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  1. scomet

    Does anyone boil for > 90min?

    Triumph Brewery does, 90min is a standard boil Porters and Big Beers are 180min+ and I ramp the boil, stir in the proteins (scum) big pitch is standard in an aerated wort, clean and sanitise like your life depended on it and to be honest I don't worry as much about temperatures as I used to but...
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    How not to steal a keg of beer

    good to see the IQ of Roma drunks hasn't gone up any since 198?
  3. scomet

    Small Batch carbing

    Unfortunately not! my dog can weld better than most crap out of China! I ended up buying the Italian kegs the welding is 1000% better, I checked all the Chinese welded kegs in the store and more than half had rust on the inside from the bloody awful welding...
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    Small Batch carbing

    That looks like some more of that 'quality' Chinese welding! just what you (don't) want on the inside of your kegs.....
  5. scomet

    BREWMAN News

    Last book sold order placed... cheers
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    Please help, looking for new recipes

    Mr Google is your friend, I'm going to have to live till I'm a hundred and fifty to get all my brews made I got of the interwebs all good advice above, #1 go dark and learn what real beer tastes like (imho) aim for about 8% as an easy start....... Use a standard base malt and buy your dark...
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    Drones

    Great Drone Bradsbrew, remember your not flying it (the gyros are doing that) your just telling it what to do there’s a big difference, learn simple things over and over like fly a square standard pattern I’m writing safety guidelines for a local school who just bought them for the kids, 4xP4s...
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    Counter Pressure Bottle filler (CPBF) techniques.

    Dan Pratt is correct, whats important is the beers cold the bottles are cold and the C02 will stay in solution at what ever volumes you applied...
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    Ok thank god for soadastreem

    What works, works - and cheaper than a William Warns Lax, C02 in solution at ~0c will stay in solution, those carb caps work great
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    What are you listening to

    Hi Guys Dig the Blues? check this out; BBC Proms 2017 Charles Mingus Revisited mp4 link at FileFactory http://www.filefactory.com/file/bql2w3osd6z/BBC.Proms.2017.Charles.Mingus.Revisited.HDTV.x264-JIVE.mp4 Or if you have a VPN get it direct from the BBC Concert based around his album ‘Blues...
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    Reverse osmosis system.

    Hi Legless I read thro the instructions and it make no mention of intermittent use, I use mine every two to three weeks, controlled by production/consumption it says to flush the membrane for 30sec after each use or 10 minutes every month - I do both using the water to clean the Brau. Operating...
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    Reverse osmosis system.

    Hello Lionman https://www.psifilters.com.au/laundry-wall-mount-reverse-osmosis-systems/10052-psi-020pg-3-stage-reverse-osmosis-system-with-gauge-low-waste-1.html Here is the system I got from psi + I got the remineraliser + TDS meter it was $280 ++ I'm very happy with the system and the...
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    Reverse osmosis system.

    Here you go rsmallri this is my really simple system, from psi, hanging on the laundry wall it just runs from a connection inline to the washer, the manifold is only low pressure I wouldn't trust this manifold system if it was pressurised. legless I looked at these systems long and hard and did...
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    Reverse osmosis system.

    G'Day Legless I got one of these from psi https://www.psifilters.com.au/42-reverse-osmosis/laundry-wall-mount-reverse-osmosis-systems/psi-020pg-3-stage-reverse-osmosis-system-with-gauge-low-waste-1 One of the best moves I made in terms of making better beer, improvements by stages, I was...
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    CO2 - where does the pressure go?

    You answered your own question the C02 is absorbed into the beer, it goes into solution. Take the screw top off a bottle of carbonated drink and put it back on then take it off again - no pressure, put it on again and shake it up... pressure; get it? Thats what you have to think about getting...
  16. scomet

    Hi from London

    Thats some serious looking bit of kit, well done, welcome.
  17. scomet

    Cheapest adjunct

    Home made Invert Sugar costs less than $1/Kg, get your brewing process right and no one will know its in there....
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    Biofine

    Hi Guys; My first question, whats in it? Colloidal Silicon Dioxide? the ‘interwebs’ says its safe so it must be! I don't like the way the manufacturing process reads and I wonder if it conforms to the Reinheitsgebot / Biergesetz I would doubt it, I’m a filter convert and happy to be anal about...
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    6 Consistant & favourite recipes of brewers.

    Northern Bitter Light (flavour) Porter Any iteration of Dr Smurtos Golden Ale Bia Hoi Zombi Dust Recipes - Click the link above or jump on the interwebs and get on board the 'Beer Train' Brewing beer is all about taste 'you' like - Cheers
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    Hydrogen peroxide sanitizer

    I asked an eminent chemist that question (when he was reviewing the chemicals I use) and he said “thats just soap” and the conversation went back to Porters…
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