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Whats the difference between that and transferring to secondary fermenters either from a cube before fermentation or at secondary?

Ive got the same scales although mine are nearly 4 years old now and i would recommend getting them as it makes a decent difference to the ease of the brew day plus they are battery operated which is a nice feature I dont have a sight glass either and have used the scales once to measure stirke...

10 x 2litre Aldi apple juice + US05 will be rather sweet. If u want it sweeter add some lactose if noone is intollarant orpear juice if u want more natural back sweetening No need for hops or sugar or anything else really

Hey Manticle you say you like to pitch while the yeast is active but that you will want to decant the starter before you pitch if youve used a stir plate/O2. How do you get the yeast to drop out of suspension to decant and still have the yeast active? This has been playing on my head for bloody...

Its a slippery slope now screwy to a love of cider... im almost as happy to have a decent cider on tap now as i am to have a good AG And the worst thing about a cider is how bloody quick and easy it is even compared with a K&K. Makes you feel kinda dirty and a cheat sometimes hehe only...

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...&recipe=661 Off the recipe DB Scaling down id be looking at something like 2.5kg base (pillsner) 2.5kg wheat 1.5 kg honey 300g light crystal or caramunich 1 Add some nice hops balanced to about 20-25IBU depending on yeast and style you want Id...

Really looking forward to knowing how all this ends up Think this is going to be on my list of bottle ciders to except the blackcurrent... you will have to let us know how it goes

I recon youve made beer :P For future that amount of grain as you now know wont drop the temp that much and for a safer bet with steeping you can easily chuck them in at a much lower temp and bring it up to 70-80 degrees and then hold for about 20-60 mins(for steeping specialty malts like the...

This might of been mentioned previously and really going too far in my opinion for bottled beer But what about reversing a counter pressure filler to siphon the beer out of the bottle back into the keg? ie. put positive pressure into the bottle and then let it drain into the keg?

1/4"BSPT usually but i prefer steel (brass-nickel plated or stainless ) threads though .. thats just personal choice and in no way am i knocking the JG gear that CB stock Check out Blackwoods or warbartons as the stock SMC gear and other brands as well

Yeah i would think something along the lines of 40mm "C" channel for both top and bottom rails welded at the corners would do it :P You are dealing with some decent pressure (u use a 2 stage 12 tonne jack from gasweld ) and would bet that im getting close to about 5-8 tonne on it I know im...

The tenon style joints he uses in the design coupled with the 12mm threaded rod is damn strong and the best part damn simple to knock down and rebuild on location or at the end of season It really depends on what your after This is damn great basic design that almost look authentic If you want...

Luek funny enough thats the exact design i used http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...showtopic=61014 last pic Greg is right and wrong .. a traditional cider press is exactly that but todays version is a slat version and is more efficient. I get about 50-55% efficiency (thats by wieght...

Just finished fermenting out the "willy Wonker and the choc porter " recipe from the DB I gotta say the hit of caffeine from the chocolate is immense. It tastes like your getting a triple shot espresso and i gotta say its enjoyable outta the fermenter but will need a good 4-8 weeks conditioning...

Hey Tony im sure someone up the hunter has a little AB PLC sitting around somewhere doing nothing.. i know Warkworth run em :P U could always troll places like greys online for C&C machinary thats going cheap and then rape all the gear you need and scrap metal the rest ??

Im drinking cerveza Cantina atm .. an import I think its rebadged VB crossed with fosters or maybe straight fosters cause it was horrible I say was horrible because i now have the WORST sinus i can ever remember and cant breathe, taste or smell a bag of freshly opened hops at all I need to get...

Does Kmart have the 20L stockpot for 20 bucks still? Thats what i started with and it was awesome and still use it for sparging BIAB and use the lid to screeze the last of the liquor out of the bag afterwards :) Fridge and temp no matter what is probably the best investment in brewing imho and...

Phillip as far as i can think it will either be Lactose or Stevia.. edit: didnt see that you mentioned they use is for bottle carbing .. im confused now Screwy, Ive been back sweetening with between 200-400g of lactose to 19 liters at around 1.000sg which is up to about 1.005 and that gives me...

Damit now i wanna see that picture :D

Awesome, Thats all i can say Thanks Wolfy