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Most of my brews I use a 60 minute single infusion mash without a mash out. Today I let my mash go to 75 mins as I was busy at the time. I missed my estimated pre boil gravity by 1 point which I consider a win as my last couple of brews have been several points under my estimated pre boil...

Awesome set up. Pretty much identical to mine down to the heat pad on its side haha.

When you say a kit are you referring to just the can or a pre packaged kit with a bag of dry powder as well? If it's just a can in 23l it will be quite a weak beer. Most of the kits have a can of hopped extract as well as 1kg of either sugar or dry malt extract which will yield a brew of about...

Yeah black patent and roasted barley are very similar. My understanding is black patent was made at a time when unmalted grains weren't permitted to be used in beers in the UK. Something to do with malting taxes. Someone else on this forum would undoubtedly know more.

Are you brewing as a two can recipe or kit and kilo? If you are brewing a two can recipe the extract is already hopped and if you are isomerising the hops you might add too much bitterness. Dry hopping might be the go? You could split the batch, do half each way and see which turns out better.

My first thought is it seems very complex. I would consider dropping either the carafa or chocolate as well as either the roasted barley or black patent. This would allow each malts characteristics to come through which you could then tweak if need be, or add additional malts if it lacks...

Just coming back to what you said before regarding getting a bar fridge to ferment in. Usually due to the compressor hump they will not fit a standard 30l fermenter. I use a ~200l fridge (Fridge only No freezer) which works well for me as its fairly small but I can still ferment two batches at...

Coarser grind will help. Rice hulls help too especially if using wheat or Rye.

How is this relevant? Water is used in insecticides, cosmetics and cleaning products. Are you saying I shouldn't use water in my beer?

I had actually meant that post in jest. I'm not really a fan of cask style ale, I actually tend to prefer beer a bit more carbonated than its style. I also hadn't considered using a cube for conditioning, purely as a transport vessel. This does offer more options but I am still thinking just...

This would only work for PET bottles wouldn't it? Sodastream drinks foam up bad enough when you add the syrup, I can't imagine the mess from a freshly carbed beer

This is an idea... Brew an esb or a mild and serve it "British pub style"

My main concern is the weight and questionable baggage handlers. If I was to take a cube it would be a 10l one as suggested earlier. Also means I don't have to worry about taking it back. Again to all that posted I appreciate the suggestions. I'm quite surprised three amount of debate this...

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I don't like the idea of flying with a keg in any case. I think road freighting a keg sounds like the go. If I did go the cube option would you keg and force carb at the other end?

With regards to the discussion on whether a modification would void a warranty, a manufacturer could only refuse a warranty on these grounds if they can prove the modification caused or contributed to the failure.

So my brother is getting married in the middle of next year and I want to do a brew for his wedding. Only problem is he is in Perth and I am currently living in Brisbane. The best thing I can think of is to package it in bottles and send via Toll or similar. Has anyone got any better ideas or...

I think this is a pretty apt description. Good for building recipes and getting estimates (colour, ibu's, og etc) and comparing to style guidelines. For me and potentially others it was a great introduction of the capabilities of brewing software, without functionality that some wouldn't...

I agree Wort is fantastic for a free app. I too like having the app on my phone on brew day and being fairly new to using brewing software I like the simplicity.

OK fair enough. I must be in a homebrew blackspot as far as supermarkets are concerned...

A little off topic but is it against the law to sell homebrew products in supermarkets/big w in queensland? I grew up in wa and all the supermarkets had at least a bit of homebrew stuff. I have not seen anything anywhere but a lhbs since moving to Brisbane.