ahead and bought the grain/hops anyway so will just wing it on brew day. All the gear is packed away at the moment and I'm too lazy to check.

Has anyone tried a small batch on the Robo? I'm thinking of doing a 10L batch. The only thing I can think that would hold me back if the immersion chiller might not be submerged in only 10-12L of wort.

Thanks. I'm going to try this tomorrow morning with Centennial. Early in the boil to get me to 35IBU and then some more late to get up to 65. Hoping the citrus notes from the hops will compliment your description above.

Hi All What are the tasting notes for this one. I'm keen to give it a try on the weekend, but having never drunk a rye before I'm keen to know what I'm getting into. Thanks in advance

I second the observation above. Last time I tried this I added my hops just before cold crashing and the result was not what I expected. This time I'll dry-hop once FG has been reached and hold off cold crashing for 4 days as per above. One thing we probably can't avoid is that the aroma and...

I couldn't have done a better job of illustrating. It's almost like you've been snooping over my back fence watching me do it...

I had a box of ALDI hose clamps lying around and luckily found two that were the perfect size for the chiller. Obviously you want to get them as tight as possible and on the right spot of the hose and chiller pipe end. Re: the malt pipe - if you ditch the stand thing that KK provide and use an...

Yeah I was letting all dough in and settle and then pumping. IMO it's all down to how coarse the grain is milled. As I don't have my own mill yet the answer was to spend $2.50 on a bag of rice hulls that splits over two brews. I would still go ahead, but just be prepared to stir a little with...

Do you have a ball valve for the pump? You need to let the pump push as much as it wants and then you can control output via a valve on the pump. That way you'll never damage the pump by running dry, and you can set whatever flow you want. Generally I let mine run so that the flow nearly...