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Then there is fridge pipe, the new pipe is R410a rated, has heavier walls to cope with the higher pressure of R410a refrigerant. Otherwise the stuff at bunny's is plumbing grade which is good for brewing use.

It was going well untill the pickup tube came off my manifold, i tried to lever it up through a deep grain bed, that's when it died. My old brewers spoon from my first kit snapped while trying to be lazy while pulling an old tap apart.

also forgot, that big thig with holes covering the element is actually chrome plated brass with lead solder on it as well, just unscrew it and leave it out. Some nasty stuff can grow under there.

Just like my HLT. I stripped out all the pipework for the drain, It was all rotten looking brass with lead solder throughout., Replaced with poly fittings, pipe and a ball valve. Used as a kettle twice before deciding to go gas but does a great job as the HLT.

Basically the same principle as an old kerosene fridge. Two interconnected bulbs one inside the fridge, the other above the kero flame. bulb is filled with a charge of ammonia or other refrigerant. Flame heats until hot bulb is empty of liquid, pressure rises, refrigerant condenses in cool...

My new baby after it's maiden run <_<

Gezz you've gotta be quick! I'm in.

Do you have the recipe for this schweinshax'n?

BAsically the salt triggers a change of material state, ie latent heat change. Salt water freezes at a lower temp than fresh water, when salt is added to wet ice, the salt dissolves into a solution that is above its freezing point, to melt the ice into water again requires more heat which it...

I'm keen for 1kg each of Hallertau, tettnanger and nugget.

Ditto here, no response. worked instead yesterday.

how do I get an entry form?

I have a pilsner lagering now which is brewed purely from water run through my $10 R/O unit. It took quite a while in primary (about 3 weeks) which i guess is because the water was incredibly soft therefore not many nutrients. I'm keen to see how it turns out.

Here's my effort. The fan is from a decommissioned UPS. It's a 240v 45w 180mm. Has no trouble stirring anything! speed is controlled via a 200va dimmer switch. Just need to be carefull about the speed, it will happily rev to over 2000rpm but not before throwing the stir bar. For this reason i...

even a single hacksaw blade works incredibly well. No real need to double them up.

Mine originally had holes, I got one stuck sparge, now it has slits. I just used a juniour hacksaw and cut slits approx 10 mm apart. runoff is now excellent. No more stuck sparges, even with a 75% wheat grain bill.

here's mine in action. After whirlpooling I only leave about 2l at the most to hops and break matter.

Here's my CFWC I made up from a few spares. From memory its 8m long, 3/8" tube inside 5/8" then rolled around an lpg bottle. A fittings are silver soldered with 1/2" BSP socket weld nipples on the wort in and wort out. Brings wort to within 2-4 degrees of the water temp depending on the rate i...

I thought the exact same thing when i first used this yeast. THe esters are huge.

15l way too small for that sort of outlay. I got a 20l pot from BigW last year for $15 from memory.