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Well it might be easier for me to tell you all the things that I did wrong! It was my first attempt and didn't quite go to plan for various reasons but I think it is working in part.. It is fermenting much slower than the wild test batch alongside it (sg 1040 vs 1024). First off, I overdosed...

About that many apples will give you 100l. Give or take!

I also have 100l of juice fermenting out from roadside apples, my efficiency is usually around 60-70%. In any case it was as many apples as could fit in a small trailer. Varieties were unknown but interestingly pretty much every apple tasted delicious which isn't something I would usually...

Hi Lael, Is the heatsink a common off the shelf item or is it something that you have designed specifically? It is the manufacturers responsibility to maintain their dies either way (they are extruded as opposed to cast right?) so if they are trying to pass those costs on to you I would be...

Ahh cool, thanks for that James. I'll be making my own malt tube so was considering putting the thermowell somewhere in the centre but not if it's 50mm obviously. Seems people don't have any issues with it being so close to the element anyway.

Try SummerSnow in Officer. I recently got 50l for $50.

Can anyone tell me how far into the pot the thermowell that is included in the kit protudes?

Cheers for your reply James, much appreciated. Just wondering what's the consensus on the keg king pump? Is it up to the task? Really excited to get this build underway, hopefully I end up with something nearly as good as a braumeister. Well something that produces as good a beer as the brau anyway!

Hi James, Not sure why that link didn't work, thanks for posting a working one stux. The material is epdm which I feel would be suitable, the problem as you rightly pointed out it the metal inside the pinchweld part - assuming it does have metal running through it. I've dealt with a company...

Hi all, What a thread, I cant say to have read every last post but I've tried my best. I have a few questions to ask of previous builders but I wont put them all into the one post, ill just ask a few this time round! Has anyone tried this pinchweld for the seal on the malt tube...

Just wondering if there were any free spots? If not, is it likely that these kits will become available again in the near future? Looks like some amazing work you guys have put in.

I can be the sth east pick-up point if nobody else puts their hand up.. I haven't so far as I'm not the most reliable at weekend time! Murrumbeena

Too many Fergs, this could get complicated!

Great thread & covers about 99% of the cider questions ever asked! Another option along the cold crashing line is multiple rackings.. If you rack when the must is at about 2 degrees then all the better! I personally dont think you can rely on cold crashing unless you know the origin of the...

All my trees are out in leaf bar the dabinett (no e ) again... Plenty of flowers and plenty of bees, I may need to do some thinning to protect the younger trees or maybe some more well placed stakes would do the trick? Delighted also that my failed graft that I bought from the nursery has been...

My bad, its gone!

A thing of beauty I'm sure you will agree. I even cleaned it!

Free to a good home. Has been used for the past two years as a fermenting fridge and still works perfectly. Debated selling it on ebay and then remembered I chucked out all the shelves...

Yeah I'd second that notion!