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My fellow brewers, Of course, this is the ideal setup for steeping specialty grains. You can dial up 70, add a few litres of water and steep some crystal or summat. It will hold that temp for the required time. Very handy. :D cheers Dave

Nope, but........there's more................... It's round, about as big as a bucket type carboy, stainless steel, dial thermostat from 30 to continuous boil, tap, element on bottom, also has stainless steel element cover with holes in it, sits in the liquid over the element. Nice anodised...

Hi folks and others, I've got for sale a Fowlers Vacola electric thermostatically controlled 25 litre stainless steel boiler (with lid) for sale. I live on Bribie Island, Queensland. $60.00 will get it for you. Dave

Anyone remember Viking Ale? Done in a plastic garbage bin. Bewwdddiiifull :huh:

Mitch, Have you done a toucan before? I reckon using 2 hopped cans in 22 litres of liquor will make for a very hoppy brew. Let us know how it turns out. cheers Dave

Hello dere, I always run off 1/2 cup or so into a jug before putting anything up the spout. <_< Gets rid of a bit of yeast as well. I use a spray bottle filled with bleach solution (1 part bleach, 3 parts water). Give it a good spray after each sample and before bottling/kegging. Also , for...

hello dere, That looks like a normal brew to me. If it looks like beer and tastes like beer, it is beer. Bottle it, put the date on the top, leave it 6 weeks, fridge it then get stuck into it The vinegar bacteria wold have a white film on top and a nasty smell. This has neither, so it...

While your at it, mark the 'gas in' post near the lid with black texta and the adjacent rim can be marked as well. You always put the lid on the same way (match up the black bits and then when you go to fridge it, no need to squiz for the right post. Gas in and liquid out posts are slightly...

Daz, I made a batch a while ago (kegged). It's a tasty drop; as for the hop profile, dunno. :( It seemed more 'heavier' than a European pilsner. If I made it again, I'd add a teabag of Saaz to the keg before filling. Never had a bad Morgans drop yet. cheers Dave

Andrew, My favourite drop is Coopers Lager dry hopped with a Morgans teabag of Cluster - sensational! Just do the soak as recommended on the bag, and bung the lot in just before adding the wort. :icon_chickcheers: Dave Dave

Hello dere, Coopers Brewing sugar is now dextrose, used to be sucrose, but nay no more. cheers Dave

eteo, 1. 14 psi gassing and serving. At 14 psi it will take about 6 days at 6dC 3. Don't know about wheat beer. I made the mistake recently, using Coopers Lager yeast, of kegging after my normal 14 days in the fermenter, and the "egg" aroma that that lager yeast puts out was still there on...

What's BIAB, I thought it was one of those upside down trees found up north. :huh: Back to the el cheapo brew. A complete failure. I tossed it out yesterday, wort tasted worse than a warm VB. :icon_vomit: Using sugar and a cheap kit is a waste of time. Youse can all now say "I told you so"...

Allo, This is ideal for natural conditioning of the beer. Pinched fom Coopers website, they shouldn't mind. Note that they recommend purging the headspace with CO2 . Natural Conditioning Clean and sanitise the keg thoroughly. Prime with sugar at the rate of 4g per litre. Rack via a piece...

Hi BG, Yeah, slow as. I use 2 fermenters and 2 kegs, and have it worked out that the brew stays in the fermenter 14 days and is then kegged up. This lager yeast buggers up the time-table. I have got this Brigalow clone, and a Coopers Euro Lager both bubbling away in the laundry, and my...

Warra, That wasn't the point of this thread. We are trying to get an acceptable drop by the cheapest method. We are referring to a previous post on another thread that this bloke reckons his mates raved on about his brew made with Brigalow and white sugar, so that is the experiment being...

I might have to disqualify myself, the yeast in the kit didn't show much signs of life after 38 hours, so, being an impatient bastard, I added some wort from my other carboy which was brewing a Coopers Euro lager. Bubbling along nicely now. Got the heater on this one, constant 21, so see how the...

Somebody is being ripped off. My local HBS sells dried brewers malt at 7.95/kg, and the equivalent of Coopers BE2 for 4.95 a kilo bag. :huh: Back on the subject, don't worry too much about high temp brewing, I did it for years Many brews started on 32 and every one was drinkable. Even used...

dt, I use 2 kegs, one drinking, one gassing. When I started last October, I set the regulator to 98 kpa and left it. I haven't touched the regulator since, and I get perfect beers every time. It takes about 9 days for me to drink a keg, so the other one is gassing for that time. Set and...

Don't forget "corn sugar" is dextrose. :rolleyes: