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I would have thought that getting 45% flour when "cracking grains" would be too destructive on the husk and more likely to provide you with lautering issues. If it was adjustable so you can distance the rollers a bit more it would be more suitable I suspect. Cheers Roller

Husky, I suspect that buying a stainless pot that is 70 liters might be cheaper than getting one custom made. At that size you have lots of commercial options, while cutting, rolling, bending and welding the stainless professionally often is close to the price of the pot already before you buy...

Another couple of positive points for using electricity rather than gas to heat HLT or boil the kettle are: 1. It is much easier to insulate the vessel, saving on energy as there is no direct heat applied on the outside of the vessel 2. The heat is applied to the water / wort, instead of the...

Yes it does. Can you PM me your details and I will do the same for my address details. Thanks Roller

Have you had any issues in the past with scorching wort with these elements? Do they usually require a bit of cleaning after boiling wort and how easy are they to get back to their natural state? Also, 2500 Watt equates to 10.4 Amp so it would be interesting to establish if they draw more power...

Is anyone having these sorts of issues with de-frost fridges or fridges where the freezer is in a seperate compartment to the fridge? Thanks Roller

PM sent for the lot pending location & postage. Cheers Roller

With the volumes of beer you are talking about, there should be little to no difference for a primary fermentation as long as you don't leave the beer in there for too long. As you have greater surface area of yeast and other less desirable items, leaving the beer in that vessel is not going to...

While I am probably completely off the mark and please don't take offence at what I am about to suggest...... I am assuming that as you operate your tap, you can't hear CO2 bubbling through the beer? If that were the case, the lines might be the wrong way around and you are trying to tap the...

If the unit has no exposed elements where the wort boils and if the warranty is 12 months or more, it might be fine. Perhaps ask the LHBS to provide you with someone who has already purchased one or ask if the shop has had any returns? As Wolfy mentioned there are some lower quality units...

Yorg, Thanks for that - I will give them a call. I have just checked and it seems that both motors are the same rating (current drawn & kw / hp). I also noticed that the RPM are quite lower for operating it with 50hz than with 60hz, so that is definately a big drawback. Would be nice if for...

Fair enough. I have sampled a Pizza from a Kamado (Big Green Egg) using a thick Pizza stone at 700F and it cooked very quickly and had a very nice crusty base while it was not overdone. Mind you for the Big Green on special is about as much as a woodfired oven kit so I know what I would rather...

I don't think that 500C would be achievable (or at least not safe). On the Royal Kamado they have a warning on the thermostat which mentions anything over 750F (400C) is likely to damage the unit. I suspect the Big Green Egg which is a better quality unit might not have this limitation...

In case someone stumbles accross this thread in the future - Priming was the key issue so thank everyone for highlighting that this would be the likely issue. I held the pump so the outlet was on top to let any stray air bubbles escape and it worked fine. Also, to ensure that the PITA factor...

Not sure if the $40Mil is an accurate estimate, however...... From past research, 1 liter of 5% beer has close to $1.80 of excise on it if sold in >48 liter kegs. Smaller kegs / bottles etc attract more excise but I can't remember how much. Considering that a lot of folks use 23 liter...

Stillscottish, Sorry, I thought it was a BBQ thermometer which most often are bi-metal round faced, rather than a meat thermometer which is what this appears to be. The meat thermometers are usually quite good and I use one to re-check temperatures during my mashing so I might have a quick look...

I don't crash chill so pretty much all my beer is cloudy. I do however bottle after 2 weeks rather than 1 which does give the yeast a bit more chance to settle out so there is probably less yeast remaining in the brew. I have had a few instances where I have had the bottles conditioning at...

Do you add more yeast before bottling? I can't get carbonation up to its final level within two weeks. Normally by 3-4 weeks carbonation is pretty close to its peak. With kegging (unless you naturally carbonate) I can understand the 7 day grain to brain timeframe but with natural carboation I...

Unfortunately the unit is not powerful enough to run your element. Ignoring power factor for your element which would make it easier to express 500VA in Watts, the unit only caters for about 1/5 of the power your element requires. If you were to hook it up, I would expect the fuse to blow...

I would use lower speeds, as per the drilling but then I use sand paper to clean up my holes. Another good option for holesaws is cobalt coated holesaws as they seem to get through thicker stainless more easily. I bought a Bosch set and they are really good (but not cheap). Also, if you use...