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I just poured the first glass of a Samuel smiths oatmeal stout from the beersmith DB 10mins ago.. would love to add this to my recipes. Moat if you could see yourself to sharing that would be great Thanks

OT I personally hadn't used an airlock for nearly 5 years.. I decided to do a mead in a 5L demi the other week and chucked an airlock for the hell of it. I spent the next 5 days staring at the bloody thing bubbling away. It was great. Bloop Bloop Bloop Racked to secondary and chucked some glad...

If the solution from the airlock is getting sucked into the fermenter then yes.. if its not then no.

We just put 2 different batches down yesterday. 4.5L of mountain ash with a white wine yeast to 1.074 4.5L of blackberry honey with US-05 to 1.074 Were aiming for dry at about 8-9% Also for our tastes we didnt like the neutral flavours of EC1118 but do prefer the tastes of the ale yeasts...

Looks almost identical to the fermenting fridge i have.. can run 4 x 20odd litre cubes in it and holds temp really well.

Did you calculate for Trub? This may account for a few litres lost.

Does it come with CO2 as well?

Ive got the same scales as smurto and half the other guys on here... Paid about $40 delivered and had them for over 7 years now. I think $ per use its one of those set and forget things that will last you and worth the buy. There isnt much chinese gear out there that is cheap and last you years...

Ta manticle. I have about 20mins left of mash. When i pull the bag ill take a looksee and attempt to get as much out as possible Im happy with the way its holding temp though. Only lost about 1 degree over 40 odd mins. At least one thing is working in my favour today. Ive noticed that the...

Maiden voyage with my 90L pot and a Large bag from KK and just as im finishing off mashing in a 10.75kg grain bill I lose the the bag in the pot :( Ive noticed some grain has floated over into the liquor but not a great deal. Any thoughts about continuing or should i drain it to my second pot...

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Bbowzkt1 how did you go? I do have one question though. Why was the grain in the fridge? Nothing wrong with that but in software like Beersmith it can calc the strike temp of the grain temp. which would of been at your fridge temp. Unless you have a rodent infestation(it happens) Or you have...

Funny I was just playing around with this tonight. Someone posted a link awhile ago to brewersfriend that I lost then again tonight I found it the Ez water spread sheet is good to play with as well links http://www.brewersfriend.com/stats/ a hole heap of info on other stuff...

Bbowzky your probably more then right. Im going off "my" system with more grain. again your system will be different. and your far better off striking in low to start out as its a hell of lot easy ramping the temp up 2-4 degrees then stirring a bloody big pot for 20 mins to try and get the temp...

Strike temp looks low? Especially for melb. weather. Im usually around 71-72 for strike but thats for 10kg of grain.

Crack one of your beers and let us know how they are? Thats my philosophy.. and its the only way to tell with your set up. I do agree with rocker though that 10deg is too cold but it will most likely carb up but take far longer then you want. if you can warm up a few at a time for another week...

Bribie you dont need a fridge down here for the next couple of weeks to lager.. its only getting to 14-16degrees during the day. Its killing me cause i refuse to use heat pads/lights (personal choice) :P Bbowzky I love ales because its 1 week or so till you know if you stuffed it up or not. if...

Just take your time, make the mistakes and tweak to suit your equipment, house, and personality. BTW Im still using my 60L aluminium pot that i bought of Hanzie over 6 years ago when i started out BIAB. No need for fancy round here

Choc malt and 85% cocoa chocolate I have found will give you that espresso flavour and that "Oh ive had too much coffee" feeling. Thats based on the 4 pints of the Willy Wonka and the Choclate Porter recipe that i have just knocked down.. Its on the DB check it out. BTW the head is fine from...

SG can get bellow 1.000sg with Aldi juice as well, so let it ferment out for at least a week or stable for a couple of days.. unless you are drinking it "still" from the same bottle or a decanted bottle out of the fridge. In which case you can fridge it early to keep a little sweetness. If your...