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Sinkas- doing what I can to add Alesmith gear to my wants list... but they really struggle to get Cali beers into Texas. Will definitely have to do a trip to stock up before my next return (May 08 and Nov/Dec 08). Kook - good idea about the styrofoam cases - have already got a couple, and have...

So I've tried hunting down some beers, and following GL's suggestion, and will look at bringing 4 longnecks each of 6 beers. Ruination and/or Pliny are not available in Texas, and speaking to distributors and the breweries themselves, they won't ship them either (they have some seriously stupid...

Hi DK, I have some other pics of the setup here - well some early photos anyway. For the reg, I decided to go this route, and expanded it to 6 taps. That way I can turn each keg on/off independently. Ideally I'd split this further so I can have each keg at diferent pressures, but I'll wait for...

Have it on paper from Customs what I need to do, declare, etc, and should be able to get work to pay for the freight, as I'm coming back "on business". In terms of finding a beer - the local is doing all sorts of special orders for me at the moment, because I've been talking to them...

Back in August, I posted the following: "...a micro tasting for the Perthites come December - I've checked with Customs, and getting 24 longnecks won't actually cost me that much in duty and GST to get back into Australia. I'm thinking if you guys can agree on say a dozen beers you really want...

Some more recent picks... L to R: Lagunitas Kill Ugly Radio Pale Ale (fresh hopped - big aroma kick!), Avery The Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest, Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout, Ommegang Rare Vos Belgian Style Amber, Unibroue Terrible Dark Ale, Unibroue Trois Pistoles Dark Ale, Allagash Tripel...

Hey Pip - 200L drum sounds almost professional in itself! Strewth! I'm with you on having a shorter or fixed shaft if you were talking about a mash stirrer, but if it's just going to be for a HLT, I don't think there will be sufficient resistance at the very low speeds you will be using the...

I kinda agree with Andyd - if you had it come through a coil at the top of the secondary chamber and back out top of same coil, it could be a HERMS; and without direct heating of wort (although close to temp diferentials if you used a copper coil), it should be close in terms of time required...

Nice looking setup RR; great job! Don't worry about justifying it - you want it, you're confident it will make you good beer... go Nike. :beerbang:

A worthy objective Haroldo, welcome to the board. I'm assuming that if you want to serve at a beach campsite, you might be wanting to serve during the heat of the day. This says two things to me; firstly, the more steel (ie font vs tap, or keg inside vs keg outside) you have outside the...

Went along to the Flying Saucer to meet Johnny Max on Sat arvo, and have a crack at their wall of taps. We tried hard, but SWMBO (x2) were on hand to ensure some sensibility. They have several hundred beers available, with ~105 on tap, they recommend flights of beers where you have pony size...

Afternoon at Flying Saucer where I sampled too many beers with Johnny Max, courtesy of my six week old boy. He's a good bloke, and we tried to be sensible, but in the end, I think the beer won. Will post more about what we had, and the order we had it, but geez, it's hard to be comprehensible at...

Shade under 71L. See unit conversion link

Add to that the Californian propensity to require everything to be demonstrated safe before they remove a label, and you get the drift. If it meets European standards, it will be fine - they tend to have their heads screwed on a bit tighter. The wonderful irony of Cali over-regulation is that...

Avery Fourteen Appearance - dark brown, with tan head. You just know it's going to have some malt complexity. Aroma Malty aroma in a creamy way, like melting a Milky Way, there is dark sugars and almost golden syrup in there. Apple from the hops. Alcohol barely detectable. Taste front of the...

Stone's Vertical Epic 06 used 5% Carafa Special II, see link Haven't brewed it, but the Stone Verticals are pretty interesting beers... check out Trent's review of this years beer at post #27 here

Ease up. If you're going to have a crack at spelling and grammar, be sure you've got it right yourself. Nothing wrong with the spelling of "purporting" or "apathetic". FWIW, I ignore the labelling and marketing hype and just try the beer. The proof, as they say, is in the pudding. But...

Ended up going the RTD direction too - it came down to wanting to control my mash temps pretty tight, and although a little more exxy, in conjunction with a properly tuned PID, they should allow this to happen. All of which means inconsistent mash temps is one variable I can strike off the list...

Now I know this is only a comparitive guide based on colour (and colour doesn't equal taste), but I've found the attached spreadsheet pretty handy for grain selection. FWIW - it doesn't show Weyermann Carafa Special II, but I do know this exists, and is a dehusked choc malt. Weyermann make 3...

Brewery has certainly expanded - almost got all the bits and pieces I need! SWMBO just rolls her eyes when packages keep arriving on the doorstep. Wrt automation, with some massively valuable advice from the pros on board here, I picked up a Siemens S7-200 224 PLC, and have got myself a cable...