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Tight arse - yep. Value my time - yep. Should've gone down the path that MHB recommended about 400 posts ago - yep. Will I give up finding something to fit the tradeflame bottle? Not unless I blow my face off, which going from the advice from many on here, and a welding friend, is highly...

I'm having issues making my mistress put out at the moment.

It looks like the pin in the Bossweld reg and the valve head in the Tradeflame bottle don't come anywhere near touching when everything is done up. If this combo worked before, the new manufacturing runs seem to have different specs as they're no longer compatible. Will call around to a few...

So, this is a bit embarrassing. I've just tried to use the tradeflame O2 and Bossgas reg in combo and the pin in the reg seems not to be depressing the non-return valve in the cannister. Anyone with this setup care to share any hints on getting flow? It's on hand tight and I've turned the reg...

Because I'm cheap and will give Bunnings only as much of my dosh as I absolutely need to. the 9 ppm and 14 ppm lines converge at the same point. What the chart doesn't show is the terminal gravity of the beers. The text above the chart states that "The 3 and 5 ppm beers did not attenuate as...

Here is a little extra information to help anyone target a certain oxygen content (ppm) in their wort. The charts are photographed from the book Yeast (Chris White and Jamil Zainasheff). Worth a read for gems like this. I'll be targeting about 10ppm for my 3-7% alcohol beers.

I got it from Trade Tools. Product number 600044 - you can look it up on their website. SEQ stores just got new stock in today according to the helpful bloke at the Slacks Creek store. Seems they were out in most stores across Brissy up til now. The only reg the BGS stocks which fits the 10mm...

Hey guys - bit of a small update on the Bossweld reg for disposable bottles. Just bought mine after considering the 'risks' associated with non-adherence to known standards (and lack of standards in Australia for disposable bottle regs). Seems the 'no oil' symbol has been put onto the face of...

Not sure if this has anything to do with it, but yahoo's security seems about as good as a flyscreen lid on your fermenter. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/22/yahoo-hack-data-state-sponsored

I've plugged your numbers into the formula I use and 1.006 seems to be correct. Not sure why the hydrometer reading is high - was there perhaps a few tiny bubbles in the lens of the refractometer making the fluid seem appear thinner/give a lower reading? Maybe try taking another reading as this...

Close-ish to Craftbrewer. Brave men - they must be doing just K&K gear.

If you're in Ipswich, you're in the Brisbane catchment, so you should have water perfect for red/brown ales. I've brewed plenty of Lagers/Pilsners with great success IMO on Brissy water, so it shouldn't be the issue for your efficiency. The PH won't be out of the range for mashing light base malts.

Bit OT, but speaking of ruination and all... I like the thought that if mankind's half-assed attempt to slow down global warming fails, there is a fallback option, however drastic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_sulfate_aerosols_(geoengineering) It was spoken about in...

+1 for early galaxy = astringent also +1 for very short dry hopping of galaxy. I just finished a pale ale with dry hopping only 20g of Galaxy @ 2 days and still noticed a little grassiness. I'm only going to add it late in the boil from now on.... in saying that, I dry hopped with 20g of Mosaic...

Looks pretty good. I'd make that. My only comments would be to plug the FWH warrior addition to 90mins to properly capture the extra IBUs you would be getting from it over the normal 60min utilisation. I would also personally sub the Munich for a light caramalt to give the greater mouthfeel as...

I bottle condition my beers and have a process similar to ctagz and find that the hop nose starts diminishing after about a month. I've just started cramming as many bottles into a spare fridge as possible and it seems to be making a difference in prolonging the fresh hop nose. My uneducated...

I'm no expert, but did you use re-harvested yeast? My beers went from epic (1st batch) to barely drinkable (5th batch) from using harvested 3068. Also, I don't usually mash 2hrs for my heffes - 60mins does all conversions I need for a full bodied beer. In saying that, my yeast harvesting issues...

Glad the idea of a stout has triggered some suppressed love of the black nectar. Here is my recipe (double batch) if it helps. Original Gravity 1.082 Final Gravity 1.015 Efficiency 75 Alcohol 9.0% 2-row pale ale malt...

The beer I brewed for our daughter was an imperial stout - I know it's not pink, but the idea is that we will crack one every year on her birthday. It's black as night and called meconium stout (the first crap they have as a newborn). Her first birthday is coming up and I snuck one in early - at...

If you're interested in FWH, I can say that my experience with it is that it has taken away most of the harshness that I used to get. I've accidentally not FWH'd and noticed a much harsher bitterness in the finished beer. Cohumulone content in my bittering hop was partially to blame though - I...