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carafa special I and II and the english brown definately

thanks people the darker grains do apparently add sugars as the specs seem to suggest but this is totally inconsistent with saying that all the starches get burnt away in the kilning process. No starches, no conversion ,no sugars simple as that. It does beg the question as to what happens to...

Hi ya all Ok so i punched a stout recipie into promash - its a small batch with plenty of black patent and choc but promash rekons that the dark grains are adding sugars or at least upping the OG. i though these malts had no sugar and only contribute flavour and colour, the starch is burnt...

Hi ya all i noticed a lot good AG stout recipies use flaked barley. What does this add to the beer. Does it just thin it out like flaked rice or add some other flavours lou

Heya all I have made myself a venturi aerator from a piece of 1/2 in copper. I squished the middle section and drilled a small hole at the narrowest point. i know a few people here have used them ? how did they perform and is one whole enough or do i need few more ie on both sides to get a...

Hi ya all I am in brisbane and was wondering what all grainers think of the water up here. It is highly chlorinated and i think i will boil my water the day before my first AG mash. What do other brisbane brewer think about/do about brissy water? :unsure: lou

Hi all I love my stouts and in particular like my sheaf stout. This has got to be one of the most chocolate and coffee yummy and roasty beers i have ever had. I am wanting to put a recipie together and was wondering about the different chocolate malts ie standard chocolate and carafa etc. I...

Well i hate to admit it but i've been making lemonade since I was 5 yrs old, non-alcholic of cource but its the same thing minus yeast and extra sugar. Here is how it goes juice lemons and shred the peel - do not put any white pith in if all possible (you will always get tiny bits but never...

another brissy brewer here keen on a bulk grain order. i am interested in hops too. Little bags of hop pellets just seem like a waste of time these days. A nice big bag of tettnang or an english ale hop fuggles or goldings whaddya reckon :D lou

Hi Justin I have one of them and have set up my fridge to run through it. it has two settings heat and cool - one of these will always be on. but if you don't connect up one side then when that side is on nothing happens - otherwise it still functions as normal. The normal temp displayed is...

I hate to say it but while i agree with what most of this guy says the fact is that brass contains between .5 to 2 percent lead. not just on the surface, all the way through and as the acidic beer passes over it the brass corodes, copper, zinc and lead dissolve in the beer. IMHO it is not...

I know what you mean about overpowering crystal. i used to use heaps when brewing with extract beacsue everyone said crystal would give it that AG like taste- what a load of bs, beer was horribly sweet and caramel - now i know that i don't even like that charector in my beers at all - i like...

Ahhh plumbing....... The Hbers worst nightmare- what the hell do you call that thing in the picture? I have started buildinga website to help everyone out with this www.bucketsofbeer.info is nowhere near finished - need to borrow a digital camera from someone- (any brissy brewers feel like...

What the consensus (do we ever get one ;) ) about transfer tube. When i start sparging, how do i move the wort from tun to kettle (don't want splashing and it is a gravity feed system). Problem with that food safe pvc is its only rated to 60C. It would be nice i sose to go all SS piping but...

What is with tapered threads ? :angry: I just made a sight glass with poly carb tubing and compression fitting 'elbow' and the 1/2 in BSP thread is tapered so you have to use washers to cover up the thread where the locknut/flangenut would seize. I am bolting it on my HLT. Has anyone else...

I am checking out the fittings this week, the tube is 1/2 in external 3/8 internal but is made slightly oversize to accomadate fiitting to size. The tube should nicely fit a 1/2 in compression fitting with a light cutting back and i will be getting 1/2 in SS male threaded elbow to bolt onto my...

I just scored some ss half inch full bore ball valves female connector each end for $15 each. this seems cheap for any one interested. I am also looking at buying all the bits for a sight glass for my hlt. only problems is i have to buy a minimum length, 3m of polycarbonate tubing at $20. If...

I'm looking at some pics of a grain mill and it looks an awful lot like those italian pasta machines, where you can roll and cut your own home made pasta dough. Has anyone tried doing a conversion? beacuse there are alot of those things lying round for $5 at vinnies/garage sales. They are fully...

howdy I'm tring to decide whether to go CFC or immersion. I like the idea of the ease of imersion and the price - ease of consrtruction- but CFC are very popular with many people. My biggest worry with CFC is cleaing them - is it hard, what do you use and is it worth the hassle compared with...

i am setting my brewery up electric and am looking at electric controls i think i want simmerstats for the boiler (at least on one of the elements) and a thermostat for the hot water tank. i got an excellent local supplier but anyone have any other ideas. lou ;)