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Mini mill -> Lovejoy coupling -> 8mm straight allen key -> Ozito corded drill

Lovejoy coupling with headless nail to fill female to female slot

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Lovejoy coupling to 8mm allen key with right angle ground off

I recently made a dunkelweizen with 1% carafa t3 as the only dark grain addition. It came out a nice dark-amber colour and only gave it a slight nutty roasted flavour. If that's what you're after, definitely go for one of the Wey Carafa's.

I run my Ozito at lowest speed and it works like a charm. I've done 3 x 25litre brews and 7x50 litre batches and it is still going like a charm. I give the poor Ozito a rest for a minute after 3-4kg of grain as it starts to smell like it's overheating. After 7 months it's still going strong...

Up to you in regards to the wheat, but I recently brewed a Stone and Wood Pacific Ale clone with about 30% wheat and it came out with the fluffiest marshmallow head. It's probably not to style in regards to an English Pale Ale, but you'd definitely not be making a bad beer by adding it. That...

I've got the 2nd one you've listed (16 amp temp controller). It's as simple as plugging the controller into the wall and the fridge into the controller, setting the temp and brew away. I've had it for 3 months with no problems yet. A mate bought one after seeing how well it worked for me and...

Definitely brew for an hour at least if you are doing all grain. I have heard recently that recipes with pilsener base malt can benefit from a 90min boil, but I haven't found I've needed it, but will give it a go next time to see if it makes a difference. Until I bought a rambo burner recently...

Hey guys, If any of you were holding off getting a butane torch to sanitise beakers/jars etc for yeast storage, just a heads up that they go on sale this Saturday morning at Aldi for $15. Here is the link if you want to check it out. Bonus: you don't have to justify this buy to SWMBO- you...

I use a rambo burner that I bought from Craftbrewer. I bought it as I live close to Capalaba where their store is and the price/postage was right. Link here if needed. Here are positives/negatives: - It brings 60L of wort in a 70L pot (boilover alert) from around 50C to boil in 15-20mins. - The...

So true. Only geotech reports can replace shall with should/probably/may and get away with it. Black magic.

I'll take 6 thanks.

Good idea, but I'm pretty anal with avoiding putting things into an active fermenter if there is an alternative way. I've been brewing for 4 years and no infected batches yet... When my back gives way from doing it my way, you can say I told you so.

Yeah, sorry about going a little OT, I'm a bit of a forum noob. ...and to continue OT, I made up a spreadsheet which calculates FG using a refractometer. I will try and post it up another time in case anyone wants it (when I work out how to post spreadsheets), but here is the formula (pasted...

I just took a SG reading of an oatmeal stout that has been fermenting for the last 3 weeks in my chest freezer. I have 2x30L fermenters, so space is at a premium. I took the sample in a jar lid which is thin enough to slide under the tap at the base of the freezer, but large enough to collect...

This may sound so obvious that it's ********, but are you checking your OG with a hydrometer? After my first couple all grain batches coming out way lower than expected, I measured with tap water which gave me a gravity of 0.994 (it was way off). My refractometer is now my best friend (cos my...

I thought I would add my 2 cents into how my Galaxy additions have turned out... Just tasted my Stone and Wood Pacific Ale clone after just over a week in the bottle and IMO, it's bloody good. In saying that, I tasted it after brewing and just before it finished the ferment and it was as bitter...

The ingredients and recipe look great. I do a full mash (not BIAB), so not fully sure on usual efficiencies with that method, but when I did my first AG brews, I was getting efficiencies of around 75% before getting up to around 85% when I got better at sparging. So, you might get a better...