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Maybe should have added 350 gems dextrose to finish with a lower gravity. Grams that is..fergi

yes dont mind watching the girls play tennis on tv. but how come when i go to my golf club all the chicks that play are either old or plain looking, where are all the honeys that play pro golf on tv, they must start somewhere or do all the good looking ones come out at childbirth and go...

just finished watching the kangaroos and gws, but what a waste of tv time watching every afl side singing their club song after a victory, i watch the footy but i find it hard to believe anyone would want to watch that crap every game. sure if its a GF show it but i would rather see an extra...

well i have given the whole brew system a really thorough clean, not that i found anything but just did it anyway. now i have done another brew and have it fermenting, will know in a few days if i have stopped the dreaded infections. fergi

i have just discovered something interesting with my infected cube of beer, i went to throw it out this morning and decided to put some in the hydrometer, . now the og of this beer was 1042,screwtops JSGA clone. after testing it i thought with the infection and possible wild yeast i thought the...

as usual we have many varying opinions on a subject, i have tried it a few years back using hot water from the HWS but it was only kit beers then it was 2 liters and boiled in a jug,. i thought i could detect a different taste but in hind sight it was probably my kit beer, however i did run a...

i just want to thank all you guys that have taken the time to post an answer, they are all worthwhile considerations and i will be triple checking everything next week before i brew my next batch. i will also implement a couple of ideas you have thrown up. i will also put the hot cubes after...

yes i think it has to be a cube problem ROSS, i live in the country so we have plenty of wild everything blowing around here. one thing is when i filled the cubes i put them straight into my laundry to cool. always done this with no problems. fergi

thanks guys for the replies, the cubes were brand new, never had wort in them, i roll the cubes around then leave them on side for about 5 minutes each side, always have done it this way, will use alfoil for covering the hole in future. i actually pulled all my ball valves apart before hand...

yes i think i will try a different sanitiser, may be something getting used to what i have. thanks guys its a tricky problem. fergi

guys the taps are cleaned every batch, i only pump hlt to mash tun with my pump then gravity out of the mash tun into a bucket then into the kettle. have been doing it this way all the time, surely from boiler to cube is the only place for a chance of infection, really pissed off with all...

thanks for replies fellas, after boil is finished i put the lid on my kettle for the last 3 or 4 minutes of my boil. i then stir with sterilised spoon to get my whirlpool going. leave the whirlpool for 10 minutes then open the sterilised cube lid, put the sterilised hose onto the ball valve...

had to toss out 3 kegs of AG beer a couple of weeks ago,. so i had to make some more quickly as i dont have any beer left, i decided to make a double batch of screwtops JSGA clone. this was made on my new system that i put together with the addition of a march pump. made the double batch last...

just bought a 6 pack of siera nevada torpedo extra ipa, dont like it one little bit, quite hoppy but cant pickup any flavors i like, muddied, slight citrus,maybe ? but wouldnt buy it again. infact if i had made it and had a full keg i would invite the neighbours over to knock it off, save me...

i had this same taste in a kolsch that i made a couple of months ago, first taste is nice in the mouth but the after the initial mouthful there was this cooked meat flavour in the back of the palate, i reckon it was my yeast because it was my first liquid yeast and i stuffed it up by not...

what about the publican, he still hasnt got his money.

personally i like the idea of being able to pull all the lines off and giving them a good boil sometimes. in saying that i like the look of hard plumbed but i would worry that if you got any crap in there they may be harder to clean. probably the hard plumed guys would disagree but thats my...

thanks for your replies there guys, the ones i bought were neta brand Kev, they look pretty good quality, the cheaper ones looked pretty poor quality so i paid the extra, around 9 dollars each so all up about 20 dollars for a joiner, wish i had seen your deal first wally but i have spent my...

i have just finished a wet run on my new brew rig, i have used a couple of brass click on hose connectios,after the first run i pulled it apart to see how cleaning would go, now after pulling the hoses off etc i reckon i need a few more to make disconnecting quicker and easier. how have the...

thanks DB appreciated. fergi