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They are 50L fermenters, headspace 70L to the rim. Made by Brew-Tek. They are the smallest ones they make, and they also make a version without the jacket for fridge fermenting.

I've had good results with amazing flavours from late additions with Victoria, both wet and dried cones. I've never tried them for bittering, the high co-humulone scared me off until I read this does not necessarily lead to harsh bitterness. I'll have to try them for bittering, Cheers...

You can get cool room paneling and H slotting for a reasonable price.

CJW, it's just a dry wall room with insulation in all the walls and ceiling. The lower half of the internall walls are concrete sheeting with a waterproof sealant paint so hosing the room down is easy. The concrete floor has a drain.

I looked at the Spike gear, as well as the SS Brewtech Brewmaster, and several other options out there. They are pretty sweet units. The inline cooling coil would be fine for fermenting, but would not suit as a serving tank as less contact with the beer as it is consumed unless the coil reaches...

I've used both Persimilis and Californicus combined with great success. It's probably overkill for the backyard grower. As Bhundoo said, Eco Oil is an inexpensive option comparatively. They will spread rapidly in the right conditions.

A bad infestation of spider mites will cause all the flowers on the plant to brown.

Not a lot of info around Victoria other than here: http://beerlegends.com/victoria-hops HPA dumped the variety when they were culling the high AA% hops when they moved to growing varieties for flavour and aroma. It's become popular with some home brewers. I grow a lot of it, high yield, great...

Could be. It looks like they are browning from the stig outwards which is why I'm thinking it may be getting munched on from inside. The outside of the bracts and leaves look healthy.

If it is localised, I'd say some type of bug is infesting them. I get a little of this every year and remove it as soon as I see it. Could be blight, but it usually starts at the tip and grows up the flower, and does not usually come on until later in the growth cycle...not in burr stage.

Same here, less cones, much bigger size this year. Probably the same yield in weight.

If you want to come and help pick, I'm happy to send you home with some.

Picking begins next weekend.

Yes, all manual. I did not see a need for auto shutoffs. The solenoids are switched to off when no power.

I've been working on this project for a looooong time. Slowly getting the pieces together, and putting time in when I can. A few DIY/How to videos on Youtube helped me with the design. I gave it a test run last week and it works great. I still have to dial things in a bit more and give it a...

Looks pretty sweet. I just watched the video for it here: https://www.homebrewing.org/The-Grainfather-Glycol-Chiller-with-Cooler-Connection-Kit_p_7527.html It holds 6L of glycol and they say to add 350ml-500ml for each additional fermenter connected. That does not seem like enough to me. I...

That's a very sexy system.

I get it Malt Junkie. There is a small but quickly growing group of Independent hop growers here in Australia. Most of us range from going into third year, to first year trial yards to see what grows best in their region. Hence the reason no one has come forward with gear to sell. I did get some...

Are you looking to purchase or sell? I have contacts for many small farm hop growers throughout Australia so can most likely point you in the right direction of the closest grower for fresh and dry whole cone hops. If you are looking to sell, try the home brew shops around you locally. There'd...

That's fine if drainage is good, but don't let them sit in water, they like dry feet most of the time. They mound them commercially so they get plenty of water but water drains away.