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I recommend using bulldog clips/pegs to clamp the bag at the rim. Clamp it high enough so that the bottom of the bag doesn't/cant reach the heating element. I usually use an occy strap to hold on my urn lagging, and this usually does a fine job at holding the bag in place without the bulldog...

my last 3 starters have boiled over, making a nice mess on my gas cooktop. Look away for 5 seconds, boom. It literally goes from close to boil close to boil close to boil close to boil close to boil close to boil sticky mess on stove bad language.

ive got a cunning plan (much like bauldric) to utilise one (or perhaps more) on the top of each post, with a small pulley wheel threaded onto the tightening bolt. a rope will co up the centre of the gal post, over the pulley and out one of the open end of the T clamp. the end of the rope will...

Brewtas in Liverpool at supply to at least one local commercial brewery so they would be my first suggestion. Great staff and very helpful. If you join up with the Hobart based brew club, you can get a discount there too. Club meetings are third Wednesday of each month at the new Sydney hotel...

I'm not having a dig at you (har har)... but will those uprights be secure once the plants grow? I get a fair bit of wind where I am, so maybe i'm overly cautious, but i would be concerned that a gust of wind in jan/feb could ruin your week. maybe look at some rope stays? You could even...

I've split and stored it in the fridge for around 8 months and restarted it without any worries. I don't have space in my freezer, so can't comment on reviving a frozen sample.

2013/14 data, so a little old. but good starting point. Hope that helps

have a read of this document: https://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/AdvancedBottleConditioning.pdf pretty handy in an easy to read format. I did a barrel aged RIS a while ago and it took ages to carb up, even after re seeding with yeast. somewhere around the 6 month mark at my cellar...

This is my go to document for working out repriming rates: https://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/AdvancedBottleConditioning.pdf pretty handy and easy to read format. If you still have some healthy 530 i would use that. I partly agree with Manticle in that it probably doesn't need re...

Few days late, but hopefully this may help you or others. #36 from brew dog - Black Dog has 15.7% caramalt. they also add in crystal 150 on top of this, so the total crystal content is 24.9% - that's right a quarter of the grain bill. I haven't made it yet, its next on my to-do list. I...

We had snow two days ago. ******* :P

This sounds like the go. pressure cooking in small batches seems to me to be just as much of a PITA as boiling up some DME each time. Can mason jars take the change in temperature from adding near boiling wort directly like a borosilicate flask could? or should i look at using my HLT to...

if you are looking to retain the use of your grain bag in favour of a malt pipe, my guess is that you are just getting the false bottom to keep the bag off the element? if so, i wouldn't bother with it. Just use some pegs or bulldog clips to hold the bag off the base. I know - you want the...

no you don't need to buy a grainfather one. From what i can tell, they are a regular urn with grainfather stamped onto it. other options you could go with: if you have a 5-6L kitchen pot at home you can heat this water up on the stove - I did this for a couple of years. it was easy and cost...

I find it easier to do that. There is a great excel sheet IanH put together, its located here: http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/29655-kit-and-extract-beer-spreadsheet/?p=410202 you can add in all your ingredients and it will calculate the prediced OG, FG, IBU (bitterness) etc. It will also...

Hi Hootsmon, from their website: http://www.blackrock.co.nz/brew-kits/item/87-oatmeal-stout They suggest 10 days will see you to your final gravity of 1.014. There will be a few factors in play here as to what you actually get as a final gravity, but this should be pretty close ie within...

If anyone was wondering if the hoppy black wheat stout has too much crystal malt in it, i sent Brewdog an email and they responded in a couple of days. "I've double checked and the levels are correct. Those level of cara and crystal malt are needed to balance the bitterness." so the 1.12kg +...

Great work, only early days still, but how do they taste? That fermenting fridge could fit another two fermenters, get back to it!

Yup, the dollars quickly stack up. I had a bottle a couple of nights ago of some of the R10 that didn't make its way into the barrel. Delicious. Winter evening drinks sorted. Well actually... Now i have to choose between this and barrel aged RIS.

Both of those beers are awesome! Good work on the JAO. You will love it...