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Thanks for the ideas. This was the techniques maiden voyage so I can't yet tell the final result. I did find the snaplock plastic too thin and will use a large vacuum bag next. Split it and then vacuum pack in foil carrier bags. Back to ebay I shall go. I have bought a microscope and a...

Wyeast and Whitelabs do it so I instead of traditional yeast rinsing I used a snaplock bag instead of bottles. I tried to separate the yeast using this technique but the flow was a bit hard to control. It worked but would need some refinement...

I bought a Testo 206-Ph1 meter. It is German made but I bought mine from China with free shipping. It has been great to use without the need for storage solution as it has a gel electrolyte in which the probes are immersed in its protective case. I have only calibrated it once over the the...

This is much more expensive but I got it from a local cleaning supply store in Bendigo. Oxygene by Castle Chemicals which is 100% sodium percarbonate http://castlechem.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Oxygene_tb.pdf It was $35 for 4 kg or $120 for 20kg.

Over the last year i have been brewing very delicate beers such as kolschs with my drinking friends delighted by them using a sestos pid. Since i bought an auber pid because of the ramp/flow feature things have changed dramaticaly. I inititially had a keg king element and it was scorched all...

Thanks rocker. I have sent an email to a small craft knitting dye supplier as trypan blue is also known as niagara blue and diamine blue.. i was googling those words and came up with knitting and inks. It is probably the same stuff. I also found a hemocytometer slide with bright lines here...

Hi Rocker. I recently purchased a trinocular microscope with a usb camera and will start counting cells pretty soon. Where did you get the trypan blue from?

The candle can be used to sterilise the scissors but the main reason for the candle is to cause an updraft and thus have a sterile field around the work area.. Thus the bacteria move upwards and away from the collection area. Everything was either sanitised with starsan or sterilised in a...

This is very much a work in progress but it seems to almost be too easy. All it requires are snap lock bags and a couple of pieces of rope. I added a bag sealer for extra separation and it worked quite well. This method seems to have a few advantages to using separatory funnels or the like...

I just received my first order and am very pleased with the packaging and price. The inner bag by the way has enough length so it can be resealed a few times with a vacuum sealer. The 500g packages i received are also split into 2 x 250 bags and then placed into the black bag. Good work Kathryn

Hi lyrebird. I probably didn't word my reply correctly. I meant that there was a reason why people got confused between the production and export percentages and that made sense to me. Just as an aside , i once applied for a job at graincorp and on their site at the time they said with all...

It makes sense as australia is one of the chief players in the trade of barley seen from the below quote from http://aegic.org.au/about/australian-grains/barley/.. It doesn't produce anything like that percentage though in world production terms. Australia is a dominant player in world barley...

Step 1 50 15 66 60 Says ramp from 50 to 66 taking 15 mins Step 2 66 60 78 0 Says ramp from 66 to 78 taking 60 mins Step 3 78 0 Is meaningless You probably want something like this. I changed step times for clarity. You need to look at 2 lines at a time. 48...

BARLS Its a bit hard to troubleshoot without knowing your steps. It may be a simple programming problem. I have an auber and it took a little while for me to understand it.

The scales I bought from ebay for about $15 are really quite accurate. They can be recalibrated using calibration weights. The calibration weights will also have some error in them but after calibration this is what I got. The supplier no longer sells them but they look identical to these for...

$21 for 4 https://www.petersofkensington.com.au/Public/Spiegelau-Beer-Classics-Pilsner-Set-4pce.aspx also 6 IPA glasses $39 https://www.petersofkensington.com.au/Public/Spiegelau-Beer-Classics-India-Pale-Ale-Pay-for-4-Get-6-Pk.aspx I grabbed some of the tasters also. They look pretty...

Cheaky Peak have a special price of $165 for a 6kg if you spend $300 on other items. https://cheekypeakbrewery.com.au/spend-300-or-more-get-a-6kg-gas-bottle-for-just-170

It was a zte zip 4g prepaid which was locked to the optus network. Since I didn't need the phone to function I didn't have to worry about that. It is Bluetooth 4 which is required for the Tilt and it cost $49.00

I bought a cheap android phone from officeworks and mounted it on my fermenting freezer control unit. It works fine but may drop out sometimes once during the ferment. But it is sitting on the freezer lid at the moment so is pretty close.