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I am brewing a schwarzbier which has been at 1020 now for a week even after I raised temp to 12C. Any hope it will finish off to ~1010? Main mash rest was at 67C for 45 minutes. I am currently planning to pitch an active 0.5L starter with SafLager on Sun to get FG down.

Cheers! I might go that way after learning that unbending and ruining the ice box of a $50 gumtree fridge still sets me back $50. :D

Lodan What is the Westinghouse model you are using? V

Bending was my thinking - so it has been done before -- lock garage and be finished by dinner time. :) Any advice about how to not get it wrong? What about these... cooling bumps... anything in there that needs special care?

Hi Anybody ever done something like this? Mechanically freezer box should be movable but I guess it is often the main hex element... Any ideas how to make these 120l things into a 2 keg kegerator? Cheers V

Mine is now creeping down at 1.024. Have increased temp to 10 C last night But also considering to pitch an active bohemian lager yeast on top to finish it off. Thoughts? How is your's going 'snips?

Mine developed krausen after 48 hours. Ah well this way primary will take 2-3 weeks...

Hi all This might have been answered elsewhere but... I pitched a 25l batch with slurry of a stepped starter last sunday. Starter was smack pack in 2 l for 2 days, 24hours chill and decant; times 2. Pitched at 11C, fermenting at 9. After 5 days gravity is down from 46 to 30ish. This is my...

+1 for this approach. Started trying to prevent this recently by swirling the fermenter twice a day to reduce the krausen. Has worked well on two batches so far both with German ale. What I am wondering though is whether there could be flavor I,pacts from this technique?

I have been wondering how much of a problem the actual heat exchange would be. I looked at some simple heat exchange models and they suggest you can easily reach surrounding temps in a few seconds which would be the time in the exchanger at pump rates at about 5 L per minute. So higher temps...

Thanks all. I fianally found one through gumtree from a guy just a block away from me :) I rescued it from becoming a BBQ drum! @Dars183 - is there a party bus service from the Riverdale to Hami Hill? :D

Cheers guys! I think I will go with letting it sit for some longer then at 19C and possibly chill for a couple of days before bottling. This one will be rolled and served in the proper tall glass!

I made a Weizen 10 days ago with 3068; OG1050, 1L starter, pitched at 17C, fermented at 17C, big blow off into the lid... Was at 1.012 after 5 days and sits at about 19C since. Good banana and spiciness, something funny in the background though that I hope will vanish soon or with carb... What...

Nice prices, will get in touch when I need to refill base malts. No luck on gumtree so far...

G'day all I 've been playing around with my AG setup for a while now after getting bored with kits. Growing up with boring straight beers like all these german pilsners, koelsch, altbier etc ale was a thrilling discovery for me in Oz :) Hoping to get some discussion here about my experiments -...